Thermacore has released a compelling white paper on the use of passive thermal technologies to cool medical equipment and devices. Thermal management of electronics is critically important. No one wants to get a report noting you have a health problem and this is especially true if that ill-health report is wrong due to a medical equipment malfunction due to overheating.<\/p>\n
Thermacore’s white paper notes that:<\/p>\n
The impressive capabilities of 21st century medical technology, from imaging equipment to surgical instruments and automated immunoassays, are in many ways a tribute to the advances in microprocessor computing power. However, more power means more heat, generally in a smaller space. And as greater demands for precision and reliability are placed on medical equipment, thermal control becomes more critical.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We couldn’t agree more. Even low power processors are being packed together to provide more cores for a given application. While a 1W or 2W processor might not be much, try putting 30 of those together in a shoe box!<\/p>\n
Thermacore has some great input about how to address thermal management in medical electronics. Visit their article at their site: Thermal Management for Today’s Medical Devices and Equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
If you aren’t familiar with heat pipes and how they work, our team at ATS Thermal Labs has prepared a white paper describing how and why they work; you can find a copy at ATS’s Qpedia Archives by clicking to Heat Pipes; Heat Super Conductors<\/a>. ATS also does Heat Pipe development, to learn more, email Mike Haskell, one of our Senior Thermal Engineers, at sales.hq@qats.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thermacore has released a compelling white paper on the use of passive thermal technologies to cool medical equipment and devices. Thermal management of electronics is critically important. No one wants to get a report noting you have a health problem … Continue reading