BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Micro Power Electronics, Inc., the global leader in portable power solutions for mission-critical equipment, today announced the capability to manufacture advanced, custom battery packs that can be sterilized and withstand gamma sterilization without performance degradation. This allows surgical instrument manufacturers to offer the run time and power to complete major surgeries with a cordless device. The use of gamma sterilization offers the advantage of delivering the battery pack in the same packaging as other disposable components of the equipment.