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EN60601 Approval Opens up Medical Market for FBGS
03/07/2012
June 2012
FBGS, a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of innovative fiber optic sensing products, is pleased to announce it has gained EN60601 approval for its fiber optic interrogator FBG-Scan 804D.
According to sales manager (Europe) David Johnson, “we are now authorized to supply a medical declaration of conformity for our instrument in medical applications when used in combination with a medically approved power supply. The instrument achieved the highest performance levels in all tests undertaken and we can also claim the highest immunity level at 10V/m, which is only normally required for life support equipment.
With immediate effect we can market our strain and temperature measurement solutions into the medical industry, where miniature FBG based sensors are used for diagnostics and monitoring. This opens up potential for many innovative applications including a unique fiber optic catheter. This device, used by gastroenterologists use an array of fiber Bragg gratings to measure the complex muscular contractions that transport food through the digestive system”
The FBG-Scan 804D is a dynamic, high precision measurement device for use with Fiber Bragg
Grating (FBG) sensors. The system can measure up to 4 optical channels with 40 FBG sensors per channel and all sensors can be monitored at a scan rate of 500Hz.
More information about FBGS
FBGS is a Belgium and Germany based developer and manufacturer of high strength FBG sensors using draw tower technology, where the grating array is written during the drawing process of the fiber. This automated process results in very high quality low cost Fiber Bragg Gratings with unique characteristics. These are suitable for both standard and bespoke sensing solutions including applications within aerospace, oil & gas, renewable energy, process, composite & medical industries.