EaglePicher Medical Power Announces New Li-CFx Battery Technology
“This enhanced chemistry delivers several benefits – to device manufacturers, to physicians and to patients. In addition to the new end-of-life feature, this proprietary chemistry also provides superior energy density for longer battery life,” said Joe Marotta, vice president and general manager of EaglePicher Medical Power. “It gives us great pride to announce a technology that will help improve the lives of patients who rely on implantable medical devices.”
The enhanced Li/CFx battery chemistry provides higher energy density for use in a variety of implantable applications including telemetry-capable pacemakers and ICDs, neurostimulation devices, drug pumps, body fluid pumps and monitors. Benefits include:
- Proprietary ERI/EOL indicator for safe and predictable replacement prior to endof battery life
- Superior energy density enabling longer life or potentially smaller devices
- Excellent rate capability for rapid capacitor charging throughout most of thebattery life
- Telemetry capability
- Elimination of the initial voltage delay commonly seen in Li/CFx batteries
- Low self-discharge
The new technology will be available in a number of configurations ranging from under 350 mAh to 10 Ah.
For more information about EaglePicher Medical Power and the new Li/CFx technology, please visit the company’s exhibit (booth #1471) at this week’s Heart Rhythm 2009 conference and exhibition in Boston.
About EaglePicher Medical Power
EaglePicher Medical Power, LCC, an EaglePicher company, is a leading supplier of batteries to manufacturers of implantable medical devices. Products include batteries for cardioverter defibrillators, heart monitors, heart re-synchronizers and neuromodulation systems.
EaglePicher Medical Power is one of the few producers of implantable-grade batteries in the world to be ISO 13485 certified, and leads the industry in producing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for implantable applications. Building upon the
world-class battery technology heritage of its parent EaglePicher, the company offers one of the broadest ranges of electrochemistries for implantable applications including lithium-ion, lithium manganese dioxide, lithium thionyl chloride and lithium carbon monofluoride. For more information, visit www.eaglepicher.com.
