Are You Looking for a Preclinical CRO with Proven Respiratory Experience?  

We can help. Surpass has helped numerous companies advance their respiratory and pulmonary innovations through preclinical research.

With proven expertise, the right facilities/equipment and dedicated staff, Surpass is a trusted partner for testing devices and therapies with respiratory indications. Our experience spans everything from early feasibility through GLP safety studies, including assessments of performance, biocompatibility, efficacy, human factors, and more. Choose Surpass as your trusted partner for respiratory research.

Hospital-Quality Equipment and Facilities for Respiratory Procedures

  • Operating suites
  • Fixed cath labs and portable c-arms
  • High definition bronchoscopy system
  • Critical Care ventilators
  • Data acquisition systems
  • Telemetry
  • Microspheres and Nanospheres for tissue perfusion
  • Equipment for monitoring fluid collection, blood flow, and tissue pressure
  • Faxitron x-ray
  • Pathology labs/necropsy rooms
 Local & Contract Onsite Capabilities
  • MRI
  • CT

Contact Surpass for specialized equipment needs.

Models for Respiratory Research

Surpass has wide-ranging experience performing large animal and human cadaver respiratory studies. We have access to the following in vivo models.

  • Emphysema
  • Lung resection
  • Lung volume reduction
  • Pulmonary stapling
  • And more

If you don't see the model you need, our skilled team has experience quickly reproducing models from the literature. Contact Surpass to discuss your specific research needs with our scientific team.

Personnel Experience

Our surgical teams are skilled at performing experimental surgeries, providing feedback on product performance and assisting your physician.

Do you have a specific question on study design or animal model constraints? Or, need to learn more about the typical bronchial dimensions for different research models? Talk to one of our experts today.

Does your project require specialized histopathology or analytical testing? We partner with leading pathologists and analytical testing facilities to conduct these analyses.

Comprehensive Respiratory Device and Therapy Experience

  • Chronic bronchitis treatments
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatments
  • Coatings
  • Electroporation
  • Emphysema treatments
  • Endotracheal tubes
  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Lung volume reduction
  • Pulmonary resection
  • Pulmonary sealant
  • Pulmonary stents
  • RF treatments
  • Rhinoplasty treatment
  • Sinuplasty devices
  • Sleep apnea treatments
  • And more

Contact us at our greater Twin Cities location to discuss your upcoming respiratory study and learn how our preclinical research CRO can help advance your studies.

Your CRO Partner for
Respiratory Research.