Mini-ITX Board Available in Active and Passive Cooling Configurations
A dual-core Mini-ITX board features I/O sets available for a range of embedded applications, including healthcare. The EPIA-M910 is available in both active and passive cooling configurations with the choice of either a performance-oriented 1.6 GHz dual-core processor or a fanless 1.0 GHz dual-core processor. The board's I/O set features HDMI and VGA display connectivity ports with pin headers...
Keyboard Tested to More than 20 Million Keystroke Actuations
A keyboard suited for medical environments features a smooth silicone cover that is easy to clean with most standard medical cleansers and disinfecting wipes. The EZClean 4100 provides a smooth silicone surface that’s easy to clean with the swipe of a disinfecting wipe, while providing a barrier to keep germs and bacteria out of hard-to-clean areas. The base keyboard is tested to more...
Company's Electronic Manufacturing Services Include In-House Engineering Expertise
A company’s comprehensive electronic manufacturing service (EMS) capabilities include an extensive suite of in-house testing services enhanced by the acquisition of advanced flying-probe test equipment and automated optical inspection equipment. The service provider supports its manufacturing competency with in-house engineering expertise, including a test engineering group that can develop...
Flat Silicone Cables Designed For Surgical Robotic Systems
A company’s flat silicone cables are designed for use on surgical robotic systems. The proprietary silicone cable is more flexible than round PVC or stiffer flat PTFE cables, which allows for a tighter bend radius, weight and space savings, greater current-carrying capacity, noise reduction, and longer flex life. Each element in the solid, one-piece construction is surrounded by silicone,...
Magnetic Rotary Sensors Have 360-Degree Measurement Range
A series of magnetic rotary angle sensors suitable for use in medical devices uses the orientation of a magnetic pick up to determine angle, eliminating mechanical wear. An embedded microprocessor, contained within the R-Series sensors, converts the magnetic orientation to an analog output that is repeatable to within 0.03%, or 0.1°, of measurement range, depending on model. These rotary...
Epoxy System Requires No Mixing
An epoxy system features a rapid cure schedule and a tensile shear strength exceeding 1,000 psi. It is 100% reactive and fully meets USP Class VI requirements for medical applications. This silver-filled epoxy adhesive-sealant has electrical conductivity with a volume resistivity less than 0.001 ohm cm. Serviceable over the temperature range of –60°F¬–400°F, EP3HTSMED...
LED Cluster Lamps Are Impervious to Electrical and Mechanical Shock
A line of sunlight-visible, bayonet-base 6/7 LED cluster lamps suitable for use in medical instrumentation can serve as replacements for incandescent T3¼ miniature bulbs. The LED lamps feature a 90% reduction in power consumption, with very low power draw of 0.8-0.91 watts, depending on the LED light color, and directly replace numbers including 6MB, 44, 47, 755 (5/6V) 12MB, 756 (12/14V),...
PTI Expands into Europe
Power Technology Inc. (PTI; Little Rock, AR), a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of laser diode products for the biomedical industry has opened a European sales office. Initially located in Bishops Stortford, UK, the office will help the company serve customers in Germany and the throughout Europe, according to a press release. Tony Pope and Daman Cookman, founders of Photonic Products...
Minmax Power Opens U.S. Office
Minmax Power (Tainan, Taiwan), a manufacturer of dc-dc converters and ac-dc modues for medical applications, has opened a new location in the United States. Located in Hudson, MA, the facility will provide sales support, technical engineering support, custom product design engineering, on-site diagnostic testing, and warehousing to the company’s North American customers. Minmax Power is...
LED Fiber Optic Illuminator Module Suited for Endoscopy, Surgical Microscopy Applications
A company has introduced a new LED fiber optic illuminator module specifically designed for integration into OEM medical device applications. The XLM Plus comes complete with electronics and communications interfaces and is suited to endoscopy, surgical microscopy, and headlamp applications. The product is manufactured in an ISO 13485:2003-certified facility. The XLM Plus LED Fiber Optic Light...
Power Supplies Suitable for Applications Requiring Miniature Size
A company offers a family of open frame, 20W ac-dc power supplies specifically designed for applications requiring miniature size, high reliability and economy. Six standard models operate from a universal input of 85 to 264 VAC, providing tightly regulated single outputs of 3.3, 5, 9, 12, 15, or 24 VDC. Standard features include filtering to EN55022 Class B, input/output isolation of 3,000 VAC,...
Company Enhances Vision System
A company has added to its vision system a new product line of unique line scan camera models, a high-speed triple core processor, and multicamera connectivity. Offering simultaneous operation of up to eight cameras, ultrafast processor speed and hardware flexibility, the XG-8000 Vision System significantly boosts production and inspection performance over conventional vision systems...
Switching Power Supplies Combine High Efficiency with High Power Density
The MWS65 series of 65-W open-frame medical- and ITE-certified ac-dc power supplies from TDK-Lambda Americas include onboard dual fusing, making them suitable for use in B- and BF-type (body and body floating, respectively) medical applications. With 4-kV-ac reinforced input-to-output isolation and 1500-V-ac output-to-ground isolation, all of the compact, convection-cooled models in the series...
