Medical & Healthcare

Overview

SMD has supplied miniature force, pressure, and non-invasive air-in-line sensors to medical device OEMs for decades. Approximately 90% of SMD products are custom engineered to fit specific applications and aggressive cost targets, and our engineering team supports device design from concept through production — for syringe and IV infusion pumps, surgical robotics, birthing simulators, and neonatal screening. Manufacturing is ISO certified with IPC-620 trained assembly.

Case Studies

Medical & Healthcare Applications

Load Cells & Force

Robotic Hand

Robotic Hand Prosthesis designed and built by a university, that is controlled by thought and returns tactile sensations.

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Urinary Incontinence Device

Medical Device that monitors a patient’s urine flow path outside of the bladder in order to help diagnose and treat sphincter inefficiencies.

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Bubble Sensors

Monitor & Prevent Air In Line With Custom Bubble Detectors

Intravenous lines are used to administer drugs and nutrients into a patient during care. During this process, air may be accidentally introduced to the line, resulting in adverse health effects. As such, constant monitoring of IV lines is critical for ensuring patient safety. Devices exist that can automatically detect and redirect air bubbles into a waste stream before they reach the patient so as not to interrupt a procedure or flow to a patient.

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Bubble Sensors

Integrated Multi-Line Bubble & Occlusion Sensors For Pumps & IVs

Detection of air bubbles and line blockages critical in medical compounding pumps. Need to detect various sized bubbles and blockages across multiple lines.

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Bubble Sensors

Custom Bubble & Occlusion Sensors For Ablation Cooling Pumps

Medical devices use RF ablation to treat many medical issues, including heart issues, tumors, and back pain. A typical ablation system is made up of an RF generator, control and monitoring equipment, the antenna, and a cooling pump.

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Scales & Weighing

Custom Scales For Veterinary Hospitals

Used with a wide variety of veterinary instruments and scales for the testing of animal’s health.

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Load Cells & Force

Custom Load Cells & Force Sensors For Syringe Pumps

Company who manufactures syringe pumps for laboratory testing and medical use. A syringe pump is a small infusion pump used to gradually administer fluid to a patient or for use in chemical and biomedical research.

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Custom Sensors For Birthing Simulators

Simulator designed to train doctors with proper techniques to deliver babies under various birthing scenarios. Instructors demonstrate, and students practice the delivery of a baby model, with primary function being to monitor the amount of force applied to the baby’s head.

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Custom Sensors For Neonatal Screening

Automated Neonatal Screening is used to test newborns for inherited disorders. Blood samples are subjected to various neonatal assays. The customer’s instrument enables continuous sample and reagent loading.

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Custom Sensors For Bone Fractures & Surgical Applications

A fixator that is used to correct and align bone fractures. Six struts are used to align the bone segments. Force measurements are used to provide feedback to surgeons as to the healing progress & thus providing feedback for further strut adjustments.

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