Boards Where Traceability Matters As Much As Performance
Medical electronics change slowly and are documented heavily. A board that goes into a device has to be identical to the one that was validated, which makes revision control and a stable surface finish more important than the last five percent of cost.
What Actually Fails In Medical Devices
Four failure modes specific to this sector, and the published figure that each one is controlled by.
Long storage
Boards are often built well before assembly. Immersion gold does not oxidise, so a board built now still solders in six months.
Sealed operator panels
Membrane keypads need a flex circuit with plated or carbon contact pads and coverlay sealing everywhere else.
Moving joints
Signals crossing a hinge or a sliding stage need a flexible circuit rather than a harness that will fatigue.
Revision discipline
Each build has to reference one released Gerber revision and one released BOM revision, recorded together.
Boards We Build For This Sector
Medical work tends to be four layer rigid with immersion gold for the main board, flexible circuits for panels and moving joints, and assembly in the same plant so that the finished unit has one traceable origin.
Four Layer Immersion Gold Board For Dense SMD Routing
Double Layer Flex Circuit With Exposed Gold Contact Pads
Assembled Flexible Circuit With Wound Antenna Coil
Assembled Embedded Controller With Microcontroller Ethernet And Storage
Single Layer Flex Circuit With Branched Arms And ZIF Tail
Four Ways To Buy For A Medical Devices Programme
Prototyping, design support, turnkey assembly and one stop supply across all three substrate families.
Fast Turn Prototyping
Get The First Boards Back Before The Design Goes Cold
SolutionPCB Design Support
Design Review Against Real Process Limits
SolutionTurnkey PCBA Assembly
Bare Board And Assembly Quoted As One Finished Unit
SolutionOne Stop Supply
One Supplier For Rigid Aluminium Flex And Assembly
An Example From This Sector
Boards from the production catalogue and the problem each had to solve. Customer names and volumes are confidential.
Guides For Medical Devices Buyers
Written for the engineering and purchasing decisions this sector runs into.
Layer count is the single decision that most affects the price and the electrical behaviour of a board. This guide sets ...
Three surface finishes cover almost every board we build. Choosing between them is not a quality decision, it is a fitne...
Flexible circuits fail in ways rigid boards do not: creases in the wrong place, copper fatigue at a fold, tails that buc...
Medical Devices Questions
What certifications does the plant hold?
The legacy site records ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:1996 and UL certification. Current revision years and certificate numbers are available on request.
Can you supply the same board unchanged for several years?
Tell us the revision you need held and we will record it against your part number.
Which surface finish is best for long storage?
Immersion gold. It does not oxidise, so no re-tinning step is needed before assembly.
Send Us A Medical Devices Board To Price
Gerber or ODB++ with the layer count, thickness, copper weight, surface finish and quantity. Add the bill of materials if you want the board assembled as well.