Medical Computer Cart

Without an electronics control or system engineer in-house, an office furniture company – hoping to expand its product offerings in the mobile hospital marketplace – teamed with Advanced Product Design & Manufacturing, Inc. The company knew it wanted more than a me-too product, understood that an advanced ergonomic approach needed to be taken. The distributor's wish list reflected hospitals' needs –

An electronic lifter for ease of user height adjustment.
A way to interact with the off-the-shelf multi-media computer on the cart.
Advanced software for the planned system interface and capacitive touch screen.

An embedded controller for dedicated motor control, system power management and interface to the multi-media computer.
Support for all aspects of UL, CSA, and CE regulatory product requirements, critical for the new mobile medical cart to be used in hospitals.
Vendor must have successfully been manufacturing the custom board controls.

It also knew it needed an electronics design and manufacturing resource with the capability to translate those needs into more than a 'me-too' product. It was the kind of challenge that tested APD&M's engineering creativity and its mission of Turning Ideas Into Reality for electronic product manufacturers for two decades.The solution:

A compact, ergonomic design facilitated the hospital cart's use in tight, high-traffic workspaces; whether being pushed, pulled or accessed...or simply being adjusted in height in the process of delivering high-level healthcare services.
An advanced control scheme enhanced through use of a cost-saving, proven off-the-shelf multi-media computer on the cart.
Android, the Google-developed mobile operating system, was utilized as the system interface, maximizing the features of capacitive touch screens to instantly deliver vital information – brighter, sharper and highly accurately.
An exclusive design utilizing an embedded controller for dedicated motor control, system power management and interface to the multi-media computer.
Supported all aspects of UL, CSA, and CE regulatory compliance requirements for the product.
For nearly two decades, APD&M has provided custom control boards design and follow-on manufacturing to ensure a better overall product solution to its customers – delivered from its plant in suburban Philadelphia.