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3M is helping electronic device manufacturers worldwide meet the high demands of the health care industry. Our technological capabilities, engineering expertise, and wide range of products are focused to provide you with innovative solutions for devices of all sizes. From wearable or handheld devices to large equipment, 3M can help you improve the performance and appearance of your products.

Input/Output Connectors
The 3M™ Mini Delta Ribbon (MDR) System is the ideal high-density, shielded input/output (I/O) interconnect for medical devices. Due to its rugged, space-saving design, the MDR system is valued in patient monitoring systems, such as oximeters. It is compatible with a range of shielded cables and can be customized. Quick release latches provide for rapid attach and detach. The new 3M™ Shrunk Delta Ribbon (SDR) system is ideal for space-premium applications.

Board-to-Board Connectors
3M™ Board-to-Board and Wire-to-Board Connectors are designed to meet the needs of high reliability applications. Special features include metal roll pin latches, 30 micro inches gold plating, and ribbon contacts for fine pitch stacking. Whether you need a custom height board stack on .100" or 2 mm pitch pin grid, or are more space constrained and are looking for solutions in .050", 1.0 mm, .8 mm, or .5 mm, come to 3M for your board stacking requirements.

Cable/Wire
3M™ Ribbon Cables for intra- and inter-cabinet use have closely controlled conductor pitch. 3M ribbon cables offer color-coding, extended flex-life, IDC mass-terminable twisted pairs or ground plane features. Jacketed cables may be round or flat, shielded or unshielded, mass-terminable ribbon or discrete wire. 3M's pleated foil shielded ribbon cable has superior transmission performance. Try our parametric cable selector tool today!

Memory Card Headers
3M serves/supports a wide array of removable card options, including connectors for PC Card, Compact Flash™ II, SD™ and micro SD. The 3M™ CFII Card Header line has a great deal of flexibility, allowing you to customize the product to fit your application.

IC Sockets
The 3M offering of SIP, DIP, PGA and PLCC Sockets has reliably served the needs of semiconductor producers and users for over twenty years. 3M offers a versatile family of sockets available in a variety of standard and non-standard configurations.

Wire-to-Wire Connectors
3M offers a variety of connectors designed to accommodate discrete wire or flat cable "wire-to-wire" connections. Our product line offers a selection of 3M™ Mini-Clamp Connectors, open- or closed-end covers, optional ejector latches, mounting flanges, and metal strain relief in both military and standard centerbump configurations.

Cable Assemblies
3M offers copper assembly solutions and accessories to drive high frequency signals, fit in tight spaces and solve shielding and signal integrity challenges. We offer assemblies designed with performance from 1 MHz to 2 ns rise times and up to 6 GHz and 100 ps rise times with matched single ended or balanced impedance. Available in standard or customized cable assemblies. We also have a virtual cable assembly tool to help you build, configure and submit request for quotes on line. Try VCAT today!

Storage Interconnects
3M offers the latest in storage interconnect products. Our high performance products are designed to support applications up to 6 Gbps. Direct attach and cable solutions are available in 3M™ Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Mini Serial Attached SCSI (miniSAS) products. For custom storage cable requirements, think 3M!

Backplane Connectors
3M offers a broad range of backplane connectors in industry standard configurations and application specific products. The backplane product line is very flexible; please contact your 3M sales representative to see how 3M can customize the product for your application. 3M’s backplane products include industry standard DIN 41612, Futurebus+™, 2 mm Hard Metric and CompactPCI™ connectors. Additionally, 3M offers unique high speed connectors like the High Speed Hard Metric (HSHM) and 2 mm Hard Metric integrated signal and power connectors.

Test & Burn-In Sockets
3M provides reliable performance for testing and burn-in applications with a design that has been proven with years of customer experience. 3M can provide a socket for most types of Ball Grid Array (BGA) or Land Grid Array (LGA) packages, standard or custom, in a variety of pitches. The versatile product design and six product platforms allow for quick-turn and low cost proliferation of new sizes.

Wire-to-Board Connectors
3M commercialized insulation displacement contact (IDC) technology and remains a leader today in high reliability wire mounted interconnects with wire to board sockets, plugs, PCB, card edge, and DIP connectors. 3M is also a leader in industry standard connectors for control systems, including 3M™ Mini-Clamp and Link Connectors for the CC-Link standard.

Breadboards & Test Clips
3M offers an assortment of breadboards and test clips for multiple prototyping and production environments. Selections include plugs, circuit strips, jumpers, switches and logical connection cable assemblies.

Application Tools & Accessories
3M™ Application Tools & Accessories are available to help optimize your facility. We offer an array of cable and connector accessories to help keep your stations running efficiently. Selections include hand tools, presses, clamps, locator plates, platens, strain relief, terminating systems, electronic vacuums and more.

Brochures & Product Guides
  Solutions for Medical Devices Brochure (.pdf, 1.14mb)
 

RoHS Compliance
3M is committed to RoHS compliance while maintaining our flexibility to work with customers who have exemptions or have special reliability needs. Contact 3M to discuss how we can help you meet your RoHS needs.

Note:

"RoHS compliant" means that the product or part does not contain any of the following substances in excess of the following maximum concentration values in any homogeneous material, unless the substance is in an application that is exempt under RoHS: (a) 0.1% (byweight) for lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers; or (b) 0.01% (by weight) for cadmium. Unless otherwise stated by 3M in writing, this information represents 3M's knowledge and belief based on information provided by third party suppliers to 3M.
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