Mechanical Testing
- Static and fatigue evaluation
- ASTM and ISO standards
- Custom fixturing and test design
- 4 MTS Mini Bionix axial-torsion frames
- MTS 312.21 axial load frame
Services
Section 7 Testing has over 30 years of experience generating reports that sail through regulatory agencies such as the USFDA. Standards testing, custom testing, and advanced computational product development are our specialties.
Wear Testing
- Hip and knee joint simulators
- Multi-axial wear simulation
- Hip impingement testing
- Six custom-designed multi-axis wear testers
- Spinal disc & small joint protocols
Computational Testing
- Finite element analysis (stress, contact area)
- Kinematic simulation via licensed KneeSIM
- Virtual constraint (ADAMS, FDA-accepted in 510(k))
- Range of motion & ASTM F2083-11
- Effect of surgical procedure on ADL kinematics
Anatomy Bundles
Most clients need a battery of tests to clear a single implant. S7T offers bundle pricing on combined mechanical, wear, and computational programs by anatomy.
- Knee
- Hip
- Spine
- Shoulder
- Ankle
Why S7T
- Predicate data. 25+ years of performance data on cleared devices — the comparison datasets your 510(k) needs.
- FDA-accepted methods. Including the ORL-developed virtual ASTM F1223-14 protocol accepted in a 510(k) submission.
- Standards authorship. Direct lineage from a lab that helped write the standards regulatory bodies use.
- One vendor, three disciplines. Mechanical bench, wear simulators, and computational models in-house.