Your Global Partner for Innovative Connectivity Solutions
- Smiths Interconnect is a leading provider of technically differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical applications in the medical market.
- Reliability is the essential attribute in the leading edge technologies that we utilize.
- We offer proven quality and innovative connectivity solutions, constantly adapting our products to tomorrow’s needs while meeting our customer requirements.
- We leverage our application specific expertise to design and manufacture superior connectors and cable assemblies, RF components and subsystems that ensure optimal performance, durability and safety.
Applications
- Surgical Robots
- Surgical Equipment
- Hybird Operating Room
- Endoscopy
- Infusion Pumps
- Patient Monitoring
- Dental Tools – Chairs
- Portable & Wearable Devices
- Home Health Monitors
- Automated External Devices
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- CT Scanning System
- Digital X-ray
- Ultrasound
- Position Emission Tomography
- Electrophysiology Catheters
- Invasive Probes
- Painless Needle System
- Blood Gas Analyzers
- Position Emission Tomography
Product Range
We integrate the highest performance contact technologies into a broad range of interconnect systems that provide reliable performance and protection against breakdown. Our broad suite of connectivity solutions comply with regulatory and application specific requirements and enjoy a reputation of excellence in the marketplace.
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D Series Connector
Cost effective, field proven hyperboloid connector
Plastic Circular Connectors w/Push-Button Latch
Mechanically and Visually Intuitive
- Easy to use
- No additional training required
Designed to mate only with the correct connector
- Alignment & polarization provided by housing
Crimp and solder contacts
- Low assembly costs
- Simple termination outside the insulator
High impact plastic bodies
- High temp Ultem® plastic bodies available
Mix and match Power/Signal/Coax contacts
Designed to withstand up to 20 autoclave cycles
Contact configurations (3 Sizes: D00, D01 & D02)
- D00 5 contacts
- D01 3, 4, 9 contacts
- D02 3, 7, 9, 12, 25 Contacts
- 2 power/7 signal & 1 coax/9 signal combos
Serviceability and affordability in a small footprint
- Double-ended edge card contact design
- Mates to PCB on the disposable connector side
- Fingerproof reusable connector
- Up to 2,500 mating cycles
- Increased Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of reusable side
- Meets medical sterilization requirements
- Unique connector shape and available keying for correct mating
- Simple push-button active latch prevents inadvertent unmating and provides audible feedback
- Embedded electronics
Durable aesthetic design with a simple one-hand disconnect
Mechanically and visually intuitive
- Innovative keying allowing for customized keys according to the customer’s specific need
- No need to buy differently keyed connectors
Medical Look
- Very aesthetic, blends with other medical equipment
- Light body color for medical applications
Push-Pull Quick Disconnect Feature
- Positive latch with quick disconnect
- Mates and de-mates very quickly, without additional training
IP65 Sealed
- Resistant to splash contamination in wet applications
UL94 V-0 rated and rated to 185°C
Finger-proof to IEC60601
Shielded offerings available up to 3 GHz
- Provides EMI/RFI protection
- Plastic shell with internal shield provides non-conductive touch surfaces for user and patient safety
Eclipta edge card technology
Hypergrip Series
Our Services
We offer
Dedicated Medical Product Team with over 100 years of collective experience
- 4-Step Design Process
- Collaborated visits to understand customers’ requirements
- Conceptual designs / cost estimates
- Prototype / Proof of Concept
- Pre-production to Production
- Complete end-to-end solutions for the Imaging, Diagnostic and Therapeutic markets
- Scalability: “massive to micro”
- Custom housings & cable assemblies
- Non-magnetic components - including cables
- Environmental sealing
- Bicompatible and medical grade materials
- Rapid prototyping
- Extensive test laboratory
- Highest performance contact technologies continually driving down cost of ownership
Success stories
Automatic External
Defibrillators (AEDs)
The leader in AEDs required a rugged, simple to use, connector with both power and signal contacts to charge their device and download patient information while being transported in an ambulance.
Eclipta™ Connects Electrophysiology Catheter
A manufacturer of cutting edge medical devices was developing a new cardiac ablation system to treat heart arrhythmias. They required a highly reliable, but cost effective, interconnect between a single use catheter and a reusable cable that must be sterilized between patients, a total of 10 to 20 times.
HyperGrip® Connector Series SynCardia’s Freedom® Portable Artificial Heart
Customer: SynCardia Systems
Location: Tuscon, Arizona
Market: Medical
Date: November 2010
