{"id":557,"date":"2020-10-30T19:47:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T19:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2023-07-13T17:53:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T17:53:06","slug":"innovate-for-medical-applications-by-integrating-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/innovate-for-medical-applications-by-integrating-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovate for Medical Applications by Integrating Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<em>By Minco Staff<\/em>\r\n\r\nIn the heavily regulated medical field with lives at stake, device development is always challenging. Medical devices can operate in laboratory settings or inside the human body; they serve in applications from diagnostics to imaging to surgery. But regardless of their location or function, they have to be accurate, reliable, and compliant with regulations. Those stringent requirements don\u2019t just affect the selection of individual components; they demand precision and reliability of the devices in which they operate as a functioning whole.\r\n\r\nFinding suitable electrical components is just the first step. Integrating them into a reliable, cost-effective medical product is the ultimate challenge.\u00a0 Minco works with medical product developers to do just that. Advanced heating solutions like our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/products\/flexible-heaters\/polyimide-thermofoil\/\">Thermofoil<\/a>\u2122 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/products\/flexible-heaters\/smartheat\/\">SmartHeat SLT<\/a>\u2122 heaters keep laboratory, imaging, and surgical devices at steady temperatures for safe, stable operation. Our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/products\/temperature-sensors\/\">sensor products<\/a>, including humidity sensors, temperature sensors\u2014RTD, thermocouple, and thermistor sensors including new\u00a0TS22545 thermistor bolt sensors\u2014save space, simplify installation, and react quickly to report and control temperatures and ensure patient safety.\u00a0 Our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/flexible-circuits\/\">flex circuits<\/a>\u00a0save space and give designers unprecedented freedom in configuring products in three dimensions while\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/products\/flexible-circuits\/miniature-flex-coils\/\">flex coils<\/a> enable data communication and inductive charging. And our vast portfolio of termination methods and options pull all those functions together, reducing the amount of front-end assembly and simplifying installation.\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-559\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-878x1024.jpg 878w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-1317x1536.jpg 1317w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2-1755x2048.jpg 1755w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The sample carousel in this floor standing analyzer includes a unique combination of a heater, sensor, and controller to maintain accurate fluid temperature.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-558\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.minco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnostics5.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This compact countertop analyzer integrates custom designed flex circuits with a heater and sensor to minimize space.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nIntegration of components is one of the biggest challenges in medical device development. How will components physically fit together in today\u2019s compact devices? How will they interact? How will placement and modification of one impact the others? And how will they be supported both during and after development? Those responsibilities can weigh heavily on product developers. Fortunately, these responsibilities can be lightened through the assistance of Minco engineers, either in component selection and implementation or in custom manufacturing of components into integrated packages. Either way, sourcing of multiple components from one expert provider will simplify the supply chain, ensure accountability, reinforce teamwork, and help speed products to market.\r\n\r\nAs provider and integrator of a wide range of components, Minco can be an invaluable resource in developing innovative products. Minco experts don\u2019t just deliver products; we engineer solutions.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minco.com\/contact\/\">Contact us today<\/a>!\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the heavily regulated medical field with lives at stake, device development is always challenging. 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