2451 TRACK TESTER

The 2451 Track Tester is designed to test and record the mechanical properties of guidewires and catheters in a water bath at body temperature. The machine impresses with a flexible recipe design, recording and storing of data. The proximal roller or torque assembly and the sensors can be selected and programmed as required. The recipe management is used to define the customer specific test sequence. The track setup can be equipped with a pump including flow measurement and additional tools can be added. The movements can also be performed manually with a joystick. A camera as well as an underwater camera record the process.

• bending / kinking
• push ability / push efficiency
• torsional strength
• stability of the connections against twisting
• guide ability
• applied force on a simulated vessel wall
• other evaluations such as averages of multiple tests, automatic multiple runs of the same test and more

Track force – Measures the force needed to advance a catheter, guidewire or other interventional device through a tortuous path using the recommended accessories.

Pushefficiency – Uses the proximal and distal load cells to measure the amount of force on the distal tip of the product when a known force is being applied to the proximal end of the product.

Flexibility – Measure of a catheter tip’s ability to track over a specified bend in a guidewire, such as a 90-degree bend.

Torqueability – In a tortuous path, measure of the rotational response at the distal end of a device while imparting a rotation at the proximal end.

Retractability – Measure of the force needed to withdrawal the device from a torturous path.

Crossability – Measure of the force needed to advance an endovascular system through a simulated stenosis/lesion within a tracking proximal end.