An Aging Model for Medical Equipment

Wednesday, October 9, 10-11 am

Analyses of over 300,000 pieces of equipment show certain equipment types exhibit a clear impact of aging – i.e., increasing the number of repairs with age – while others don’t. A simple, quantitative model has been developed and tested for characterizing equipment aging, thus eliminating the need for analyzing large amounts of historical data. This model can be used to improve planned and corrective maintenance planning, as well as replacement
planning. In addition, it can be used to define a planned maintenance strategy using risk assessment compliant with the ISO 14971 standard.