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Minco

7300 Commerce Ln. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55432
Tel: 763/571-3121
Fax: 763/571-0927

Web: http://www.minco.com
E-mail: design.engineer@minco.com

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Minco provides critical design and manufacturing expertise for critical applications
Flex Circuits     Thermofoil™ Heaters     Sensors     Instrument

From In Vivo and In Vitro diagnostic devices to imaging and surgical applications, to electronic implants – Minco flex circuits, heaters, sensors and control electronics prove themselves when accuracy, repeatability, reliability and compact size are vital.

Focused on your success
OEMs are faced with increasing demands for smaller and more portable diagnostic devices with uncompromising accuracy. Devices with increased throughput and highly complex interconnect requirements. To help OEMs meet these challenges, Minco relies on state-of-the-art technology and innovative manufacturing techniques. Our unique capabilities mean we can create solutions that meet your exacting performance requirements.

A history of growing with medical OEM companies
Medical breakthroughs are occurring faster than ever before. That's why leading OEMs rely on Minco's more than 50 years of experience to sharpen their competitive edge. Minco is a direct supplier to the top cardiac device companies and serves as a tier one supplier to over half of the leading medical IVD companies in the world.

Flex Circuits

Minco's precision flex circuitry allows us to specialize in fine lines, fine pitch, tight tolerances, small holes, lamination, and handling fine wire.

Improved reliability – Compliant flex circuit materials minimizes stress at     solder joints and reduces the number of connection interfaces.

High density interconnect rigid-flex allows designers to fold circuits in a 3-dimensional configuration to take advantage of the vertical space within the device.

Inductive Coils

Flex-Coils™ and their connections are typically encapsulated inside the     laminated flex circuit body, making them less prone to breakage than     discrete coils.

Wire telemetry coil is integrated into a flexible circuit to enable external communications for programming and serves as a secondary dielectric barrier.

Thermofoil™ Heaters

Thin, flexible heating elements consist of an etched foil (Thermofoil™) or wire-wound resistive element laminated between layers of insulation material such as polyimide, silicone rubber, mica, polyester or PTFE.

Maximum reliability – Minco's industry leading use of high temperature and     thin materials maximize heater capability and device reliability.

Minco uses a proprietary trimming method for the thin, flexible 384-hole Heater to achieve a tight hole-to-hole tolerance. This allows for almost perfect registration to the microtitre plate.

Sensors

Minco manufactures custom and standard resistance temperature detectors (RTDs), thermocouples, and thermistors in a variety of packages and assemblies.

Versatile geometry – Minco sensors can be custom designed and     manufactured to fit any shape and simplify installation.

Averaging temperature sensors embedded in a vulcanized Thermofoil heater with profiled wattage distribution provide optimal surface area temperature control for maximum image resolution.

Integrated Components
Minco's unsurpassed capabilities allow us to integrate any combination of our high quality flex circuits, heaters, sensors and control electronics to provide innovative solutions. Integrating components also creates a simplified supply chain which enables our customers to get to market faster and reduce their direct costs.

Minco leads the market in component integration and 3-dmiensional packaging. This medical diagnostic circuit assembly integrates flex circuitry with a heater and five sensors.

Let's talk E2E—Engineer to Engineer

The best way to solve a tough engineering problem is to talk to an engineer who has already solved it.

The E2E Community is a group of Minco design engineers dedicated to providing other engineers like you with application knowledge, education and expertise. There's also the E2E Online Community on the Minco website where engineers from around the world can collaborate in discussion forums, read white papers and find useful engineering tools. When your resources are stretched thin, the Minco E2E Community can help you find the information you need.

Categories this company is listed under in the In Vitro Diagnostics Suppliers Directory:

• Electronic and Mechanical Components and Software: Printed Circuit Boards (21 companies)
• Electronic and Mechanical Components and Software: Sensors, Transducers, Switches (82 companies)
• Electronic and Mechanical Components and Software: Temperature-Control Components (34 companies)