ISO 10555 Catheter Testing

ISO 10555 Catheter Testing

What is Catheter Testing?

Catheters or balloon catheters are devices used during minimally invasive interventional procedures to navigate the vasculature to target clinical sites for diagnosis or treatment procedures.

Intravascular catheters have become essential to the practice of modern medicine by improving treatment methods, patient care, and quality of life.

While catheter designs evolve and improve so to must the testing of these devices. Balloon catheters require rigorous functional and failure testing to ensure efficacy, safety, and performance.

 

 

Catheter & Balloon Test Methods

There are a variety of methods used to evaluate the properties of catheters and balloons.
ISO 10555 outlines general requirements for testing intravascular sterile use catheters. 

We offer comprehensive testing services for catheters according to
FDA guidance document recommendations and ISO standards.

Device Testing and Analytical LabTest MethodsISO and ASTM Testing Standards

For 3 decades our carefully engineered Testing solutions have been relied upon to test medical devices the world over.
Test your medical devices in accordance with ISO and ASTM using our wide range of available solutions.

Organized for your convenience by testing standards and the correlating testing solution is a cross reference table to ensure your medical device testing compliance.

Testing Services ISO and ASTM Standards(click to view)

ISO 10555 – 1 Intravascular Catheters – Sterile and single use – General Requirements

ISO 10555 – 2 Intravascular Catheters – Sterile and single use – Angiographic Catheters – Crescent Hydraulic Burst Tester. 

ISO 10555 – 3 Intravascular Catheters – Sterile and single use – Central Venous Catheters – Crescent Hydraulic Burst Tester. 

ISO 10555 – 4 Intravascular Catheters – Sterile and single use – Balloon Dilation Catheters – Crescent Hydraulic Burst Tester. 

ISO 10555 – 5 Intravascular Catheters – Sterile and single use – Over-needle peripheral catheters

ISO 11070 – Sterile single use intravascular introducers, dilators, and guidewires

ISO 80369 – 3 Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases: Connectors for Enteral applications

ISO 80369 – 3 Small-bore connectors for liquids and gases: Connectors for Enteral applications

ISO 594 – 1 and 2 – Conical Fittings with a 6%(Luer) taper for syringes, needles, and certain other medical equipment

ISO 7198 – Cardiovascular implants and extracorporeal systems – Vascular prostheses , tubular vascular grafts and vascular patches

ISO 25539-1 – Cardiovascular implants – Endovascular prostheses

ISO 25539-2 – Vascular Stents

ASTM F2394-07 Preconditioning of stent on the deployment system prior to retention testing – MSI Simulated Use Tester and MSI Stent Retention Tester 

ASTM F623 Standard performance specification for Foley Catheter – MSI Simulated Use Tester

ASTM F2081 Standard Guide for Characterization and Presentation of the Dimensional Attributes of Vascular Stents – CRESCENT HYDRAULIC BURST TESTER

ASTM F2394 Standard Guide for Measuring securement of Balloon Expandable Vascular Stent mounted on delivery system – MSI Simulated Use Tester 

ASTM F3067 Guide for Radial Loading of Balloon Expandable and Self Expanding Vascular Stents – MSI Radial Force Tester

ASTM F2606-08 Standard Guide for Three-Point Bending of Balloon Expandable Vascular Stents and Stent Systems – Schedule MSI lab testing services.

Non- Clinical Engineering Tests and Recommended Labeling of Intravascular Stents and Associated Delivery Systems – Schedule MSI Lab Testing services.

Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Vascular and Neurovascular Embolization Devices – Schedule MSI Lab Testing Services

Class II Special Controls Guidance Document for Certain Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Catheters – Schedule MSI Lab Testing Services

Title 21 -Food and Drugs, Chapter 1 – Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Subchapter A-General, Part 58 – Good Laboratory Practice for Non-clinical Laboratory Studies – Schedule MSI Lab Testing Services

Listed here are a variety of standard test methods our experienced team offers to evaluate the performance of Catheters, Balloon catheters, or accessory devices (guidewires, guide catheters, endoscopes, stents…). These test methods were designed following the outlined general requirements in the ISO 10555 and ISO 11070 standards, as well as the FDA 824 guidance document. MSI Lab follows best professional practices and requires customer approval of study plans and protocols prior to performing testing.

  • Balloon Burst, Leak, Compliance (HBLT) Testing
  • Radial Expansion Testing
  • Stent Retention Tester
  • Motorized Push/ Pull Tester
  • Dimensional Analysis/ Verification
  • Torque Characteristics
  • Simulated Use Testing

Balloon Burst, Leak, Compliance (HBLT) Testing

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Radial Expansion Testing

Utilizing MSI’s Radial expansion testing equipment, the RX650, following stepped parameters that control and record the Iris diameter and speed MSI Labs quantitatively collect the radial resistive forces and the Chronic outward forces that a stent experiences during a run process.

Standard test methods include:

  • Radial compression/expansion cycle testing
  • Stent deployment forces

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO 25539
  • ISO/TS15539
  • FDA guidance 1545

Stent Retention Tester

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Utilizing MSI’s Stent Retention equipment, the SR1000, following stepped parameters that control and record retention diameter, distance, and speed MSI Labs quantitatively collect forces required dislodge a balloon expandable stent from the balloon catheter.

Standard test methods include:

  • Stent Securement

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO Standard 25539
  • ASTM F2394

Motorized Push/ Pull Tester

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Utilizing our in-house Motorized push/ pull tester with data collection, MSI labs can control to move speed and distance while collecting force distance and speed data. This method of testing is for all ASTM and ISO linear tension and compression testing.

  • 3 point bend
  • Tension/ Compression
  • Tip stiffness
  • Packaging

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO Standard 25539
  • ASTM F2081
  • ASTM F2606

Dimensional Analysis/ Verification

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Utilizing calibrated measurement equipment, MSI Labs will analysis and record product measurements at specified locations as a standalone dimensional verification or pre and/or post simulated use or other testing method.

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO Standard 25539
  • ASTM F2081

Torque Characteristics

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Utilizing MSI’s simulated use testing equipment, the IDTE, following stepped parameters that control and record proximal rotational direction and speed MSI Labs quantitatively collect proximal forces and rotations while also recording distal forces or rotations.

Standard test methods include:

  • Torque strength
  • Rotational response
  • Torque to failure
  • Rotational Bond strength

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO 10555
  • ISO 25539
  • ISO/TS15539
  • ASTM F2394

Simulated Use Testing

Utilizing MSI’s simulated use testing equipment, the IDTE, following stepped parameters that control and record insertion/withdraw- distance, speed, and delay MSI Labs quantitatively collect forces required to track a catheter or device through a tortuous path that mimics challenging in vivo physiologic/anatomic conditions.

Standard test methods include:

  • Simulated use
  • Lesion cross-ability force
  • Push efficiency
  • Catheter-guide wire compatibility
  • Flexibility/kink force
  • Bifurcation “kissing” stent force
  • Insertion force measurement
  • Preconditioning cycles

Related Standards and Guides:

  • ISO 10555
  • ISO 25539
  • ISO/TS15539
  • ASTM F2394

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