Thermal management is important in all electronics, but the thermal management of medical electronics is especially important as it deals with the health of all of us and our families. WPG Americas Inc., along with Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) and other manufacturers, has released an eBook designed to provide helpful information for the proper power design for those systems.
Medical Device eBook for Engineers. (WPG Americas Inc.)
The eBook discusses the main principles of IEC 60601-1 and how they apply to power supply design. It also looks at the evolution of the standard through to the fourth edition and provide an overview of medically-safe power solutions available for medical equipment designers and manufacturers.
Finally, the book touches on solutions in the medical device design space by leading manufacturers like Cosel, NMB and Advanced Thermal Solutions.
Download the eBook at Designing Safe and Reliable Medical Devices.
At ATS, we work with engineers to design thermal management solutions optimized for a variety of applications, including Medical Diagnostic, Biomedical, and Gene Sequencing Equipment.
Below are some of the products we’ve used for this engineering work:
| Products Used in Medical Applications | Application Notes |
| Heat Pipes | Often used to draw heat away from a high-power area, such as from an image processor to a medical device chassis. |
| TLC-100 and tvLYT™ | Less expensive than an IR camera or other options, these instruments give engineers reliable liquid crystal surface thermography to visualize hot spots on semiconductors or other parts of a PCB. |
| Push Pin Heat Sinks | Used when a very secure attachment is needed, such as in applications with consistent shock and vibration concerns. |
| Cold Plates | Often used as part of a liquid loop in larger medical diagnostic equipment for high-power applications such genome sequencing, imaging, or tissue thermal management. |
| Candlestick Sensor and Hot Wire Anemometers | For measuring air temperature and air velocity at one point, with the same sensor. Ensures that a system design has the right level of airflow to ensure safe and proper operation. |
| Pin Fin Heat Sinks | These are inexpensive heat sinks with good thermal performance that accommodate multi- directional air flow. |
| Power Brick Heat Sinks | Used most commonly in the power supply of the system for cooling DC-DC power bricks. |
| Heat Exchangers | Often used as part of a liquid loop in larger medical diagnostic equipment. For high-power applications such as genome sequencing, imaging, or tissue thermal management. |
| fanSINK Heat Sinks with maxiGRIP | Used for medical applications that have limited airflow where direct airflow is required. |
| Extrusion Profile Heat Sinks | These are often used in custom medical equipment applications when an engineer wants to experiment with a variety of fin fields, lengths and base thicknesses. |
For more information about Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) thermal management consulting and design services for medical applications, visit
https://www.qats.com/Applications/Medical-Applications or contact ATS at 781.769.2800 or ats-hq@qats.com.