Smart Talk - Issue 104 - February 27th, 2009

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Featured Product: 300 Series Modular Check Valves

Syncardia, Bimba Manufacturing, and Smart Products Work to Improve Quality of Life for Total Artificial Heart Patients

Highlights from Anaheim Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show

Visit Us: Atlanta Design 2 Part Show March 24 & 25

 


Featured Product: Series 300 Modular Check Valves300valve

one of many end fitting combinations; click to view inside options, which are customizable 
 

Versatile! Interchangeable! Flexible Design! Our Series 300 modular check valves allow you to mix and match end fittings (barbed, NPT, and foot valve styles) to create the ideal valve for your low pressure, low flow project.  With so many choices, we say, "your custom is our standard."

“From my experience with customers, the 300 Series is extremely popular because it is a one-stop solution.  Customers don’t have to source a fitting to match a check valve into their application,” says Cathy Jernigan, Director of Sales and Marketing for Smart Products. 

“Sourcing a check valve can be tedious because you have to try to fit it into a great design.  We have a wide range of options and can also offer custom designs to match an application, which will save customers time and money.”

The Series 300 can be used for liquid or air and offers low flow solutions for applications in automotive, industrial, pool & spa, medical dialysis, and various other markets. Inlet/Outlet combinations include barb, NPT, foot valve, and push button. Combine those with 22 available springs, six O-ring materials, and five body materials, and you can see why this is one of the most popular check/relief valve choices on the market today.
 

Jernigan adds, “The ease of finding a valve that will fit and having reliability built in with the precise spring options makes the 300 series an excellent choice for most customers.”
  
For specific spring, body material, and o-ring options, call one of our Product & Application Specialists at (800) 338-0404.

 

 


SynCardia, Bimba Manufacturing, and Smart Products Work to Improve the Quality of Life for Total Artificial Heart Patients

In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the SynCardia temporary CardioWest™ Total Artificial Heart as a bridge to transplant for patients dying from end-stage biventricular failure. During the pivotal clinical study, 79 percent of near-death patients survived to transplant. This is the highest bridge to transplant rate of any approved heart device. Currently, SynCardia’s Total Artificial Heart is powered by a 418-lb pneumatic driver nicknamed “Big Blue.”  bigblue

According to one patient’s story detailed on the SynCardia website, Jim Hennigan “looked and felt too healthy to be in the hospital” while living with the Total Artificial Heart and the Big Blue hospital driver. 

Now, SynCardia is working with Bimba Manufacturing and Smart Products to develop the new Freedom™ driver system, which is designed to allow stable Total Artificial Heart patients to leave the hospital to wait at home for a matching donor heart. 

“The Freedom driver is designed to be the world’s smallest pneumatic driver for powering the Total Artificial Heart,” says Bob Guillemette, Chief Engineer at Bimba Manufacturing.

“The pump design by Bimba is a great innovation, but after initial testing, we realized the need for a smaller valve with side seal capability in order to make it perform with ease and efficiency,” said Cathy Jernigan, Director of Sales & Marketing for Smart Products. “We were excited that Bimba’s need drove us to create a new side seal valve to precisely fit this driver.”

freedomdriverThe Freedom driver utilizes a proprietary pump that sends pulses of low pressure air to inflate the two diaphragms in the Total Artificial Heart, which pump the blood.  This produces high cardiac output through both the left and right ventricles of the Total Artificial Heart. The Freedom driver is designed to run on a household current, a car battery, and its own rechargeable batteries. 

“The Freedom driver utilizes a ‘black cockpit design,’” said Don Isaacs, Vice President of Communications for SynCardia. “The patient is only alerted when something requires their attention: a battery alert sounds when one of two removable batteries drops below 35 percent charge, and a driver alert indicates when the patient should switch to their back-up driver.”  

At Smart Products, we’re dedicated to creating the perfect check valve solution for your application.  Call a Product & Application Specialist today at (800) 338-0404.

 


Highlights from Anaheim Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show 

Smart Products recently attended the Pacific Design & Manufacturing Show in Anaheim, CA held February 9-11.   

“This show gave us a great opportunity to meet face-to-face with existing customers in the Anaheim area, as well as a chance to speak with prospective customers,” says Director of Sales & Marketing Cathy Jernigan. 

At the show, Smart Products introduced the new 152 check valve to customers, as well as an expanded pump line. 

Product & Application Specialist Joshua DeLaura adds, “I spoke with one customer who was very enthusiastic about the 152 check valve.  The customer liked the fact that we now have a larger diameter valve with a side seal and would be able to use it in future applications.”   

DeLaura continues, “Our new interactive display of air pumps has drawn a lot of attention from show visitors.  People seem especially excited that we are able to customize these pumps to meet their specific needs.” 

Smart Products designs and manufactures an extensive family of plastic check valves, pumps, and related components for a wide range of applications.  Products provide accurate, reliable control of fluid or gas in advanced low pressure, low flow systems.

 


Visit Us! Atlanta March 24 & 25 Design2Part

Smart Products will be at the Atlanta, GA Design 2 Part show March 24 & 25.  If you're going to be in the area, stop by the Cobb Galleria Centre and visit us.  

We're at booth #348, and we'll be exhibiting our entire product line to include our new 152 side seal cartridge valve, as well as our expanded line of pumps.   

 

 

 

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