Imagine a program that can automate your Electrical Safety Testing and capture all the test data, setups and results. CaptivATE Automation Software from QuadTech can do just that and much more.

CaptivATE has a Windows-based intuitive graphic interface for straightforward automation and data analysis. CaptivATE supports the Guardian 6000 AC/DC/IR/GC Electrical Safety Analyzer, Guardian 6100 Medical Safety Analyzer and Guardian 6200 Appliance Production Safety Analyzer instruments. CaptivATE provides AC Source Control for the industry's only fully automated "Off-The-Shelf" test system allowing you to precisely control the line voltage and frequency that powers your device under test.

3rd Regulatory Outlook Article Published in MDDI

"Leakage Current Standards Simplified", the third article in the current Regulatory Outlook series was published in MDDI's July 2004 issue. Co-authored by Leo Eisner of Eisner Safety Consultants, Robert Brown of QuadTech and Dan Modi of Alcon Research, this article details each of the leakage current tests in IEC 60601-1. If the terms Earth, Enclosure, Patient, Mains on Applied Parts, Mains on SIP/SOP and Patient Auxiliary leakage current are part of your vocabulary, read on to discover what leakage current is and why its measurement is so critical in electrical medical products.

IEC 60601-1-2:2001 EMC Marking & Labeling Workbook

Need a quick way to classify your medical device to the IEC 60601-1-2 EMC standard? Leo Eisner of Eisner Safety Consultants has developed the IEC 60601-1-2:2001 EMC Workbook, on the specific Marking and Labeling requirements of this standard. Compliance Engineers, EMC Engineers, Regulatory Affairs Personnel and any involved in the marking of medical devices may find this workbook an indispensible tool in developing the specific EMC marking and labeling for their product, manual and service manuals. For more information or to purchase a copy of this workbook, please visit Eisner Safety Consultants.

FineTest designs automated power supply testers for the Military, Aerospace, Medical, and Telecom industries. FineTest also provides Fixturing and Test Program Development, UPS Testers, Burn-In Carts, and Burn-In Monitoring.

FineTest has designed automated Hipot Testing stations similar to the image on the right using QuadTech's Sentry Plus and Guardian 6000 Series Hipot Testers. For more information about FineTest, please contact sales@finetest.com or by telephone at (305) 867-1110.

When a single QuadTech instrument isn't enough to completely test your device, check out our Integrator Page for links to Systems Integrators.

You asked and we listened. QuadTech is pleased to add this fall the new Guardian 20kVDC Hipot Tester to its family of Specialty Hipot Testers. For those applications requiring high voltage to the magnitude of 10kVAC, 12kVDC and now 20kVDC, QuadTech has the test instrument.

Cables, switches, transformers, whatever the high voltage test, the NEW Guardian 20kVDC has got the power: 20,000V of DC output. The G20kV instrument also measures Insulation Resistance to 50GW over the 0.1-1kV range. Add programmable Ramp and Test Times, High & Low Test limits plus continuous leakage current monitoring for a complete testing solution.
Scheduled Release Date: November 2004

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