60 second science: Medical micropump

Increasing demand for more portable medical devices led The Technology Partnership to design small, noiseless, high-volume air pumps allowing hospital patients to carry on with daily life.

The Technology Partnership is the winner of a 2012 Innovation Award from the Institute of Physics celebrating companies that make the most of applying physics in a commercial environment.

About the film

Filmed on location at TTP, Melbourne, Cambridgeshire, UK.

Director: Martyn Bull
Producer: Thomas Delfs
Camera: Mark Whatmore
Editors: Liam Angell, Mike Willbourne
Cast: Sam Hyde, James McCrone

Production company: insitu
Client: Institute of Physics