Implantables
High reliability components tested to ensure performance in life-critical implantable medical devices.
Implantable Solutions
The Knowles Advantage
Implantable technologies such as pacemakers, defibrillators, neurostimulators, and cochlear implants are at the forefront of life-saving innovation. These devices demand uncompromising reliability, biocompatibility, and miniaturization to ensure decades of flawless operation. Knowles supports these demands with zero-failure component designs that meet stringent regulatory standards and enabling next-generation therapies.
Applications include:
- Pacemakers: Regulate heart rhythm with precise electrical impulses.
- Defibrillators: Detect and correct dangerous heart arrhythmias by delivering high-energy shocks.
- Neurostimulators: Manage pain and neurological conditions through targeted stimulations.
- Cochlear Implants: Deliver sound signals directly to the auditory nerve.
- Drug Delivery Implants: Provide controlled, long-term medication release.
Safer, Smaller, Smarter Implantable Technologies
Knowles delivers ultra-reliable, miniaturized, and compliant power solutions that enable safe, long-term performance and innovation in implantable medical devices.
Solutions include:
- Medical-grade MLCCs: MIL-PRF screened for ultra-reliable, long-term implant performance.
- Miniaturization: Smaller, lighter, and more efficient implantable components.
- Custom assemblies: High-capacitance solutions for energy, timing, and EMI control.
- Regulatory compliance: ISO 13485 processes support safety and performance.
- Wireless power solutions: Enable next-gen fully implantable, connector-free devices.
Medical Grade Capacitors for Medical Implantables
The MD Series features up-screened components and detailed specs.Medical implantable devices require High Reliability Components to perform all the time, every time! Knowles has built a legacy of testing and screening military-grade reliability specifications (MIL-SPECS) for defense and military applications, and we've adopted that same rigor for medical applications. The MD Series, a range of medical-grade capacitors for implantable designs, encompasses C0G, X7R and X5R monolithic ceramic chips and can be screened using two long-standing MIL-SPECs: MIL-PRF-55681 (Group A) and MIL-PRF-123 (Group A). We wanted it to be easy for design teams to identify which components are medical-grade and what screening they’ve undergone. It saves time in ordering and sourcing, and expedites the overall production process. Putting parts through our testing and screening processes means you can be confident that our components will produce the level of reliability and safety necessary for being on the circuit boards of your life-critical implantable medical devices.
Educational Resources
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How Knowles Powers Precision Miniaturization in MedTech
Resonant Wireless Power Transfer in Implantable Medical Devices
Introducing the MD Series of Medical-Grade Capacitors for Implantable Device Design
Understanding the Role of Ceramic Capacitors in Implantable Deep Brain Stimulators
MLC Capacitors Catalog
MLCCs for Medical Implantable Devices
The Price of Reliability: Considerations for Selecting Capacitors for Medical Devices
Selecting Capacitors for Life-Critical Applications
Knowles MD Series
Product Documentation
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