Medical
Hearing aid tech with background noise suppressed using neuron n/w algorithm
The major problem with the present day hearing aid is, the user is fed up of background noise, particularly when two or more persons talking at the same time, they have difficulty in listening. The Ohio State University engineers and scientists have developed neural network-based algorithm to improv
3 min readForecast: Medical semiconductor market to grow by 12% in year 2014
IC Insights has forecasted the global medical electronics sales to grow by 8% to reach $50.9 billion in 2014 after rising just 3% in 2013 to an estimated $47.3 billion. Sales of semiconductor devices for use in medical systems is forecasted by IC Insights to grow by 12% in year 2014 to reach $4.9
5 min readUltrasound transceiver packs pulsers, T/R switches, ADC, LNA, VGA, and more
Maxim integrated products has launched a highly integrated octal ultrasound transceiver IC MAX2082, which has analog, mixed signal and RF functional blocks such as 200V pulsers, transmit/receive switch, analog to digital converter(ADC), low noise amplifier (LNA), variable gain amplifier(VGA), CW mix
2 min readCochlear implant users can hear music
Cochlear implanted hearing-impaired users have difficulty in listening to music. The reason is cochlear implant does not produce the natural sound. But the recent research by the scientists at University of Washington shows Cochlear implanted users can hear music. Scientists at University of Washi
4 min readOctal ultrasound transceiver from Maxim saves 40% space and 30% power
Maxim Integrated Products has released MAX2082, an octal ultrasound transceiver, which claimed by Maxim to save 40% board space and consumes 30% less power than conventional architecture in designing ultrasound medical equipment. MAX2082 integrates 8 channels of 3-level 200V pulsers and T/R swi
2 min readBruker launches world’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging sys
Bruker has launched the world’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) system developed in partnership with Philips. MPI is a new medical imaging technology that was invented and developed by scientists at Philips and a proof of principle was first published in the Journal Nature in 2005. The
3 min readConsumer medical devices revenue is forecasted to grow 4% in 2013
Market researcher IHS has forecasted the total worldwide market for consumer medical devices to grow by 4% to reach US dollar 8.2 billion by the end of 2013, compared to revenue of US dollars 7.9 billion in 2012. The top three products are hearing aids, blood glucose meter and blood pressure monitor
3 min readX2 Biosystems ship 5,000th xPatch powered by ST's devices
As millions of fall sports participants take to the field to kick off the 2013 sports season, players in a wide range of activities are wearing electronic head-impact monitoring patches (“xPatches”) developed by X2 Biosystems with advanced technology from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global sem
4 min readPower supply market for medical electronics grew 4% in 2012, as per IMS
IMS has reported the market for power supplies used in medical applications grew 4.0 percent in 2012. The other findings shared by IMS includes: Growth is largely being driven by Asia and America, helping compensate for the struggles at present of the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region,
3 min readArtificial wearble/implantable kidney is close to reality within few years
When the human body blood-filter organ Kidney fails, it is becoming difficult for the patients to maintain good health continuously and they are becoming less productive, because the dialysis is expensive and need hospitalization. The best alternative is human kidney replacement, but is difficult t
4 min readStanford engineers develop paper-thin non-invasive heart beat sensor
The hot field of research now in medical electronics is developing non-invasive sensors to measure the health parameters of human body. One such development in this week is development of paper-thin skin like sensor to sense heart beat. Engineers at Stanford university have combined layers of flex
2 min readCoating for medical implants for preventing them from human body's attack
The researchers at University of Washington (UW) created a synthetic substance that fully resists the body’s natural attack response to foreign objects. This synthetic substance can be used as a coating over medical implants such as artificial heart valves, prostheses and breast implants to prevent
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