Title :
Effective use of accelerated testing in the medical device industry
Author_Institution :
Varian Med. Syst., Imaging Products, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
Accelerating Testing techniques can be used in the medical device industry as a tool to enhance device reliability, ensure patient safety, and comply with regulatory agency risk management requirements.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; life testing; patient care; reliability; risk management; safety; accelerated testing technique; device reliability; medical device industry; patient safety; regulatory agency risk management requirement; Acceleration; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Life estimation; Reliability; Stress; Testing; Vibrations; Accelerated Test; HALT; HASS; HAST; Reliability Verification; Risk Management;
Conference_Titel :
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2013 Proceedings - Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4709-9
DOI :
10.1109/RAMS.2013.6517713
