Why it makes sense to integrate devices via SDC
Internet of Medical Things | In the future, medical devices in the OR or ICU could communicate and exchange measurements with each other, and also forward data to the hospital information system (HIS). Practicians are in favour. First devices are already entering the marketplace with this option – and service providers can help by equipping other devices in the same way.
Source: medizin&technik (01/2025)
The user interface as a "mechatronic integrated device" (MID) - Transfer project for monitoring damp inside medical device controls
As part of a transfer project of the "it´s OWL" cluster of excellence, steute is investigating the integration of sensors in medical device control enclosures. More specifically, sensors for monitoring any penetration of damp. Two innovative manufacturing techniques are being combined in this investigation: laser direct structuring (LDS) and additive manufacturing (AM). The results are very promising – and will turn the user interface into a "mechatronic integrated device" (MID).
Source: meditronic-journal (4/2024)
Select the right valve position monitoring system - Switches and sensors for complex applications
Valve manufacturers have a wide choice when searching for suitable switching equipment to monitor valve positions. Different types of electromechanical switches and non-contact sensors are available, with series suited to explosive zones, corrosive environments and subzero applications. In many cases it can be beneficial to opt for wireless switches, including in Ex zones.
Source: CITplus (7-8/2024)
"Wireless Ex" sensors for valve position monitoring
Wireless has benefits – also and especially for valve position monitoring within the hydrogen infrastructure. Valve manufacturers have access to electromechanical position switches and non-contact sensors in Ex variants with industry-compatible point-to-point wireless communication.
Source: H2 compact (01/2024)
Explosion protection meets machine safety - Safety switchgear for special requirements
Safety switching devices used in Ex zones have to meet two different sets of complex requirements: explosion protection and machine safety. Designers also have to choose between different types of construction and different active principles. This is true for both heavy-duty applications and machines used for the processing and packaging of e.g. (dust-)explosive foodstuffs.
Source: CITplus (03/2024)
Customised user interfaces - Control systems in the OR
The proportion of control systems which are customised is growing rapidly. Preparations for the interoperable OR, where multiple medical devices are controlled via a central user interface, are also progressing at full speed. The benefits of customised user interfaces will be explored in this article.
Source: DeviceMed (01/2024)
User interface with integrated sensors
More functions for foot switches - The OR user interfaces of the future will be mechatronic integrated devices (MID) with special surfaces. Thanks to new production techniques, it is now possible to integrate conductive paths, sensors or antennas in the surfaces. Examples can be seen at the Medica.
Source: medizin&technik (06/2023)
OR.NET: for integration in the OR – SDC also with real-time data transmission
Some tasks in the OR require a real-time link between interoperable medical devices. Corresponding extensions to the SDC standard compiled by OR.NET are in preparation. At the Medica 2023, these extensions will be shown at the steute Meditec booth.
Source: Published on the website of medizin&technik (10/2023)
Machine safety and Ex protection
Machines which are constructed for mechanical process engineering applications in explosive zones have to meet not one, but two demanding sets of rules and standards. They are – for good reason – subject to both machine safety requirements and explosion protection requirements. At the Powtech, steute will be showing switching devices for this special combination of demands – and presenting a new product.
Source: Technische Sicherheit 13 (07-08/2023)
SDC: Operate multiple medical devices using a single control - New tasks and new technologies for user interfaces
Wireless user interfaces are now standard in the OR – and enable multiple medical devices to be controlled by a single user interface.
Source: meditronic-journal (2/2023)
Digitalisation of safety technologies
As digitalisation progresses, cybersecurity is a major topic of discussion, and rightly so. Safety technologies have also moved on considerably in the course of this development. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Lumme, Product Manager Extreme at steute Technologies, explains the changes in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
Source: INDUSTRIAL Production (10/2022)
Emergency pull-wire switch passes test in gravel plant
At a gravel plant in Vennebeck, gravel freshly extracted from the River Weser has to travel a considerable distance on conveyor belts from the floating-grab excavator to the processing and grading machinery. The responsible persons at the gravel plant are currently testing a new series of emergency pull-wire switches.
Source: GESTEINS Perspektiven (6/2022)