Electronics

Blog: Medical

New Platform Would Issue COVID-19 Immunity 'Passport'

Israel’s Pangea, which specializes in digital transformation of government and business services, is at the forefront of efforts to reopen airports and facilitate travel in the age of...

Features: Electronics & Computers

The Costs and Risks of Overlooking Flash Storage in Medical Applications

Ensure that your embedded parts will both work for the application and meet the workload and environmental requirements.

Products: Materials

New Products & Services: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Shaft collars, modular clean labs, hybrid motion controllers, and more.

Products: Electronics & Computers

Product of the Month: June 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Trackwise, Tewkesbury, UK, is expanding its flexible printed circuits (FPCs) to better service the medical technology industry

Products: Medical

New Products & Services: May 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Position sensors, power clamps, CT scanners, and more.

Briefs: Design

Disposable Device Treats Severe Side-Effect of Cancer

The device eliminates oral mucositis, a side effect of chemo- and radiation therapy.

Blog: Electronics & Computers

Fermilab, Brookhaven, Open Science Grid Dedicate Computational Power to COVID-19 Research

Members of the Open Science Grid — a network of organizations that provides computing services for science research of all stripes — have...

Blog: Electronics & Computers

COVID-19: AVX Plants Supplying Components for Critical Medical Equipment

To meet the rapid increase in customer demand for critical medical equipment such as lung ventilators, mobile x-ray, CT systems, ultrasound, and patient monitors, AVX...

Blog: Electronics & Computers

Clippard Adds Staff to Address COVID-19 Demands

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a crisis unlike anything the world has ever faced, and Clippard recognizes its unique role as a manufacturer of critical components and subassemblies for...

Features: Medical

Thermal Considerations for Incubators

Incubators, used for cell and tissue cultivation in hospital and laboratory settings, grow and maintain cell and tissue samples under controlled conditions for hours, weeks, or even months. They create...

Products: Robotics, Automation & Control

New Products & Services: April 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Gas valves, flame-resistant polymers, robot actuators, and more.

Products: Electronics & Computers

Product of the Month: April 2020 Medical Design Briefs

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...

Briefs: Electronics & Computers

Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin.

R&D: Nanotechnology

Atomic Chains in Nanotubes Push the Electronics Frontier

As demand for smaller and faster devices grows, scientists and engineers turn to materials with properties that can deliver when existing ones lose their punch or can’t shrink...

R&D: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Thermometer Can Be Stretched and Crumpled by Water

A thermal sensor measures body temperature by simple contacts such as wearing clothes or shaking hands and an actuator that could control movements of artificial muscle.

Features: Electronics & Computers

Embedded Computer Computer Vision in Medical Technology: Focus on Mobile and eHealth Devices

Color video technology paired with artificial intelligence holds great development potential for the future optimization of patient care.

Products: Electronics & Computers

New Products and Services: March 2020 Medical Design Briefs

IoT Prototyping Board

Renesas, Tokyo, Japan, has introduced a low-power prototyping board that will simplify and speed up product development for IoT endpoint equipment...

Briefs: Nanotechnology

Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Flexible Electronic Material

Nanothin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper.

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products & Services: February 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Software for Linux

Synopsys, Exeter, UK, has launched Simpleware Release P-2019.09. The latest version of the software includes new features and performance improvements....

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-...

Briefs: Medical

Electronic Skin for Haptic Interfaces Is Light, Tight, and Battery Free

A system of “electronic skin-integrated haptic interfaces” jointly developed by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) and other academic institutions can help users...

Technology Leaders: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Medical Design Briefs: 2019 Technology Leaders

Learn about 2019's stand-out manufacturers and cutting-edge applications in special metals, coatings, robotics, and more.

Products: Connectivity

New Products and Services: January 2020 Medical Design Briefs

External PSUs

XP Power, