A Scottish friend tells me that in Glasgow if you order a meat pie from a chip shop it will be deep fried like fish and chips. Furthermore a local delicacy is a famous chocolate bar coated in batter and deep fried. It comes as no surprise therefore that some parts of Scotland have high levels of heart disease.

Glasgow University of Cardiac Surgery conduct research into base properties of heart valve leaflet material made from polyurethane. Dr Gill Bernacca uses a Hounsfield H10KS machine, as part of her Research to perform tensile and elongation tests on the material quickly and accurately.

The system chosen was the Hounsfield H10KS machine, accessories and QMat Professional Software. QMat software enables users to create their own test protocols quickly and easily. Test results and curves may be printed off or stored for analysis at a later date.

Hounsfield was chosen from a number of possible suppliers because of its reputation for quality, after sales service and versatile, easy to use software.