Medical cable teardown

[daqq]

Hi guys,

So, I bought a cable for the coaxes inside. I was really shocked at how much attention to detail can one pack into something as simple as a cable. So, I took a few pics and made a little rant:

http://www.daqq.eu/?p=1144

By the way, how much do you think such a cable would cost brand new? I can't even make a guess!

Enjoy!

David

[larry42]

That's nothing. Look at a modern medical ultrasound cable harness - 128*AWG40 coax...


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[SteveyG]

For a surgical product I'm working on at the moment, the cable is around £300 for 2 meters - just two core 18AWG and four cores of 26AWG with overall shield and silicone cable suitable for Sterrad and Sterris cleaning methods. I imagine the one you've posted is at least ten times that value.

[VK5RC]

Lovely gear,  I wonder if it was the head unit of a cardiac electro-physiology unit,  they typically stick up to 10 probes into peoples hearts to map out the patterns of electrical depolarisation,  which some fancy software regenerates into an image for interpretation.  You would need lots of channels all isolated.
 If it was from one they cost multiples  of 100s of thousands. 

[daqq]

Followup - apparently the cable is for an MRI machine and is non magnetical as well. I'd REALLY love to know the original price