Rechargeable Batteries Have Low Profile
Providing design engineers with a compact, lightweight, and reliable power source for portable medical devices, a company offers the ICP series of 3.7-V lithium ion–polymer rechargeable batteries that deliver high energy density in a flexible, low-profile, prismatic package. The batteries, available in the United States through a distributor, feature gel-electrolyte technology and can...
Ceramic Fluid Sensors are Made of PZT or Composite Piezoceramics
Standard and custom fluid-management sensors for infusion pumps, enteral feeding pumps, dialysis equipment, and medical ultrasound devices are produced from advanced piezoceramic materials. The company manufactures air-in-line, occlusion, and Doppler flow sensors, along with clamp-on flow and ultrasonic sensors, in a facility that meets ISO 13485 quality-management standards. Air-in-line...
Copper Foam Can Be Brazed, Coated, or Plated
Copper foam for use in medical device designs, combines the high thermal conductivity of copper with the structural benefits of a metal foam. Offering a true skeletal structure rather than being a sintered, coated, or plated product, the foam has a purity typically equivalent to that of the parent alloy metal, with no voids, inclusions, or entrapments. The matrix of cells and ligaments is...
Drive Belt is Suitable for Small Medical Devices
A very small timing belt for positive drive applications is available. The 55-tooth, 1-mm-pitch drive belt is designed for use in small medical devices. Able to be substituted for O-rings, it offers a nonmarking surface. The belt is reinforced for long-term length stability and can be supplied with the customer’s choice of fiberglass, aramid, or polyester fibers. Belts with curvilinear...
Wide-Angle Liquid-Crystal Display Enables Readability of ±85°
Wide-Angle Liquid-Crystal Display A thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal-display (TFT-LCD) module features a wide viewing angle, low-power advanced LED backlighting, and an operating lifetime up to 70,000 hours. The wide-viewing technology, making possible horizontal- and vertical-angle readability of ±85°, eliminates the phenomenon of color inversion, and the display’s high...
Differential-Pressure Sensors Exhibit Long-Term Stability
A company’s differential-pressure sensors consume little energy, making them suitable for long-term operation on battery power. Whereas the operational current of a standard sensor in the company’s general series can be as high as 6 mA, the CMOSens SDP6x6 low-power sensors in the SDP600 series, which enter sleep mode after each measurement is taken, are optimized for operating...
High-Voltage Power Amplifier Offers System Noise Under 10 V rms
A high-voltage linear power amplifier provides precise control of output voltage over the range of 0 to ±50 kV dc or peak ac up to 100 kV peak-to-peak. It can be used in such applications as dielectric studies, electron-beam ion traps and ion sources, electrospinning of nanofibers, electrostatic deflection, electrostatic flame control, electrostatic levitation, electrostatic precipitation...
Desktop Power Supplies Available in Custom Designs
The GT(M)91099 series of desktop power supplies feature mechanical configurations with double-reinforced insulation, regulated output voltage of 12–24 V dc in 0.1-V increments, and as much as 60 W of continuous output power. The enclosed power supplies are housed in an impact-resistant, nonvented polycarbonate case measuring 118.5 × 53.5 × 34.2 mm and including thermal...
Isolation Transformers are RoHS Compliant
RoHS-compliant isolation transformers are suitable for step-up, step-down, and 1:1 voltage applications and have power ratings of 0.025–5.0 kVA. An electrostatic shield between the transformers’ primary and secondary windings enhances safety and suppresses transients and electrical noise. When used in a 1:1 configuration, the transformers protect sensitive electrical equipment in...
KNF Neuberger Adds Micropump to Product Line
The KNF Neuberger Type NMP05 diaphragm micropump for sampling air and gases combines high performance with precision miniature packaging, resulting in efficient and reliable operation for portable, battery-operated equipment, including industrial hygiene devices, air samplers, and medical analyzers. This miniature OEM pump measures 17 by 26 by 31 mm and weighs just 18 g. Features include a bolted...
Stepper Motor Controller Features Graphic User Interface
A RoHS compliant programmable stepper motor drive is capable of a 75 V dc input voltage and a max output current of 3.85 A rms. The PCM7539X IDEA unit is designed to control size 23 and size 34 stepper motor linear actuators with functionality and programmability similar to the firm’s low- power IDEA drives. The motor is compact and contains a fully programmable control unit with graphic...
PLL Chip Set Can Use Wide Loop Bandwidths
A chip set is targeted at PLL and frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) sweeper applications requiring ultimate performance. The first part of the set, the HMC983LP5E dc to 7-GHz fractional-N divider, integrates a 48-bit delta-sigma modulator to achieve fractional frequency resolution of 180 nHz. A built-in frequency sweeper enables identical, coherent, FMCW frequency sweeps that can be...