The Key Portable Memory Device for the Medical Industry
Nexus (G.B.) Ltd is the UK distributor for rugged, re-programmable memory Keys and Tokens currently used in the US for many applications in the medical device industry. Medical OEMs select Datakey Electronics' portable data carriers because they are Autoclave and EtO sterilisation-resistant. The tokens are extremely rugged and secure and are proving to be a key component in many medical devices due to their limit use capability, calibration, authorisation, data transfer and firmware updates. There are well over 3 million memory keys in daily use in the UK and Ireland and these products are used world-wide in hundreds of military and commercial applications, providing a cost-effective and reliable way of storing and transporting electronic information where conventional methods would not survive. They can be sterilized, dropped in the mud, washed, exposed to electromagnetic fields or chemicals - and they'll still work. The US have proven that applications for these products are limitless and are ideal in the medical environment. Below are some examples of how these products really are the key to many medical development needs. CHF Solutions, Minneapolis, use Datakey Electronics Tokens in their award-winning Aquadex FlexFlow, a system that safely removes excess fluid from patients. They utilise a Datakey Electronics Token to monitor the use of the disposable portion of their system. They also use a high capacity Extended SlimLine Flash Token to do firmware updates. These Tokens are ideal because they're rugged, reliable, can be sterilised and are supported long-term. GMP/Wireless Medicine, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, uses a custom Datakey Electronics' Token to establish a communications link between GMP's patient and monitor transceivers, creating the first system allowing patient bedside monitoring to be performed wirelessly. Datakey Electronics offered the ability to create a custom solution for their product that would be robust in the tough, hospital critical care environments. eGene, Inc., Orange, uses a Datakey Electronics Token to store relevant data relating to the gel-cartridge (GCKTM-5000) and its content, usage history or number of runs, test parameters, and test results on their high-performance DNA/RNA sampling HDA-GT12TM system. The Token monitors the number of times a cartridge is used and the HDA system will not work unless the Token confirms it's using a valid cartridge. Datakey Electronics offers a fully-engineered product that shortens time to market and development costs. Endocardial Solutions, a division of St. Jude Medical, St. Paul, utilises a Datakey Electronics Token to record calibration data on their EnSite Array(tm) balloon catheter which is used for non-contact mapping of cardiac arrhythmias. The Token is used to calibrate the catheter to the diagnostic instrument, monitor usage (limit-use), and to transfer additional data. A Token is tethered to each catheter and the system will not operate unless the Token verifies that it is a valid catheter, has not been used before, and the calibration parameters have been uploaded properly. Datakey Electronics' Token offers St. Jude Medical a robust, long-term supported, sterilization-resistant, and cost-effective solution for a disposable application. Many other Medical OEMs are also taking advantage of Datakey Electronics' Token for limit use, calibration, authorisation, data transfer, firmware updates, and more. And with larger memory capabilities, smaller mating receptacles and a service that is second to none, there has been no better time than the present for the UK market to incorporate this fully engineered solution into their products