MedTech OEMs often approach Ultralife to ask if they should choose one of our pre-engineered (off-the-shelf) batteries or have a custom solution developed. The truth is that, with over 15 years' experience in manufacturing batteries for medical devices, there are many advantages to choosing Ultralife for either option.
Benefits of Pre-engineered Medical Batteries
- Gets your medical device to market quickly, as the batteries are already designed, qualified, and tested
- No NRE costs, allowing you to pass cost savings on to the hospital or other MedTech buyers
- Ultralife offer everything from non-rechargeable Thin Cells for remote patient monitoring to rechargeable 120V power systems for medical carts
- Some rechargeable batteries also have compatible chargers manufactured off-the-shelf
Benefits of Custom Medical Batteries
- Ensures the size, shape, and weight of the battery is the best fit for your medical device
- Built to meet the needs of and last for the lifetime of the device (whether it is disposable for single-use or for regular use over ten years)
- Compliant with international standards for safety and performance necessary for inclusion in a UL/IEC 60601-1 certified medical device
- Protects aftermarket sales - as the battery is made for and sold exclusively to you (often with the use of non-disclosure agreements)
- The battery is conceived, designed, prototyped, tooled, verified and certified in line with your medical device development schedule
- A custom charger (either embedded or desktop) can also be designed and supplied in tandem with the battery
Custom battery projects are undertaken using a well-proven process of Concept, Quotation, Development, Prototyping, Qualification, Pre-Series, Production, and Delivery.
Benefits of Both
- Made by a company with medical battery engineering experts and capabilities across the globe
- Manufactured in ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified facilities, the latter ensuring we have a Quality Management System in place for Medical Device Manufacturing
- All of our custom packs and many pre-engineered packs are built from easy-to-sterilize materials
- Built to a high standard for performance and safety (incl. tests for electromagnetic and radio frequency interference, shock and vibration, and more as required)
Whether you choose a pre-engineered or custom solution, Ultralife utilize leading battery chemistries. Our rechargeable battery packs mainly use lithium-ion or lithium iron phosphate, whilst our non-rechargeable battery packs and cells use lithium manganese dioxide, lithium thionyl chloride, or our own hybrid chemistry. In-house mechanical and electronic engineers turn these chemistries into high performance solutions that have been vigorously tested to ensure quality, reliability, and safety.
These are just some of the advantages to choosing pre-engineered and custom medical batteries from Ultralife, so please feel free to contact us with any other requirements you may have.
