Heart Valve Testing

Manufacturers of TAVR (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement) heart valves must ensure their devices can withstand extreme and repeated blood pressure conditions without failure. During durability and burst testing, precise force measurement is required to accurately simulate real-world cardiac pressures. The challenge is integrating a highly accurate, compact load cell into a linear actuator and syringe piston system to validate applied pressure while maintaining repeatability and reliability in a controlled lab environment.