Medical Cables: Preventing Redesign
It is common to make changes to medical cables for medical devices from the original design. The reasons medical cables often are redesigned is to improve performance, add flexibility to a cable or eliminate cable design flaws. Often, minor design changes are made to the medical cable as feedback from the end user and/or field …
Custom Configurations for Medical Cables
Every medical cable application is different so why settle for an off the shelf solution for a unique problem? I read quite a few discussion boards and find that when someone is looking for a specialized medical cable that the replies usually tell them to call Belden or Alpha. There is nothing wrong with Alpha …
Medical Cables vs. Generic Cables: Is there a difference?
Medical cables do differ from generic cables used in other industries. It isn’t recommended to use standard/ generic wire and cable in your medical device design unless the wire or cable doesn’t need to meet any medical requirements or is used internally in your device. Every industry has it’s unique requirements when it comes to …
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Extruded shapes: Flat Cables to Wine Corks
Custom wire and cable manufacturers have the ability to extrude a variety of shapes, from round, flat cables, odd shaped cables, tubing to wine corks. Extruding machines can be outfitted with dies and tooling to create different extruded shapes. The extrusion process is different than injection molding, the heated plastic or rubber material is forced …
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