Surface Mount Accelerometer Series for Implantable Medical Device Applications

Weighing 120 mgand operating in temperatures of up to +150C, the Endevco model 12M seriesfeatures the incorporation of Meggitt's Piezite-type P-8 bimorph sensing element, operating in bender mode.This material offers low base strain sensitivity, low pyroelectric output and extremelyhigh charge output versus size. Advanced manufacturing techniques and materials R&D have propelled Meggittforward as an industry innovator in these types of piezoelectric sensingtechnologies. As a result, models within the Endevco 12M series are routinelyincorporated into implantable medical device designs to support such criticalapplications as patient activity indicators, cardiac pacemaker anddefibrillator rate response, implanted pain management device monitoring, bloodpressure monitoring, blood glucose monitoring, artificial joint pressuremeasurements and external and implanted drug therapy systems.

Surface Mount Accelerometer Series for Implantable Medical Device Applications