➜ Pharmaceuticals
➜ Surgical Products
➜ Orthopedics
➜ Implantable Devices
➜ Biomaterials
➜ Dental

Materials used in the pharmaceutical industry that require mechanical testing are typically drug delivery systems, tablets, packaging, injectors, luer locks, and syringes. This broad category of materials are most commonly thought of as a means to deliver a drug to a patient. The delivery could be via a shot in a patient’s leg, an intravenous line placed in a patient’s arm, or simply by allowing that patient to open up a medicine bottle. Regardless of the delivery method, it is critical for companies to test the materials and components used in pharmaceutical products to help ensure proper dose, delivery times, patient usability, and safety.

Luer Lock Testing Child-Proof Medicine Bottle Testing Needle-Based Injection System Testing Single Use Syringe Testing Glass Syringe Testing Syringe Needle Testing Vial Testing Blister Pack Testing Pill Crush Testing

Surgical products are also known as medical consumables and are the products that are often single-use items found in doctor’s offices and hospitals. These products are often made from plastic materials and include medical tubing, catheters, hospital gowns, gloves, and sutures. These products can range from Class I to Class II medical devices and require a variety of different static mechanical testing.

Suture Testing Guidewire Testing Medical Tubing Testing Curved Needle Testing Catheter Testing Medical Glove Testing

Orthopedic implants are considered to be specialized implantable devices. Orthopedic implants are implants that support the skeletal system and include bone screws, plates, rods and pins for fracture repair, as well as entire artificial hips, knees, and spinal components. Orthopedic implants can be inserted in the body to assists a patient’s healing and be temporary, or can be inserted in the body with the intent that the implant will outlive the patient. Depending on the use, orthopedic implants are typically considered to be Class II or Class III medical devices by the FDA and require a range and combination of static and fatigue mechanical testing.

Bone Screw TestingSpinal Implant TestingHip Implant TestingFracture Fixation Device TestingIntervertebral Disc TestingKnee Testing

Non-orthopedic implantable devices are considered to be permanent implantable devices that do no support the skeletal system. Commonly, implantable devices include medical devices that support the circulatory system and cardiovascular system. For example, stents, heart valves, and pacemakers fall into this category. Implantable medical device are often considered to be classified as Class III medical devices by the FDA, and must undergo stringent mechanical testing through a combination of both static and fatigue testing, before being released to the market.

Stent Testing Contact Lens Testing Heart Pacemaker Testing Ocular Implant Testing

Biomaterials are the materials found in nature, the human body, and other animal species. These materials can be hard tissues like bone or dental enamel, or soft like tendons and ligaments. As one may expect, biological variation and environmental factors affect the mechanical properties of these materials. These materials are anisotropic and nonhomogeneous making them challenging materials to re-create or engineer outside of nature.

Bioadhesive Peel Testing Hard Tissue Testing Hydrogel Tensile Testing Soft Tissue Testing

Dental materials are typically composed of metal, elastomers, and polymers. Restorative and prosthodontic devices are often composed of multiple materials that require mechanical testing to determine how these materials interact to form the entire device. A dental implant is a metal, typically titanium, post that replaces the patient’s entire root and tooth. And artificial tooth, known as a crown, is placed on the dental implant post. Fatigue testing dental implants is the most common mechanical tests in the dental segment.

Dental Implant Testing Metal Ceramic Plastic Braces Testing