ARTICLE: PCBs – The Critical Core Component in Medical Devices & Equipment

Introduction

Today, the medical industry and advanced technology are inextricably linked.?Incredible developments are taking place in component design, and ever more intriguing specialty materials are becoming available to drive the rapid evolution of so many medical devices, equipment, and machinery.?

Within the realm of PCBs used in the design of medical devices, there exist numerous significant challenges that require careful consideration.

1. Miniaturization: Fine line, ultra-flex materials, rigid-flex stack-up, embedded cavities.
2. Biocompatibility: Use of materials that are non-toxic or not adversely reactive to living tissues and biological systems.
3. Reliability, repeatability, and uniformity: To guarantee the same functionality time after time.
4. CT/MRI machines:?Only paramagnetic metals can be used in the production of PCBs for these technologies. Any process, coating, plating or component with magnetic characteristics (for example, nickel a common plating in PCB production), is definitely not suitable.

In this article, we will describe these challenges in more detail and also showcase the various advanced solutions that PCB Technologies has to offer.

Main Challenges for PCBs in the Medical Arena

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