Electronics

Power Supplies & Batteries

Power supplies are essential to a variety of medical devices, from MRI equipment to robotic surgical devices. Learn about the medical power supply market and requirements for compliance. Explore technical briefs, white papers, and products.

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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
New Isolated Power Supply Chip Design Improves Efficiency
The new design improves the conversion efficiency and power density of the chip.
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Products: AR/AI
New Products and Services
Power entry modules, application processors, proximity testing services, and more.
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Products: Motion Control
New Products and Services
Medical-grade power adapters, fume hoods, image sensors, and more.
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INSIDER: Medical
Stretchable Battery Powered by Sweat
Scientists have developed a soft and stretchable battery that is powered by human perspiration. The prototype battery consists of printed silver flake electrodes that generate electricity in the presence...
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Technology Leaders: Materials
PCB Microelectronics Assembly Takes Center Stage for Medical Miniaturization
Small medical electronics are at the forefront of a new round of technology trends involving printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and manufacturing.
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R&D: Energy
Batteryless Pacemaker Could Use Heart’s Energy for Power
The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Product of the Month
A new series of medical desktop ac-dc power supplies is available from CUI.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
Design Strategies for Converting Rotary Motion into Linear Motion
Medical pipettes, syringes, and mesotherapy devices often move loads linearly instead of rotationally.
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R&D: Energy
All-in-One Device Uses Microwave Power
An innovative system may provide a new option to use directed energy for biomedical applications.
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Products: Imaging
New Products and Services
Medical connectors, servo positioners, SMT jumpers, and more.
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Products: Connectivity
New Products & Services
Barcode readers, risk-management software, servo drives, and more.
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Products: Materials
New Products and Services
Curable adhesives, thermoelectric coolers, DC power supplies, and more.
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R&D: Energy
Device Creates 3D Images of Skin
A research team has developed a portable device that produces high-resolution 3D images of human skin within 10 minutes. The team says the portable skin mapping (imaging) device could be used to assess the...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
The Challenges of Handheld and Wearable Medical Device Batteries
Batteries must meet high power capacity, small physical size, and reliability requirements.
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Products: Medical
February 2021, Product Focus: Power Supplies
Hospital-grade plugs, configurable platforms, solid-state relays, and more.
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R&D: Wearables
Flexible Screen-Printed Rechargeable Battery
The device can be used in flexible, stretchable electronics for wearables as well as soft robotics.
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Features: Robotics, Automation & Control
Designing Rugged Myoelectric Interfaces for Highly Functional Prosthetics
New sensors and high-performance microwiring are extending the performance of active myoelectric prosthetics.
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Features: Energy
2020 Product Buyer's Guide
In our 2020 Product Buyer's Guide, you'll find a list of manufacturers in more than a dozen medical-device areas.
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Products: Internet of Things
New Products and ServicesBriefs
Sleep-tracking sensors, stepper motors, electromechanical actuators, and more.
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Briefs: Medical
Switch-Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Emissions Filtering: Attenuation vs. Leakage Trade-Off
This relationship is important to understand when developing the end system.
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Products: Medical
Product Focus: Mechanical Components
Proportional control, modular connectors, power supplies, and more.
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Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers
When Every Second Counts … Important Considerations for Respiratory Ventilator Design
Ventilators are mission-critical to sustaining life and require a robust design to ensure they maintain the necessary up-time for patient care.
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Products: Materials
New Products & Services
Shaft collars, modular clean labs, hybrid motion controllers, and more.
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Products: Test & Measurement
New Products & Services
Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.
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Products: Medical
Product of the Month
Power-Entry Module A new power entry module from Schurter, Santa Rosa, CA, integrates an IEC inlet, circuit breaker, and mains filter, with optional IP protection. The DG12/DG11 features a recessed 2-pole ON/OFF rocker...
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Products: Medical
Product Focus: Power Supplies
DC-DC Converters New Yorker Electronics, Northvale, NJ, offers a family of 2- and 3.5-W DC-DC converters for medical applications from Polytron Devices. The 2:1 input range MTWA2 and MTWA4 2- converters feature a...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products and Services
External PSUs XP Power, Tokyo, Japan, has released two series of external power supplies that are intended for modern medical applications, including safety approvals for home-based healthcare, and IT applications...
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Technology Leaders: RF & Microwave Electronics
How to Protect Patients from Potential Electrical Failure
People and power don’t mix well, and this is particularly true when people are medical patients. Aside from the more usual environment of a medical facility, patients are also...
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
New Products & Services
UV-LED Light Engines Innovations in Optics, Woburn, MA, offers high-power, UV LED light engines. The LumiBright™ UV-LED Light Engines feature UV die arrays bonded on MCPCB substrates that enhance thermal performance...
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Ralph Bright on the Power of Power Cords
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Understanding power system components and how to connect them correctly is critical to meeting regulatory requirements and designing successful electrical products for worldwide markets. Interpower’s Ralph Bright defines these requirements and explains how to know which cord to select for your application.

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Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.

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