Medical device testing company wins 'most trusted' award

Element Materials Technology has been awarded ’Most Trusted Medical Device Testing Partner 2019 – Midwest USA’ at this year’s Private HealthCare Awards. The award was presented by international publication, Global Health & Pharma.

Element’s testing facilities in North America and Europe support medical device development in the cardiovascular; diagnostic and therapeutic equipment; orthopaedic; and pharmaceutical industry. With the industry’s broadest scope of medical device testing capabilities, Element partners with medical manufacturers to ensure the products are safe, quality, compliant and fit for purpose.

Rick Sluiters, executive vice president at Element, commented: “The award is testament to our leadership in the medical device field and our ability to support and solve testing challenges for medical device manufacturers.

“With advances in surgical robotics, additive manufacturing, and implantables, our experts are at the forefront of the medical device testing industry, evaluating these devices to ensure compliance, while saving our customers time and money.

“Everything we do is to deliver one thing for our customers – certainty. Ultimately the work that we perform has a significant impact in the lives of the end user – the patient.”

The network of laboratories performing medical device testing includes capabilities for biological, chemical, metallurgical, mechanical, product electrical safety, EMC/EMI, regulatory and pharmaceutical testing. Element’s laboratories perform testing on hip, knee & spinal implants; trauma devices; cardiovascular & orthopaedic devices, and implantable, diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.