A leading manufacturer of fiber optic medical membrane devices and laboratory equipment contacted Rayera to develop a fiberoptic backlight for a fiber optic medical membrane switch assembly on an IV infusion pump. The Uniglo fiber optic medical membrane Technology was selected as the backlighting technology, due to its design flexibility, the fiber bending Bendio-Glo process, uniformity, thinness, and durability capabilities. One design challenge on this medical device was to backlight a fiber optic medical membrane membrane switch overlay with a cut-out for an LCD screen in the middle of the panel while utilizing one 5mm LED to backlight the entire assembly. The fiberoptic panel with one LED was accomplished by selectively extracting the light only in the specific areas that needed to be backlit, thus allowing a decreased quantity of fiber strands to be crimped inside the brass termination of the panel. Once the main IV device pump was tested and certified, other handheld remotes for the IV pump also required backlighting, which was awarded to Rayera using smaller fiberoptic backlights.
- Thinness – Tactile Response
- Uniformity – light output
- Utilizing (1) LED – Power Consumption
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