PERKASIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Secant Medical® has established a new lab to perform polymer synthesis and analytical characterization of polymers, biomaterials and fibers. The analytical and polymer synthesis lab boosts Secant Medical’s in-house services for clients and enhances its biomaterials research and development. “The study of biomaterials is moving toward examining the interface between materials and biological systems. Our new lab affords us the ability to probe this interface,” said Dr. Jeremy Harris, R&D Lab Manager at Secant Medical. Capabilities include scanning electron microscopy, elemental detection, infrared spectroscopy and imaging, UV/Vis spectrophotometry, melt-flow rheometry, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and light microscopy.