Electrocardiograph (EKG, ECG) Repair

The endpoint for most medical devices results in them being thrown away. Although the medical devices that were sold in the 1980s to 1990s have mostly been sent to landfills, medical devices built from the 2000s to 2010s can still be found in use in medical facilities in the US today. Changes in medical devices and EKG manufacturing processes have resulted in the lower cost of medical equipment and end-users joining the throwaway society.

In 2021, the year of 2014 is the most important date to consider when determining the live expectancy of medical devices as that year falls in the seven-year manufacturer support window. The most important factor when deciding whether to keep an EKG machine or have it replaced with a newer model is if the EKG machine can automatically analyze EKG arrhythmias. If the providers in your facility normally perform manual EKG analysis there may be no need for EKG upgrades so EKG repair and maintenance is often the most cost-effective option.

Wire Medical’s biomedical equipment technicians are trained to perform maintenance and to service EKGs from the following manufacturers:
• GE Healthcare
• Mortara
• Welch Allyn
• Midmark
• Philips
• Burdick
• Edan

The typical EKG repairs that we see in the Orlando, Florida area are:
• Broken patient cables
• Faulty thermal printers
• Broken EKG acquisition module data receptacles
• Faulty main circuit boards
• EKGs that will not power on due to expired batteries