Pluris Research
A contract research organization (CRO) founded in 2001 and based in Franklin, TN, providing preclinical study design and execution for consumer, medical, and surgical product R&D. Services include a range of established in vivo and in vitro models (wound healing, burn, infection, bone/healing and implantable materials), histology, quantitative microbiology, biomechanical testing, and support for GLP and non-GLP studies to support product performance evaluation and regulatory submissions.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Pluris Research
Franklin, Tennessee, United States, North America
Services
Protocol development, study management, sponsor communication, and conduct of pilot and definitive preclinical studies to assess safety, efficacy, and performance.
Acute and chronic wound models (incisional, excisional, partial/full-thickness, ischemic, burn, infected) for evaluating dressings, topicals, adhesives, and infection-control products.
In vivo and in vitro assays for antimicrobial sutures, adhesives, dressings and biofilms including colonization and inhibition measurements.
Tissue processing, histopathology, and clinical chemistry analyses to evaluate biological responses from preclinical studies.
In vivo biomechanical testing to assess strength of wound closures and mechanical performance of devices and adhesives.
Femur defect and spinal fusion surgical models to evaluate bone grafts, fillers, and osteoinductive materials.
Protocol development, study management, sponsor communication, and conduct of pilot and definitive preclinical studies to assess safety, efficacy, and performance.
Acute and chronic wound models (incisional, excisional, partial/full-thickness, ischemic, burn, infected) for evaluating dressings, topicals, adhesives, and infection-control products.
In vivo and in vitro assays for antimicrobial sutures, adhesives, dressings and biofilms including colonization and inhibition measurements.
Tissue processing, histopathology, and clinical chemistry analyses to evaluate biological responses from preclinical studies.
In vivo biomechanical testing to assess strength of wound closures and mechanical performance of devices and adhesives.
Femur defect and spinal fusion surgical models to evaluate bone grafts, fillers, and osteoinductive materials.
Expertise Areas
- Preclinical surgical and wound-healing models
- In vivo and in vitro antimicrobial testing
- Biomechanical testing of wounds and closures
- Implantable device and material biocompatibility
Key Technologies
- In vivo surgical animal models
- In vitro skin barrier models
- Quantitative microbiology assays
- Histology and histopathology