Environmental Simulation Testing

Environmental simulation testing simulates different physical stresses and climatic conditions that medical devices are exposed to during their lifetime and expose the possible weaknesses in the design and performance of medical device.

STEMart provides comprehensive environmental simulation testing to help manufacturer identify the impact of extreme conditions on product's lifespan and initiate product improvements at an early stage.

Standards

• IEC 60068-2
• IEC 60695
• IEC 60945
• BS EN 60529
• ASTM

Environmental Simulation Testing

• Dynamics testing/physical stresses testing
• Acceleration
• Shock & Vibration
• Chemical exposure testing
• Corrosive Atmosphere testing

STEMart provides corrosive atmosphere testing to evaluate the resistance of medical device to harsh, caustic chemicals for disinfection purpose.

• Salt-fog and salt-spray testing

STEMart provides salt-fog and salt-spray testing to evaluate the protective effectiveness of coating and finishes of medical device and determine the effects of salt deposits on the physical and electrical aspects of it.

• Environmental stress
• Temperature and humidity testing

STEMart provides various temperature and humidity testing including high/low temperature testing, moisture resistance testing and temperature cycling testing to study the ability of medical device to withstand environmental pressures and stresses during real-world use.

• Altitude testing
• STEMart provides altitude testing for medical device used at excessive heights to determine the its durability to withstand extreme temperature, humidity and atmospheric conditions.
• Thermal shock testing

STEMart provides thermal shock testing to determine the robustness and reliability of plated-through holes and solder joint connections of medical device.

• Highly accelerated life test (HALT)

STEMart provides a complete HALT testing program including high temperature step stress test, low temperature step stress test, vibration step stress test, rapid thermal cycling test and combined environment test.

• Highly accelerated stress screening (HASS)

STEMart provides HASS testing to help manufacturer discover latent defects during the design and production stages of product life cycle.

• Water protection/immersion testing

STEMart provides water protection/immersion testing to evaluate the waterproof ability of medical device.

• Explosive atmosphere testing

STEMart provides explosive atmosphere testing for medical device to verify if it can operate properly in a fuel contaminated, highly volatile environment without creating ignition and causing explosion.

• Overpressure
• Extreme climatic condition
• Accelerated weathering (including wind & rain, ice & snow, sand & dust, UV exposure)

STEMart provides accelerated weathering to simulate the damaging effect caused by long term exposure of medical device to outdoor conditions.

• Other type of environmental simulation testing
• Ingress protection (IP) testing

STEMart provides IP testing for medical safety products and other medical equipment to evaluate their ability to protect against infiltration of foreign objects and liquids.

• Fire and Flammability Testing
• Fungal testing

STEMart provides fungal testing to evaluate the fungus resistance of medical device.

SETMart provides accurate testing covering various physical stresses, extreme climate conditions and chemical exposures to take care of both quality control and relevant regulatory compliance early in your product development lifecycle. If you want to learn more detail about our environmental simulation testing service, or would like to consult with the experts at STEMart, please feel free to contact us.