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- Sep
- 2020
DOEs Ready for New, Smaller Medical Devices
The technology trends in the medical OEM field are moving toward smaller and advanced technologies, as shown in Fig. 1. Some of those advanced technologies are revolutionary new. For example, bio sensors for human and machine interface or HMI and new, flexible electrodes are leading the way. They are among the most recent developments and […]
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- Aug
- 2020
Are Soft Electronics Coming to Medical Devices?
A light-sensitive hydrogel for ingestible medical devices has recently been developed by MIT researchers, Fig. 1. Integrated with medical devices, doctors can insert those tiny systems into the human body to treat, diagnose or monitor disorders. Once those devices are no longer needed, they can then be dissolved inside the body by exposing them to […]
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Medical electronics continue to be a game changer, with miniaturization being foremost today in the minds of medical OEMs. In a previous column, I discussed ingestible and implantable medical devices based on remarkably small and unique PCBs, and the technology trends supporting those products continue to dramatically escalate. Today, there is a growing demand for […]
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- Apr
- 2020
PCBs on the Medical Ventilator Frontlines
The unprecedented demand for thousands upon thousands of life-saving ventilators appears to be among the biggest challenges facing medical electronics OEMs today due to the coronavirus pandemic. News reports say that America’s biggest manufacturers are working with medical systems companies to produce the volumes of ventilators needed across the country. But there is also a […]
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Hospitals and other medical centers are scrambling for ventilators in the U. S. and across the globe to help save lives during the Coronavirus pandemic. EMS providers, contract manufacturers, and PCB fabricators are engaging with medical equipment customers to put into action vast numbers of new PCB orders specifically for the manufacture of thousands […]
Continue Reading...An urgent call is out to medical equipment makers that thousands—even millions—of ventilators are in the greatest demand in our history due to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak. Some traditional medical equipment makers haven’t pursued the ventilator business nor have a lot of top manufacturing companies like Tesla, GM, and others that are poised to produce […]
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IoT devices are entering a distinctly new realm when it comes to printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The reason for that is IoT devices require both traditional surface mount technology (SMT) assembly, as well as microelectronics assembly. The latter involves chip on board, wire bonding, die attach, flip chip and other associated technologies. Continue Reading […]
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If you’ve been reading current medical journals and papers, you know that medical electronics is entering into a new frontier where PCB assembly and manufacturing hasn’t been before. Leading medical electronics OEMs and top healthcare centers are forging ahead with so-called ingestible smart pills and smart cameras that promise to replace large, conventional medical systems. […]
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- Apr
- 2019
Die Attach – New Addition to PCB Assembly
Over time, PCB manufacturing has evolved from the traditional through hole, to through hole combined with SMT, and today, a growing number of PCBs are assembled with a combination of SMT and microelectronics or bare die wire bonded onto a substrate or the PCB, itself. Die attach is an integral part of microelectronics. In 2019 […]
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- Apr
- 2017
Update on PCB Stencil Design and Printing
Stencil design and printing is one of the most important steps when it comes to PCB assembly. Knowing how to properly design the stencil and implement paste dispensing for assembly takes considerable knowhow and in-depth experience. In this instance, there’s no substitute for experience since textbooks on the subject are few and far between. Take […]
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