Dynatek to Exhibit Second Generation Coating Durability Tester at MD&M West

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12th October 2007

Source: Dynatek Dalta

Dynatek to Exhibit Second Generation Coating Durability Tester at MD&M West

Since the 2005 release of the first Coating Durability Tester, designed to evaluate the durability of coatings on drug-eluting and other coated stents, there has been high demand for Dynatek's testers and contract testing services. The second generation testers include additional capabilities to address a wider variety of devices and testing techniques. The CDT2 allows for a larger range of sample lengths and diameters, as well as for complicated sample designs (bent, bifurcated, etc.), opening the door for testing of larger peripheral vascular stents, as well as complicated coronary and peripheral stents. In addition, the new design of the CDT2 readily accommodates laser micrometer use for sample measurement, allows for vertical or horizontal testing, and provides internal loop heating for better temperature control. Deployment access ports are also available, and provide for direct stent deployment into the pre-mounted sample vessels, allowing the CDT2 to be used for both acute-phase

Similar to the first generation, the second generation Coating Durability Testers include user control of the testing speed, temperature, pressures, and flow rates. The CDT2 also provides radial stent loading in a dynamic, pulsatile environment and real-time laser particle counting, allowing for detection of shed particles under these biologically-relevant conditions. User-controlled alarms ensure that the proper testing conditions are maintained throughout the test. Data provided by the CDT2 can be readily evaluateagainst d USP.

The CDT2 will be exhibited at the MD&M West Expo in Anaheim, California, February 13-15, 2007, Booth 2592.

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