Accelerate Your Medical Device into a Manufactured Product
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL MINIATURIZATION
Regulatory Compliant, Reliable, Interconnected, Uniquely Packaged Product Solutions
PROJECT
Miniaturization and packaging of complex PCB Rigid-Flex Assembly
CHALLENGE
Evaluate how best to package a multi-layer complex rigid-flex PCB into the tightest arrangement around a motor.
ACCELERATE
Performed design analyses such as volumetric studies, mock-parts for manipulation, while taking thermal, EMI, and radio frequency communications into account.
RESULT
Arrived at an optimized mechanical layout for PCB layout to be finalized.
PROJECT
Custom Electronic Console
CHALLENGE
A custom backplane PC system based on IEC standard rack-mount enclosure required size-reduction to be part of a mobile cart.
ACCELERATE
Customized Schroff-standard electronics enclosure for integration into a compact mobile-rack console. Cart included over 30 multi-conductor and fiber-optic cables.
RESULT
Designed and collaborated with vendor to produce a fully shielded enclosure-module for the custom cart.
PROJECT
Video Laryngoscope
CHALLENGE
To satisfy User Requirements a Low-Cost, Polka-Yoke blind mate connector was needed for a disposable, while the receiving connector in the reusable device would be suitable for multiple cycles.
ACCELERATE
Modifying a truncated portion of PCI connector set the layout, fabrication, and cycle testing could be considered a proven design. The disposable side could be specified for low insertion cycles while the receiver could be gold plated for high cycles. The connector was then put in a custom housing to prevent other devices from mistakenly being inserted, and mechanica- float was added to allow for auto-alignment when installed.
RESULT
The successfully launched product still uses this connector solution after several years of maturity and newer versions of the product commercialized.
PROJECT
Ruggedized Case
for MIL-STD-810G
CHALLENGE
Expensive and fragile electronic components were cracking when drop tested
ACCELERATE
Case was hardened for drop-testing along with protective rubber over-molded areas added. The internal suspension system and thermal management system was analyzed.
RESULT
With an accelerated design cycle the changes were made and merged into the ongoing design with minimal impact to the overall schedule. Successfully pivoting a key parameter of the device.PROJECT
Micro Endoscope
CHALLENGE
Prototype custom endoscope cameras with diameters less than 3mm.
ACCELERATE
Developed novel means of adapting Ball Grid
Array Sensor-chip into a flexible cable while keeping within the spatial profile of the chip to meet final diameter specifications.
RESULT
Proof of concept prototypes produced with custom lens, aligned, tested, and sent to customer for evaluation.
Jay and I have worked together on several projects spanning a variety of medical products. Technologies have had demanding complexity involving optical and electromechanical components that need to be carefully orchestrated together with fine attention to detail. They met and exceeded my expectations resulting in an accelerated and successful program.