This was demonstrated for:1. Product remanufactured using standard production processes2. Product subjected to worst-case contamination, storage, shipping, and cleaning,as well as.3. Product subjected to worst-case shipping and storage conditions followed by two years ofaccelerated and real-time aging.Finally, remanufactured harmonic® scalpels routinely withstood 300 activations without failure ofthe Teflon pad while new scalpels failed 27% of the time.