Your Global Partner for Innovative Connectivity Solutions
- Smiths Interconnect is a leading provider of technically differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical applications in the medical market.
Reliability is the essential attribute in the leading edge technologies that we utilize.
We offer proven quality and innovative connectivity solutions, constantly adapting our products to tomorrow’s needs while meeting our customer requirements.
- We leverage our application specific expertise to design and manufacture superior connectors and cable assemblies, RF components and subsystems that ensure optimal performance, durability and safety.
Applications
- Surgical Robots
- Surgical Equipment
- Hybird Operating Room
- Endoscopy
- Infusion Pumps
- Patient Monitoring
- Dental Tools – Chairs
- Portable & Wearable Devices
- Home Health Monitors
- Automated External Devices
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- CT Scanning System
- Digital X-ray
- Ultrasound
- Position Emission Tomography
- Electrophysiology Catheters
- Invasive Probes
- Painless Needle System
- Blood Gas Analyzers
- Position Emission Tomography
Product Range
We integrate the highest performance contact technologies into a broad range of interconnect systems that provide reliable performance and protection against breakdown. Our broad suite of connectivity solutions comply with regulatory and application specific requirements and enjoy a reputation of excellence in the marketplace.
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D Series Connector
Cost effective, field proven hyperboloid connector
Plastic Circular Connectors w/Push-Button Latch
Mechanically and Visually Intuitive
- Easy to use
- No additional training required
Designed to mate only with the correct connector
- Alignment & polarization provided by housing
Crimp and solder contacts
- Low assembly costs
- Simple termination outside the insulator
High impact plastic bodies
- High temp Ultem® plastic bodies available
Mix and match Power/Signal/Coax contacts
Designed to withstand up to 20 autoclave cycles
Contact configurations (3 Sizes: D00, D01 & D02)
- D00 5 contacts
- D01 3, 4, 9 contacts
- D02 3, 7, 9, 12, 25 Contacts
- 2 power/7 signal & 1 coax/9 signal combos
Serviceability and affordability in a small footprint
- Double-ended edge card contact design
- Mates to PCB on the disposable connector side
- Fingerproof reusable connector
- Up to 2,500 mating cycles
- Increased Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of reusable side
- Meets medical sterilization requirements
- Unique connector shape and available keying for correct mating
- Simple push-button active latch prevents inadvertent unmating and provides audible feedback
- Embedded electronics
Durable aesthetic design with a simple one-hand disconnect
Mechanically and visually intuitive
- Innovative keying allowing for customized keys according to the customer’s specific need
- No need to buy differently keyed connectors
Medical Look
- Very aesthetic, blends with other medical equipment
- Light body color for medical applications
Push-Pull Quick Disconnect Feature
- Positive latch with quick disconnect
- Mates and de-mates very quickly, without additional training
IP65 Sealed
- Resistant to splash contamination in wet applications
UL94 V-0 rated and rated to 185°C
Finger-proof to IEC60601
Shielded offerings available up to 3 GHz
- Provides EMI/RFI protection
- Plastic shell with internal shield provides non-conductive touch surfaces for user and patient safety
Eclipta edge card technology
Hypergrip® Series
NEW Product Highlight
Hypergrip® Flex
Cost-effective design for standard cycle life applications
HyperGrip® Flex is designed to meet medical industry requirements such as finger-proofing to IEC60601, flammability rated to UL94 V0, and compliance with most sterilization methods. It is equipped with high density screw machined tested and qualified contacts.
The new Hypergrip® Flex embeds all benefits of the existing Hypergrip® connector within a cost-effective design for standard cycle life applications.
The advanced keying system allows customers to build connectors with six different keyed versions of the same standard connector reducing lead time and inventory.
- Low Level Contact Resistance (LLCR) compared to standard contacts available in the market
- High density with 0,4 mm diameter socket contacts
- Low insertion and extraction forces: connector mates and de-mates smoothly with low force reducing
- Standard industry cycle life: the contact provides industry standard cycle life of at least 2K cycles, for general medical applications.
- Lower Cost of Ownership: the machined crimp contact allows for high volumes and lower costs with simplified “Crimp and Poke” assembly vs traditional nested solder contacts.
- RoHS III compliant materials
Our Services
We offer
Dedicated Medical Product Team with over 100 years of collective experience
- 4-Step Design Process
- Collaborated visits to understand customers’ requirements
- Conceptual designs / cost estimates
- Prototype / Proof of Concept
- Pre-production to Production
- Complete end-to-end solutions for the Imaging, Diagnostic and Therapeutic markets
- Scalability: “massive to micro”
- Custom housings & cable assemblies
- Non-magnetic components - including cables
- Environmental sealing
- Bicompatible and medical grade materials
- Rapid prototyping
- Extensive test laboratory
- Highest performance contact technologies continually driving down cost of ownership
Success stories
Automatic External
Defibrillators (AEDs)
The leader in AEDs required a rugged, simple to use, connector with both power and signal contacts to charge their device and download patient information while being transported in an ambulance.
Eclipta™ Connects Electrophysiology Catheter
A manufacturer of cutting edge medical devices was developing a new cardiac ablation system to treat heart arrhythmias. They required a highly reliable, but cost effective, interconnect between a single use catheter and a reusable cable that must be sterilized between patients, a total of 10 to 20 times.
HyperGrip® Connector Series SynCardia’s Freedom® Portable Artificial Heart
Customer: SynCardia Systems
Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Market: Medical
Date: November 2010
News
Smiths Interconnect expands its product offering for medical applications
Hypergrip® Flex connectors offer a cost-effective design for standard cycle life applications
Decreasing the cost of ownership for medical devices
The continued need to evolve and develop smarter solutions has driven exciting new innovations that are reducing the cost-per-therapy in the medical sector without compromising life-critical performance.
How Smiths Interconnect keeps the medical world connected
Reliable connectivity is essential in medical devices for protecting the wellbeing of patients. Part of the globally recognised Smiths Group, Smiths Interconnect provides electronic components, fibre optics and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical healthcare applications.
