>I haven't used any in a medical design yet (although I will be later
>this summer) and that will probably be revealing as they will get
>zapped with up to 18KV for ESD testing.

This is where the E version of the maxim parts may help you - rated for
quite high ESD pulses. They are applying the E rating to a fair number of
the interface chips these days.

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