PCB Boards for the Medical & Healthcare Industry
PCBs have become a standard requirement across the Medical industry. As medical devices have become more technologically advanced, they are mostly based on electronic components, which are assembled in modules and equipment that is built using printed circuit boards.
Most of the medical devices are small, so their internal circuitry is even smaller, which eventually requires high density PCBs (HDI). These HDI PCBs holds a lot of connections in a small area, which makes them suitable for smaller medical devices. Rigid, Rigid-Flex, and Flexible PCB boards are also used in the medical field to fulfill the requirements like bending, size, and damage-resistant.
Medical PCB boards are used everywhere from Pacemakers, Monitoring System to MRI and CT Scanners. These PCBs are also implemented in medical devices like body temperature monitors, blood glucose monitors, electrical muscle stimulation equipment, Ultrasound equipment, Blood pressure monitors, X-ray computed tomography etc.
Reliable PCBs are very important in the Medical industry since we cannot afford device failure while treatment is going on. For example, if a machine goes down then a patient may not be able to get a proper diagnosis, which could be fatal.
PCBs for Medical Implants
- Cochlear Implants are hearing implants used by a deaf. Such implants are realized with the combination of PCB and advanced electronics. These implants are placed surgically under the skin and contain a ton of electronics, including, a microphone, speech processor, transmitter, receiver, stimulator, and an electrode array that collects all of the electrical impulses from the stimulator and sends them to regions of the auditory nerve to be heard.
- Implanted defibrillators help to protect people who are at an elevated risk for cardiac problems from sudden trauma.
- Responsive Neurostimulator (RNS) is an implanted device (on the brain) that is used to treat people with epilepsy. Such a device monitors brain activity around the clock. It delivers an electric shock whenever it senses abnormal brain activity.
Medical PCB Regulations:
The FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) regulates companies who produce, sell and import all of the medical devices in the United States. These companies must register themselves under the FDA and cannot distribute their devices before getting permission from the FDA. The FDA also takes care of quality and labeling requirements for the devices based on PCBs.
PCB Directory has listed companies that fabricate and assemble printed circuit boards for Medial Equipment and devices. Find Medical PCB companies by their location and capabilities.
