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Medical Electronics design: MEMS in Healthcare
by Vishal Goyal, Technical Marketing Manager, ST Microelectronics IndiaIntroductionHealthcare has emerged as one the biggest and fastest growing Industry around the World. The growing importance of Human life, increase in individual disposal income and awareness of preventative measur
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Molex buys Phillips-Medisize
The leading electromechanical connector maker Molex enters medical solutions area by acquiring a company called Phillips-Medisize Corporation. Phillips-Medisize provides medical solution that include drug delivery, mobile and portable medical devices, and primary pharmaceutical packaging and diagnos
2 min readAnalog Front End IC for ECG
Analog Devices unveiled Analog Front End (AFE) IC AD8233 exclusively for electrocardiogram (ECG) systems. These AFE chips helps medical electronics designers to use single IC for analog front end instead of multiple discrete analog IC Chips in ECG systems. Small size devices measuring 2.0mm × 1.7mm
2 min readSmart phone app to diagnose Anemia non-invasively
The most simple way to diagnose anaemia is by pulling down eyelid and to look at the skin inside in front of a mirror, it should turn pink quickly. If it is taking few seconds, or not turning pink at all, then there are chances of that person having Anaemia. However if you want more accurate diagno
2 min readMedical-grade 650W AC-DC PSUs in U-channel, open-frame and enclosed
Artesyn Embedded Technologies releases its wide variety of input range, single output CNS650-M series of medical power supplies. The power supply with specification of 4 x 6 inch footprint can deliver upto 650 W with forced-air cooling (750 W peak) or 400 W with free-air natural convection cooling (
3 min readOver the counter hearing devices for people with moderate hearing loss suggested
In US, a committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommended that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) establish a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) wearable hearing devices. This product does not f
2 min readSocionext' medical device "viewphii" also does ECG and blood pressure monitoring
Socionext is advancing its medical electronic device "viewphii" with some more interesting features. Viewphii can now be used to monitor blood pressure and also ECG. Viewphii is a handheld portable ultrasound scanner which can be used not only by qualified physicians but also anyone who would l
2 min readTE completes acquisition of minimally invasive medical device expert Creganna
TE Connectivity has strengthened its capabilities in medical electronics domain by completing the acquisition of Creganna Medical Group (Creganna). Health diagnosis equipments of type minimal invasive if not fully non-invasive are doing well in the market. Creganna has design and manufacturing ex
2 min readZOLL acquires Kyma Medical Technologies
Medical electronics company ZOLL Medical Corporation has acquired Israel-based Kyma Medical Technologies, Ltd., which develops technologies to measure early signs of congestive heart failure. Kyma's µ-Cor System uses radio frequency-based technology to monitor the level of fluid in the lungs.
3 min readMedtronics gets closer to artificial pancreas and also launch mobile app for diabetics
Medical electronics equipment company Medtronic plc gets further close to developing an artificial pancreas by developing device which can deliver insulin based on the sugar levels in the blood using hyper closedloop feedback system. A device called MiniMed 640G system controls automatically the gl
2 min readA speech to text powered software for hearing impaired
A new software by Fujitsu solves communication problems in meetings attended by hearing and hearing impaired members. The software called LiveTalk is designed for meetings involving multiple people sharing information. The tool basically uses speech to text conversion software to convert whateve
4 min readSTM32L powered tiny and accurate mems heart monitor from PulseOn
PulseOn is a new wearable tiny heart monitor that tracks your heart rate continuously and suggest what your heart rate means. The optical sensor based wrist device does multiwavelenght measurement with builtin algorithms to extract and analyze heart rate for different conditions. PulseOn uses ST
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