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Brief History of SwRI

For more than 25 years, the Biomedical Engineering Section at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has supported the healthcare industry through innovative research and development.
 

Clients contract with SwRI for healthcare technology solutions for several reasons, including:

• As part of a long-held tradition, intellectual property rights arising from sponsored research at the Institute are often assigned to the client. SwRI generally retains the rights to Institute-funded advancements.

• Our world-class laboratories and staff of more than 3,100 people provide the most comprehensive design, development, and testing resource in the world.

• Customer service is a priority—85% of our business is return business.

• We are independent and nonprofit.

• Rapid turnaround is key—we understand the need to rapidly commercialize technologies.

• Technical diversity is our culture—with 11 technical divisions, we can provide a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.

For more information about biomedical engineering capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Keith Bartels, Ph.D., (210) 522-6062, or Aaron Dewispelare, Ph.D., (210) 522-6072.
 

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

March 25, 2008