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Our breadth of experience in RF, analog, power, digital board, FPGA, DSP, MCU, and interfaces combined with our detail-oriented design methodologies and documentation meshes well with a vast array of Medical and Scientific equipment designs. In the medical field, Nuvation has experience in ultrasound, MRI, Computed Radiography (CR), intravascular/intracardiac motor drive units, handhelds, and invasive robotic surgical equipment. We often co-develop with our mechanical engineering partners and FDA-certed EMS firms.

Nuvation typically take designs through verification while supporting your in-house teams for DMR/DHR, clinical trials, and validation. In the scientific market, Nuvation runs the gamut across various imaging and processing systems for drug discovery, DNA sequencing, and scientific image processing.


Areas of Expertise
 
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510K and PMA Level 3 product development

· Medical imaging systems: MRI, Ultrasound, CR
· RF scalpels, imaging, isolation, and wireless
· Precision motor control
· Blood Glucose Meters
· Handheld electronics
· Scientific instrumentation
· PCI Cards
· USB, SCSI, ATA, and Firewire peripherals
· Ethernet, GbE
· Electro-Optical designs

Project Examples
Intravascular Motor Drive Unit


· 7 compact PCBs integrated with mechanical motor drive, slip clutch, and drive sled
· Precision motor control
· RF isolation
· High-reliability and DFM
· FDA-certified plastics reducing friction and BOM cost
· 510k FDA-certification support through verification
Scientific Laser Diode Control






· Bio-Medical Instrumentation application
· 488nm Laser Driver for Low-Power Laser Diode used in DNA sequencing application
· Dual TEC Controllers
· CPLD based digital state machine
· 100uA (12-bit) resolution
· Ultra low-noise design
   
RF Impedance Measurement Tester



· Measure impedance in microtitre plates for drug discovery application
· 12:1 analog switch multiplexer
· Innovative architecture with miniature relay switch and PLD switch logic
· Impedance characterization from 10KHz to 100MHz
· Specialized PCB layout to match characterization
 
Computed Radiography System









· Digital filmless X-Ray system
· Mixed-signal boards with partitioning for opto-isolation
· High-precision PLL management, ADC
· High voltage circuitry
· DMA engine in FPGA
· Image processing using LUTs
· PharLap RTOS




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