Mock Vessels Precision Mock Vessels
Introducing: Optically clear compliant mock vessels for testing stents.
High precision mock vessels made to exacting standards
Dynatek Labs: The Performance Leader for Mock Vessels
With a history of nearly 30 years of research and innovation behind us, Dynatek Labs produces the most precise mock silicone vessels in the world. Dynatek pioneered the fabrication of mock vessels for use in testing stents, stent grafts and some kinds of heart valves. Honed over decades, accuracy and precision are the hallmarks of our proprietary mock vessel fabrication process, and today we are the first choice for mock vessels by virtually every stent manufacturing company in the world.
What’s in a mandrel?
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A mandrel is usually a stainless steel or aluminum rod accurately shaped to the customer’s vessel specifications and used as a mold for fabricating the mock vessel. A mock vessel can meet the required specifications only if the mandrel from which it is made captures the specifications accurately. Dynatek’s mandrels are machinedAf and finished to extremely close tolerances so that mock vessels from every
mandrel meet the requirements exactly.
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Is it an art?
Yes, it is. Silicone is a tricky material to work with. Dynatek has nearly three decades of research experience working with silicone and we know, for example, exactly how much shrinkage to expect when the mock vessel is removed from its mandrel. It is this kind of knowledge that makes Dynatek’s mock vessels the most accurate and consistently precise in the world.
Or is it science?
Yes, it is. The photo on the left is a close-up of a T-bifurcated mandrel. In fact, it is a CNC-machined two-piece mandrel with the joint made to such close tolerances that the seam is invisible to the naked eye. Advantage? A bifurcated mock vessel with an ultra-smooth, bubblefree interior and naturally curved surfaces near the joint, just like a real vessel in vivo.
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