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As the number and variety of battery powered devices used in medical applications grows, batteries are playing an ever more important role in determining the reliability of these devices. Unlike the portable consumer electronics industry where high unit volumes can justify the design and manufacturing of custom batteries, the medical device industry must often utilize standard, off-the-shelf batteries for their devices. Even when the production of custom batteries is justified, few battery manufacturers appreciate the level of quality and reliability that is required by the medical device industry.
In this webinar we will look at how to quantify the performance characteristics of batteries in a way that allows direct comparisons to be made between various vendors, form factors and chemistries. Case studies will be presented to demonstrate common mistakes made in battery selection and use, and methods for conducting accelerated aging studies will be discussed. When properly conducted, such aging studies can be used to identify potential reliability issues, monitor the manufacturing quality of the batteries and serve as a tool to aid in the selection and qualification of various battery vendors.
This webinar will focus on the following key topics:
• What do you need to know that is not on the specification sheets?
• How do you make apples-to-apples performance comparisons between different battery types?
• When is impedance and/or capacity matching important in multi-cell configurations?
• How can quality be compared between vendors?
• How can battery longevity be predicted in specific applications?
Presenter
Dr. Quinn C. Horn – Principal Engineer at Exponent, Inc.
Dr. Quinn Horn has been with Exponent for ten years. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he collaborates with researchers in the Electrochemical Energy Laboratory on projects related to electric vehicles and new gas diffusion electrodes for metal-air batteries and fuel cells.
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