Customer:
Product Development Acceleration Group
Medical Device:
Mouth related device
Opportunity:
The customer contacted FCT in the early stage of design. The PCB assembly would be vertical and the flex would come off the center of the PCB assembly at a 90° and an appropriate attachment method for the flex was required. The full assembly would be overmolded and must survive an extremely strenuous application given its desired use for a mouth related medical application where there is significant stress put upon product given intended use.
Solution:
FCT helped to provide guidance related to the design and attachment method for the flex and overall assembly, so that it would stand up to the stressful environment given an extremely challenging application.
The device has a battery, SMT components and a vibrating motor of which FCT does the full assembly of the PCBA and flex for the customer. FCT then ships the final PCBA to the customers Contract Manufacturer for Overmolding and final product assembly.
Result:
The customer ordered 50 pcs of our first joint design to do initial testing. The results were better than expected for first round of prototypes, as the PCBA performed well; given the challenging application and use. The testing did provide added insights that allowed for additional discussion, as FCT then worked with the customer to make slight modifications to the design that led to improved results during the 2nd round of prototyping. Given the promising performance to date, we moving to a preproduction run, as we work diligently in support of the customer in support of moving this to production and to the marketplace.
