Silicone Mock Vessels
Need anatomically accurate testing environments for your cardiovascular devices? Element delivers custom-designed silicone mock vessels with rapid turnaround times and comprehensive documentation for regulatory submissions. Our extensive experience in vessel design, compliance testing, and complex anatomical modeling helps medical device manufacturers validate their products efficiently while meeting ISO and ASTM requirements.
What are silicone mock vessels at Element?
Silicone mock vessels are critical components for pulsatile durability testing of intravascular medical devices. At Element, we design and produce high-grade silicone mock vessels through strategic partnerships, offering anatomically accurate testing environments for device deployment, apposition, loading, and inspections.
What can Element offer you for silicone mock vessels?
Products we design and test
Products we design and test
Elements testing capabilities cover the entire range of cardiovascular devices that require mock vessel validation. We focus on designing and testing devices within vessels from 1.5mm to 40mm inner diameter and 0.25mm to 5mm wall thickness, tailored to your specific needs.
Key tests offered
Key tests offered
- Mock vessel compliance validation (3%-7% per 100mmHg)
- Pulsatile durability testing
- Device deployment testing
- Apposition testing
- Loading assessments
Methods and solutions offered
Methods and solutions offered
We provide comprehensive mock vessel solutions including for straight, stepped, and U-shaped geometries, plus complex anatomical models featuring bifurcations, aneurysms, and valves. Custom coatings (fibered, lubricious, sticky) are available for specific applications, ensuring your testing environment precisely matches your product requirements.
Designing Silicone Mock Vessels
Element designs silicone mock vessels for a wide range of anatomical models, including bifurcations, aneurysms, valves, and other complex geometries. We offer common vessel shapes like straight, stepped, and U-shaped, as well as standard models for iliac, aortic arch, and heart valve devices. These models come in various wall thicknesses.
The tubing’s inner diameter (1.5mm to 40mm) and thickness (0.25mm to 5mm or more) are fully customizable. We also offer specialized coatings, including fibered, lubricious, or sticky options, to meet specific application and product needs.
Which labs offer this service
Which labs offer this service
Element Minnetonka specializes in cardiovascular and neurostimulator device testing with ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Our team provides comprehensive mechanical testing services across the entire product lifecycle—from R&D prototyping to regulatory submissions and post-market support—helping accelerate your medical devices to market with validated test methods and specialized expertise.
Quality Assurance Expertise
Quality Assurance Expertise
Our cardiovascular device experts perform thorough vessel inspections, conditioning, and validation for every order. We ensure tube shape and thickness consistency meets your specifications, delivering complete documentation to support your compliance requirements.
Standards we test to and products we test
- Stents
- Occluders
- Heart valves
- Intravascular devices
- Cardiovascular implants
Your Challenges, Our Solutions
Regulatory Compliance Complexity
Complex Anatomical Requirements
Specific Material Properties Needed
Time-Critical Testing Requirements
Why Choose Element
Comprehensive Testing Solutions
Quality Assured Results
Strategic Partnerships
Custom Design Expertise
1.5-40mm
0.25-5mm
3%-7% standard compliance range per 100mmHg
25%compliance range
Frequently asked questions
What types of mock vessel geometries are available?
We offer straight, stepped, U-shaped vessels, plus complex anatomical models including bifurcations, aneurysms, and valves.
What quality controls are in place for mock vessel production?
Our experts follow well-developed protocols for mock vessel inspections, conditioning, and validation. Tube shape and thickness must be consistent throughout and meet customer specifications before testing begins.
What applications are supported by silicone mock vessels beyond testing?
Beyond testing, our mock vessels support cardiovascular R&D, anatomy education, surgical training and simulation, product demonstrations at tradeshows, and patient-provider communication tools.
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