Weekly News Round Up August 17, 2018

Each week we comb the news to find items we think are important to our industry and customers. Here are this week’s gems.

Li-ion Batteries

Li-ion batteries are still the best option for light weight, long run-time and great cycle life, but with nearly 40 years since their introduction, something else is bound to come along eventually. https://www.power-technology.com/features/lithium-batteries-still-leading-way/

Medical Device Tax

House votes to repeal the medical device tax. For the time being, the impact of the House vote is symbolic since it won’t go to the senate for awhile but we’re keeping an eye on this and wondering if it will balance some of the cost pressure on our customers. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/398664-house-votes-to-repeal-obamacare-medical-device-tax

Medical Device Safety and Reliability

Some good tips here for ensuring medical device safety and reliability. https://www.med-technews.com/news/ensuring/

Written by Robin Schneider, Ph.D.

Dr. Robin Schneider is responsible for market expansion in her role as Director of Marketing. She has an expertise in translating market drivers into technical solutions in the battery, charger, and power supply industries and her primary focus has been in medical applications, from surgical to imaging and diagnostics. Dr. Schneider brings almost fifteen years of marketing experience within the portable power industry to Phasium Power, from companies such as Micro Power Electronics, Electrochem Solutions (Greatbatch/Integer) and Inventus Power. She has presented at many technical conferences, has published in peer-reviewed technical journals and is a regular contributing editor to Electronic Design Magazine. Dr. Schneider received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin under the tutelage of Professor John Goodenough, where her research involved li-ion battery and fuel-cell cathode chemistry. Her undergraduate degree is from Columbia University in New York.