Peripheral Stent Test Instrument0 pages

ElectroForce® 9400 Multiaxial
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Advanced Performance to
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Simulate In Vivo Conditions
Bose Corporation has developed a multiaxial peripheral stent (MAPS)
test instrument to simulate the multi-mode biomechanical conditions
found in the peripheral arteries. This programmable instrument
simulates the complex loading that stents experience in the peripheral
arteries. These include the renal arteries, the carotid arteries, and the
femoral-popliteal arteries.
Many medical studies have shown that peripheral arteries have greater
bending, twisting, and stretching motions than coronary arteries,
so stents placed in peripheral arteries will undergo greater stresses
and strains.
Bose has developed a test instrument capable of simulating the multiple
axes of displacements to replicate in vivo conditions. This system is
capable of combining dynamic bending, rotation, extension/compression,
and pulsatile distention on multiple stents under controlled conditions.
The instrument is capable of testing an accelerated 10 year simulated life,
or performing fatigue to fracture studies.
The ElectroForce® multiaxial peripheral stent test instrument is designed
for the demanding displacements required to test stents and stented
grafts for the superficial femoral artery (SFA). It is also capable of being
programmed for carotid artery stenting and renal artery stenting. The
MAPS test instrument may also be used to test overlapped stents under
these conditions.
Multiaxial Peripheral Stent Test Instrument

Versatile, User Friendly
and Easy to Configure

Optional Fixture to Replicate in vivo Pinch Points

Pulsatile and Axial Distention Synchronized
with Rotation and Bending
(Proprietary multiaxial loading capability)