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News Release from: Morgan Advanced Ceramics | Subject: 104-pin feedthrough
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 October 2005
Feedthrough crams in 104 pins
A new 104-pin feedthrough - the first to house 104 pins in a 250mm diameter - enables medical device manufacturers to design smaller, less intrusive devices.
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Morgan Technical Ceramics, industry leading manufacturer of engineered ceramic components for the medical industry, has launched a new 104-pin feedthrough. The ceramic feedthrough, which is used in drug delivery applications, is the first to house 104 pins in a 250mm diameter and enables medical device manufacturers to design smaller, less intrusive devices. Each pin is capable of activating a different combination of switches enabling medical staff to control delivery of a greater number or more complex collection of drugs, to the patient, at any given time.
The company has been able to design and manufacture this component because of its specialist machining techniques, which are highly repeatable.
To minimise the risk of leakage of the drug, pure gold is used as the braze filler material between the Alumina ceramic and metal pins forming a secure hermetic seal.
To minimise the overall size of the device, the ceramic is machined to a thickness of only 1.1mm.
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