Medical Devices

Integrated Engineering + Strict Processes = Competitive Products in the Market - Today

The medical devices industry is expected to grow close to 300% over the next five years and Axelsys is poised to help its clients excel in this vital, sustainable and tightly regulated market. Our strictly controlled integrated engineering approach from design through to manufacture allows our clients to get a highly competitive, cutting-edgeproduct through certification and into the market quickly and painlessly.

Thousands of new products are evolving in this exciting field, many taking instruments as old and simple as the stethoscope and reinventing them using cutting-edge technologies like Bluetooth and digital noise cancellation. A lot of the demands driving medical product development are echoes from the consumer market - smaller, cheaper, better. But in a field where devices can be invasive and some products are actually worn beneath the skin, factors like size, battery efficiency and heat dissipation take on a whole new purpose. More than ever it is critical to optimize power management and design for manufacture, testability and certification from the very start.

At Axelsys, we’re well versed at not only creatively applying bleeding-edge technologies to create unique and competitive products, but at strictly following design standards such as IEC 60601-1, ISO13485 and FDA 510(K)s. We also know how to optimize a design around special factors like:

• Safety
• Connectivity
• Portability
• Data security/integrity
• Reliability
• Heat dissipation

Technologies
Whereas we often see consumer technologies appear on the market that began life in military or aerospace, we are now seeing medical devices adopting consumer technologies that have proven themselves to be stable and reliable. In other cases, the medical industry is an early adopter of techniques like Dynamic Power Path Management (DPPM) and Impedance Tracking, where accurate battery monitoring and power-on-plug-in are of life-saving importance.

Other important technologies in the medical sphere that we specialize in are:

• Bluetooth, Zigbee, Internet Protocol (IP)
• High-efficiency, small form-factor power supplies
• Battery technologies and battery management
• Embedded processors and DSC SoCs
• Analog Front Ends (AFE)
• Ultra low-power microcontrollers (MCUs)
• Touch-screen controls
• Power Over Ethernet (PoE)

Applications
The medical devices design group at Axelsys is ready for a wide range of projects, from re-designs, optimizations and cost-reductions to groundbreaking new products. We’re ready for applications like:

• Handheld ultrasound systems
• Body Area Networks (BAN)
• Digital stethoscopes
• Blood Glucose Meters
• Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) systems
• Blood Pressure Monitors
• Pulse Oximeters
• ECG systems
• Smart bandages
• Telemedicine