Technology is revolutionizing healthcare like no other industry. Advanced medical devices in the hospital, doctor’s office, and paramedic’s truck are helping to improve healthcare delivery, speed diagnoses, and save lives.
Unlike much of the technology in our homes and offices, medical devices are designed to last. In many instances, manufacturers develop hardware with a minimum 10- to 15-year expected lifespan. This places tremendous emphasis on the quality and durability of the components used in each device.
Printed output is a frequent requirement of medical technology. And, whether printers are embedded in the device itself or loosely attached through wireless connectivity, these components must meet the stringent quality and durability standards demanded by the medical community.
Seiko Instruments provides a wide range of direct thermal printer solutions to satisfy the functionality, design flexibility, robustness, and operational efficiency of the most demanding healthcare technology specifications. These include:
- Printer mechanisms, with ASIC or controller board, for maximum design flexibility
- Turnkey print subassembly for fast kiosk integration
- Highly reliability mobile printer
- Compact portable printer for budget-sensitive desktop applications
- Highly durable and with few moving parts, direct offer the mechanical reliability essential to medical device designers. Features include:
- Embedded and standalone printer form factors
- Few moving parts, for extended reliability and low maintenance
- High-quality, 300 DPI resolution produces clear, readable output
- Quiet operation
- EZOPTM clamshell design speeds paper replacement
- RoHS compliant
- Developed for long-life applications, the best-in-class heavy-duty, high-speed CAP9000 printer mechanisms offers: 10" per second print speed, up to 150 kilometers of high-resolution output, one million head pulses before replacement, and operation in temperatures to -20C
- Turnkey subassembly solutions offer innovative tension roller and brake design and support wide-diameter paper rolls to reduce maintenance and the risk of paper jams and wrinkled or illegible output.
Whether designed-in as a simple print mechanism, sourced as a total print subassembly, or implemented as a standalone portable printer, Seiko Instruments direct offer full mechanical, electrical, and software integration. Seiko Instruments supports integration engineers with 3D IGES images of printer specifications that can be dropped into existing drawings. In addition to supplied Windows 2000 and XP drivers, an SDK, complete with software tools and sample code, supports fast development of driver software.