MEND.lab provides a set of complementary services supporting medical device development across different stages and needs, bringing together clinicians, researchers, engineers, and industry partners through design, engineering, and research-driven development. The services can be combined or accessed individually: some teams engage early to explore a clinical need or concept, others later to develop, test, or prepare a device for further development.

We guide you from early insights to functional prototypes and validated medical device solutions
From concept to certified product, we support the full design and development cycle for medical devices.
We apply HFE to integrate usability, safety, and user needs at any stage of the development process.
We build custom instrumentation and test setups to support biomedical research and experimentation.
Supporting clinicians and researchers in shaping early ideas and prototypes into viable development trajectories.
MEND.lab coordinates access to prototyping, fabrication, and testing infrastructure distributed across Ghent University, including workshops, imaging, testing, and assembly facilities, rather than operating from a single space. This allows projects to draw flexibly on the right tools and expertise at each stage, from concept to prototype.