You've seen the phrase on every lab's page and half the spec sheets in your category: calibrated equipment. It shows up so often that it has stopped meaning much. So what should it actually tell you? A four-link traceability chain read left to right. The first box, highlighted in amber, is the bench instrument, the gauss meter or oscilloscope that takes your measurement. An arrow labeled checked against points to a working reference of better, documented accuracy. Another checked-against arrow points to an accredited reference kept by a calibration lab. A final checked-against arrow points to a navy box, a…

You're comparing two devices. One lists 20,000 Gauss, the other lists 800, and the first looks twenty-five times stronger. It might be. It might also be weaker. Until you know what each maker measured, the two values can't be compared at all. This month we read the public product and testing pages of PEMF makers across the industry, from high-intensity coils to low-intensity mats, and logged how each one states its field strength. There is no shared convention. Most publish a single Gauss figure without saying how it was measured. A few publish a time-averaged value. At least one publishes…

When your buyer reads the peak Gauss value on your spec sheet, they imagine that's for the entire surface of the accessory. They don't know that it's measured at one point, at one setting, directly on the accessory surface. Additional measurements let you show more of the accessory's characteristics in your documentation. A side-by-side diagram titled 'Peak Gauss alone doesn't provide the clarity needed to make an educated purchase.' On the left, under the heading 'On the spec sheet,' a gold block displays '7,000 G' as the Peak Gauss reading, called out as the highest reading at one point on…

When you send equipment to a third-party lab, you should know what the process is before it starts. Ours is four steps over about three weeks, with regular updates throughout. Horizontal flow diagram of the four steps of a Gauss Labs certification engagement. Step 1, Schedule a Call: we review and discuss your device, accessories, and goals so we can write up a proposal. Step 2, Send Us Your Devices: we get your equipment queued up and ready for testing. Step 3, We'll Analyze Your Equipment: we'll test your equipment. Step 4, Review Your Results: we send your report, high-resolution…

If you design and build PEMF equipment, you already know your product works. Your buyers are starting to want more than your word for it. A third-party certification of measured performance gives them what they need. It also gives you an edge over manufacturers who can't produce one. Five years ago, a confident peak Gauss value on a glossy product page was enough to close most sales. Today, the buyers calling you are different. Some are clinicians burned on a previous purchase that didn't live up to its claims. Some are veterinary professionals comparing your machine against a competitor whose…