Medical

Truelink Capital Finalizes Investment in Semiconductor Fab Construction MEP Services Provider Horwitz
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Surgery-Free Brain Implants: MIT Researchers Demonstrate Autonomous Wireless Nanoelectronics That Cross Blood-Brain Barrier
MIT researchers have developed microscopic wireless electronic chips that can be injected into the arm, travel through body fluids, cross the intact blood-brain barrier, autonomously locate a target brain region, self-implant, and deliver precise electrical stimulation without any surgery.
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Mitsubishi Electric Unveils Contactless Body Sensor for AI-Enhanced Vital Data Monitoring
Mitsubishi Electric announced the development of a contactless body sensor designed to measure heart rate, respiration, and other vital indicators with high precision. The sensor uses weak radio waves to detect minute changes in the body’s surface and internal organs by analyzing vari
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Bluetooth Low Energy and Wireless Tech in Consumer Medical Devices: 2025 Trends
The global market for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)-enabled devices, including consumer medical devices, is projected to grow significantly, with BLE device shipments expected to reach 7.3 billion annually by 2028, up from 4.9 billion in 2023, according to ABI Research. Healthcare applications, such
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Semtech's ERA chip introduces hearing aids with ultra-low power 2.4GHz wireless radio and advanced power management
Semtech announced a significant advancement in hearing aid technology through its collaboration with Sonova AG. The partnership has resulted in the development of the ERA chip, an ultra-small, ultra-low power 2.4GHz wireless radio and power management IC that significantly enhances Bluetooth conn
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Space saving world's smallest PPG sensor for health monitoring wearables
SCIVAX announced the development of the world's smallest PPG (PhotoPlethysmoGraphy) sensor head. This innovation to be showcased at the "Touch Taiwan" exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, from April 16 to 18, 2025. PPG sensors can be used to measure a variety of physiological parameters, including the h
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Tiniest Arm Cortex-M0+ MCU in the market: Measures 1.38 mm2
Are you designing 32 bit microcontroller based tiny health care wearables, harvested-energy powered wireless sensors, and any personal care device whose size can be huge market advantage, than you must look into the new MCU from Texas Instruments for your choice of MCU for designing size constrai
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Samsung acquires Medical AI expert Sonio
Samsung Medison has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Sonio SAS. Sonio SAS is a fetal ultrasound AI software company offering AI-enhanced software empowering prenatal sonographers and ultrasound readers and assists them in performing prenatal examinations. Sonio has developed IT s
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ADI Launches Sensinel CPM System with FDA Clearance to manage chronic heart deseases
Analog Devices has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to launch its Sensinel Cardiopulmonary Management (CPM) System. This innovative wearable device offers a non-invasive and remote solution for capturing crucial cardiopulmonary measurements, particularly for chronic con
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AI in medical imaging: A hot topic at ECR 2024
At European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting scheduled to be held on February 28-March 3, 2024 in Vienna, the leading medical-electronics companies such as Royal Philips and GE HealthCare are actively participating. Royal Philips is set to showcase its latest AI-enabled innovations aimed at en
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HARMAN introduces a new language model called HARMAN HealthGPT designed for the healthcare industry
Samsung owned HARMAN introduced a new product called HealthGPT, which is a language model designed specifically for healthcare. HealthGPT uses artificial intelligence to assist healthcare professionals, researchers, and institutions in providing better patient care, conducting medical research,
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EnSilica implements SureCore's IoT ref platfom for wearable and medical apps
EnSilica has developed sureCore's new, ultra-low power IoT reference platform for developing wearable consumer and medical applications. sureCore IoT reference platform is taped out using TSMC's commercially available 40nm Ultra Low Power (40ULP) process tech specifically developed for IoT and we
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