Medical OEM Strain Gage Transducers, Custom Load Cells & Strain Gaging for Design Verification
At your design phase, HITEC as the strain gage transducer expertise to design an OEM transducer or custom load cell to fit your needs complemented by our production capabilities to build and stock your transducers to fit your medical equipment production needs. Transducers have been designed to measure:
- Pressure in peristaltic pump tubing
- Forces exerted on a push button of a loaded syringe
- 6-axis loads on plates for physical therapy analysis
- Tension in surgical mesh for incontinence surgery
- Force to evaluate healing of bone fracture
HITEC also has custom strain gage application expertise to aid in design verification of various medical instruments that include:
- Laparoscopy surgical instruments for measuring torque and bending forces
- Linear cutters for measuring axial and bending forces
- Medical staplers for measuring shear force
- Surgical knives to measure cutting force and loads applied during use
