Owner manual

M6™
Exceptionally Capable Heart Valve Tester from the Market Leader
Dynatek Labs is proud to offer the M6™ Heart Valve Tester, the industry benchmark for over 30 years. The
benchtop M6™ is a powerful platform for in vitro heart valve substitute durability protocols that form a
critical component of heart valve feasibility testing, design verification and validation.
… with the versatility to test everything from heart valves and LVAD bladders
Powerful Versatility in a Compact Unit
The M6™ can evaluate the widest range of heart valve-related samples
for durability and failure mode analysis or testing to failure:
 •HeartValves
 •SeptalDefectClosures
 •ArticialHeartBladders
 •Membranes/Sheets
 •Sutures/Clips
 •Intra-aorticBalloons    
 •TranscatheterValves
Lowest cost of ownership
TheM6™featuresaclearacrylicFlowChamberHeadwithsixcustom-
designedValveTestChambersthathostthevalvetestsamples.The
ValveTestChambersareradiallyarrangedintheFlowChamberHead
and each is served by a single channel that allows the test fluid to flow
through.The entireFlowChamber head,the Test ValveChambers
andtheuidsupplychannelsareCNC-machinedfromasubstantial
block of clear cast acrylic offering complete visibility of fluid flow and
samplestatusatalltimes.SiliconeO-ringsensurethattheValveTest
Chambersremaincompletelyleak-proof.
BelowtheFlowChamberHead,onebellowmadeofaproprietaryalloy
ismatedtoeachValveTestChamberwithasiliconeO-ringseal.The
bellowssitonthepistonlessSwashPlateDrivesystem.AstheSwash
Plate‘rotates’,thebellowsarecompressedorextendedcausinguid
to ow through each Valve Test Chamber. This allows for test uid
to be driven into the Valve Test Chambers, enabling hydrodynamic
testing of the test valve in each chamber.
The valve test chamber is custom designed, based on your valve
requirements.