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Medical Device Product Texture Measurement

Texture testing instruments to measure and analyze the product characteristics of medical devices and medical device components.

Texture analysis instruments for measuring the strength, performance, force, sharpness, and other attributes of medical device products.

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TA-270: Syringe Fixture with extended TA-90 legs and three inserts.

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Texture Technologies has been serving the medical devices industry for approximately 20 years, providing best-in-class Texture Analyzers to medical device manufacturers, medical device research and development facilities, and university bio-medical engineering departments.

The Stable Micro Systems’ family of texture analysis texture analysis instruments and the fixtures for medical device product texture measurement are extremely easy-to-use and very flexible, providing accurate and reproducible test results – an especially important requirement for testing market-ready, medical device products. The TA.XTPlus, and TA.HDPlus Texture Analyzers are simple to calibrate and easy to validate, offering researchers and engineers more than traditional test methods for medical device testing. The Exponent software can be purchased with a Chapter 21 Part 11 compliant module for medical device testing.

    Quantifiable Measurements of Medical Devices

  • Syringe and Hypodermic Needle Sharpness - Needle sharpness is an important characteristic for patient comfort. This is determined by a puncture test where the needle is pushed through a substrate which is rigidly held
  • Extrusion Force (e.g. syringes) - The syringe body dispenses its contents by forward extrusion and is tested by measuring the average and peak extrusion force
  • Metering Valve Performance (e.g. metered dose inhalers) - The metering valve, whose performance is assessed with this test, is a critical component of a finished metered-dose inhaler. Patients need to rely on their inhaler to provide them with the required medication which is often at a crucial time when physical strength may be very low
  • Material Strength (e.g. catheters, tubing)
  • Tensile Strength (e.g. bandages, medical gloves, sutures, stents, adhesives)
  • Compression Fatigue (e.g. breast implants)
  • Puncture Resistance and Relaxation (e.g. breast implants)
  • Simultaneous Force and Voltage of Membrane Switches
  • Tack of materials to adhere/bond medical devices to body