Miniaturization technology leads the implantable medical device and component development

Not long ago, the United States company invented a new 3D compact electronic medical apparatus, its volume only one bean size, can be implanted in the abdominal subcutaneous fat layer, on the action has no effect.

Since 2007, similar to the implantable medical device miniaturization technology there are many, the following is the latest development trends.

The light green light micro light-emitting diode

United States California Torrance medical device company developed into a new light-emitting diode (LED).

It uses a "Indium Gallium Nitride" special metal compounds as photosource. The compounds can be issued a feast of light green visible light. This miniature led a wide range of uses, can be used for full-color display, a large dot-matrix display, the background light, and other medical devices or other industrial lighting applications.

Suitable for ultra small form factor devices of precision wire

The more small medical devices on the wire, the higher the precision requirements, otherwise, the wire's do not match will have a direct impact on electronic medical equipment functions properly.

Ireland a medical devices company Fort Wayne metal Corporation recently announced that, they use high-precision diamond mould has been successfully used for a variety of small electronic medical devices using multiple specifications wire and wire diameter can be modified with the customer requirements. Production of fine wire materials can adopt various kinds of stainless steel, titanium, titanium alloy and new alloys (such as the Nitinol), etc.

Ultra-small intelligent sensor

Germany Waldklorch medical device company developed a ultra-small intelligent sensor.

It is applied to various industrial uses, including optical sensors, photoelectric sensors, photoelectric switches, magnetic switch, cylindrical sensors and Ultrasonic sensors, etc. This new type of sensors due to the use of intelligent technology, so it is almost for all existing simple sensors, electronic medical devices is particularly wide in use.

Small linear "diaphragm pump"

United Kingdom Charles Austen pumps technology development company developed into a kind of small linear "diaphragm pump" (also known as the "diaphragm pump").

It is suitable for various industrial purposes, in particular some long uninterrupted supply airflow of medical equipment. This kind of small linear diaphragm pump able to 5 ~ 60 litres/min speed provides non-hydrocarbon flow and work duration up to 25000 hour. Its the working voltage of 12 volts, with absolute security. This kind of small linear pump another advantage is that it consumes electricity per hour is extremely low, very economical.

Micro Assembly technology

Implantable medical devices to use existing components processing and Assembly, its volume and some thumb size to be implanted in the body will have a certain impact in the vicinity of the organization.

As semiconductor chip miniaturization, in theory can be implanted medical device products do less. However, the long-established Assembly technology has become narrow the implantable medical device volume of "Tiger".

Since most of the traditional medical device Assembly technology, using artificial welding and welding operators in may result in a "virtual welding", even without virtual welding, electronic medical device circuit board welding points in the body's physiological environment (such as acid in biological fluids, nerve growth cells attached to its growth, and so on) can easily be damaged by electrical circuit and component failure and, eventually the implantable electronic equipment failure, patients may no longer be operated on remove and replace the new machine.

New miniaturized technology semiconductor chips installed directly on the floor, thus reducing their footprint, and chip and chip through micro-Platinum wire with gold wire welded together, thus greatly reducing the implanted electronic devices. A Platinum wire and gold solder joints makes the Implantable devices work time stretch more than 20 times.

United States technical invention of bonded or flip chip technology has been successfully applied to the treatment of urinary incontinence in women implantable electronic neural controller.

This type of neural controller device available through the doctor (or the patient himself) remote control use. If patients that you no longer need to use it to improve symptoms, the doctor may at any time close the instrument, rather than through surgery.

In addition, the electronic circuit board as both folding up, but also into cylindrical flexible plate enables electronic medical device volume than the current reduction of 75 per cent to 80 per cent.

In vitro Wireless charging technology enables the implantable medical device do not need to be equipped with batteries, but only need to use in vitro Mini Wireless charger near the surface at any time directly to implanted electronic medical device charging.