Medical Device EMC Testing
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Pre-Compliance Testing for Medical Devices
We perform EMC pre-compliance testing to help our medical device customers identify potential EMC issues. We do this in a cost effective way by focusing on risk areas and quickly fixing issues that we find during electromagnetic compatibility testing. It takes less time and costs less than a traditional compliance test phase, which saves our medical device customers time and money with our process.
EMC is challenging to address in the medical device industry because there are a number of limitations on what can be implemented from a design standpoint. Electrical grid requirements, patient and personnel safety, size, cost and reliability are some of the many requirements that drive limitations on EMC controls. Most medical devices need to go through a stringent set of EMC tests to be premarket or market certified. There are also agency and regulator approvals needed.
We’ve worked on surgical tools, wearable medical devices, hospital beds (power, motors, actuators, patient monitoring, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc..), carts (for patient monitoring, laptops/IT infrastructure), cameras, patient data consoles and other medical devices.
Key facts about our medical device EMC pre-compliance testing process:
We discover medical device EMC issues quickly
We find the root cause by understanding the physics and fix electromagnetic compatibility issues within the same EMC test phase
We perform over-testing to ensure sufficient design margin and confirm improvements
Our medical device customers move forward confidently into their EMC compliance test phase
By focusing on the risk areas and performing medical device EMC testing in a shorter time-frame our customers often save at least one product design iteration.
As EMC issues are identified we have a full line-up of EMC troubleshooting tools to locate the source of the failure. In addition to our EMC tools we have a large number of component kits in house to prototype solutions and retest quickly.
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Medical Device Testing Capabilities
See below for a partial list of medical device tests we perform routinely in our EMC lab:
IEC60601-1-2 – Medical Electrical Equipment EMC Standard
CISPR11 – Radiated & Conducted Emissions
IEC61000-4-2 – Electrostatic Discharge
IEC61000-4-3 – RF Radiated Immunity
IEC61000-4-4 – Electrical fast transient (EFT)
IEC61000-4-5 – Surge Immunity
IEC61000-4-6 – RF Conducted Immunity
IEC61000-4-8 – Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity
IEC61000-4-11 – Voltage Dips & Interruptions
E3 Compliance’s EMC Capabilities
About E3 Compliance
E3 Compliance is an independent engineering consulting company located in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. Here at E3, we specialize in EMC and High-speed design, analysis and perform pre-compliance and diagnostic testing in our ~6000 sq ft EMC lab. We help our customers upfront in the product development process so they can pass compliance testing with confidence and get to market on time. We support product launches at any phase of development in automotive, aerospace, consumer, medical, office, industrial and other applications. Contact us or download our company overview PDF to learn how we can help you save time and money.
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