Prototype Lab

The Medical Innovation Center's Prototyping Lab is managed by Toby Donajkowski and is run on a "fee for service" basis.

The MIC Prototype Lab is equipped with some of the most advanced prototyping equipment in the State of Michigan and can process nearly every type of medical device:

Rapid Prototype Machines

  • Objet Connext 500 3D Printer System *
  • SLA Viper si2 System *

Machining

  • Haas Micro 3-Axis Machine *
  • Three axis CNC Vertical Milling
  • CNC Lathe Turning
  • Conventional Lathe and Mill Work
  • Optical, English, and Metric Thread Cutting
  • Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication
  • Tungsten Inert Gas Welding of Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Copper, etc.
  • Silver Soldering
  • Bead Blasting

* This equipment made possible through an investment from the Michigan Institute for Clinical Health Research


If you are interested in having your idea considered as a project in the Prototyping Lab, contact us at UM-MICLab@med.umich.edu. Please include the following information:
  • name and phone number
  • department
  • brief description of your request
We evaluate all new requests on a bi-weekly basis.