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What Designers Should Know About Medical Cables

From Northwire, Inc.
 

 
Specifying a medical cable means considering flexibility, chemical resistance, and more. Medical cables have to meet requirements that are more demanding than the nonmedical variety. MedFlex is a family of cables from Northwire Inc. that offers a combination of flexibility, tough mechanical properties, and non toxic features. The design is suited for applications such as surgical devices and patient monitors, and can be customized for either permanent or semi-disposable use. Cables are highly engineered products that must perform consistently and reliably in a wide range of environmental extremes. Cables for medical applications are complex, heavily regulated, and demanding to design and manufacture. They must work after repeated exposures to one or more sterilization processes, including autoclave, ETO, gamma, e-beam, and high-level disinfectants and sterilants. A little background on components and considerations can help select a better medical cable.
Products & Services
Flat cables are typically used in computers for internal connections to peripherals. They are also referred to as ribbon cables. Search by Specification | Learn more about Flat Cables
The cable assembly may be used for various computer applications like connecting mice, keyboards, printers, modems or other peripheral devices. Search by Specification | Learn more about Computer Cables
Patch cables and cords are flexible cables that are terminated at both ends with a plug and used to interconnect circuits on patch panels. Search by Specification | Learn more about Patch Cables and Cords
Coaxial cables have one conductor insulated with a dielectric material and then surrounded by the other conductor, usually referred to as the center conductor and shield.  Triaxial cables are specialized coaxial cables. Search by Specification | Learn more about Coaxial Cables and Triaxial Cables
Coiled cords and cables consist of a wire wound around a tubular axis. The result is a spring-like form that is able to stretch and bend with minimal stress on the wire. Learn more about Coiled Cords and Cables
Product Announcements
Northwire, Inc. - MedFLEX - Custom Cables for Medical Electronics
Cables for biomedical applications. Sterilizable, low bio-burden, re-useable, disposable, and single-patient designs. (read more)
Master Bond, Inc. - Fast Cure Medical Adhesive to the Rescue
Master Bond EP3HTMED is a fast curing medical adhesive designed to improve the assembly of disposable and reusable medical devices. High strength bonds are resistant to impact, vibration and stress... (read more)
New England Wire Technologies Corporation - Custom Multiconductor Cables
New England Wire Technologies is a world leader in the design and manufacture of multiconductor cable for medical electronics, robotics, defense, power distribution, audio/video and communications and... (read more)
Coast Wire & Plastic Tech., Inc. - Medical Cables: Magnetic / Non Magnetic MRI Cables
Specializing in a wide variety of custom and special purpose Medical Cables from Coast Wire and Plastic Tech, Inc. Our specialty includes (but is not limited to): MRI, Disposable and reusable surgical... (read more)
New England Wire Technologies Corporation - Medical Electronics, New England Wire Technologies
New England Wire Technologies - Medical Electronics Today's medical electronics industry requires medical cable manufacturers to produce technologically advanced medical cables that are built to... (read more)
Coast Wire & Plastic Tech., Inc. - Custom Medical Wire and Cable Manufacturing
Coast has been providing customers with a wide range of solutions for their wire, cable, and cable assembly concerns. Our products run from reusable to disposable, PVC to Silicone, and standard to... (read more)
Fischer Connectors, Inc. - Disposable Low Cost Medical Connector
Fischer Connectors, Inc. manufactures a disposable, limited use, medical connector to match your specification. The Limited Use Connector (L.U.C.) TM is offered in multiple configurations allowing... (read more)
Fort Wayne Metals, Inc. - Strands and Cable
Strands and cables are ideal for applications requiring greater strength and flexibility than a single wire filament can achieve. These highly engineered products often utilize complex constructions... (read more)
Master Bond, Inc. - Medical Adhesive Has Quick Set Time
Master Bond has introduced a fast curing medical adhesive called EP41S-MED. Forming resistant bonds to EtO cold sterilants, gamma radiation as well as oil and many organic solvents, EP41S-MED fully... (read more)
Northwire, Inc. - Cables for Alternative Energy Applications
In as little as five days, we'll ship the rugged, high-quality, technical cable you need for your alternative power generation application. There's no minimum quantity required to get... (read more)
Topics of Interest
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Figure 11.1 on page 258 divided EMC control measures into three levels. This chapter deals with the secondary (interfaces and filtering) level. If your product has no interfaces let s say it is a... (Read More)
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