Element Minnetonka, formerly known as Medical Device Testing Services (MDT), is the largest ISO 17025 accredited cardiovascular testing laboratory in the USA with over 60 dedicated testing systems, an on-site machine shop, and an extensive test fixture inventory. The laboratory specializes in pulsatile, axial, and bending fatigue on stents, grafts, catheters, and heart valves.
 
Understanding that time to market is critical, we offer a full range of services including protocol support, custom fixturing design, silicone vessel development and regulatory support. Leveraging our decades of experience, we partner with customers from startup feasibility tests to overflow testing needs from the industry leaders.
 
Our staff of highly trained and experienced engineers is involved in every project, performing testing and providing reliable communication during the testing process. Their consistent involvement mitigates risk and ensures on-time project completion. We routinely meet the most demanding testing requirements of the medical device industry, supporting FDA, CE, ASTM, and ISO guidelines.
 
A true innovator in the medical device testing sector, our engineering teams pioneered the technology for the linear motor-driven stent-graft fatigue test system, which ushered in a new era of durability testing. Our customers have used our testing services and data in hundreds of successful submissions to regulatory bodies worldwide. As experts in testing equipment and methodologies, our team can develop highly customized solutions to your projects.

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