To meet many of the requirements of the FDA's Quality System it is necessary to have medical devices tested by outside, third party, accredited facilities. The extent of testing required depends on the classification of the device. In the case of the products manufactured by BioMeridian, the testing is extensive. We are required to pass safety issues, radiated emissions, air discharge tests, contact discharge tests, electromagnetic field tests, power frequency tests and a host of others. These tests are time consuming and expensive, often taking months and costing vast amounts of capital. BioMeridian not only complies with these requirements here in the US, but often exceeds them, as we also test for stringent requirements on the world stage.