Practical Applications of Failure Analysis and Materials Testing for Medical Devices

Failure analysis and materials testing provide important feedback to the design and manufacture of medical devices, and to problem solving. Numerous case histories will be utilized to review practical applications of failure analysis and materials testing to various medical devices including implantable devices, surgical tools, and medical facility equipment and systems. These case histories span a wide spectrum of metallic and nonmetallic materials, chemical testing, mechanical testing, corrosion testing, microscopy, materialography and fractography.