Introduction:
Numerous reports of fires, melting batteries, or explosions involving battery-powered medical carts, led to the release of a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This warning was addressed to Health Care Professionals and Health Care Facility Administrators.
See https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices.
These incidents validate the need for a safer medical cart battery. Devon Company is fully committed to meeting the challenges of designing and producing the safest 12V, U1 format battery for the medical cart market.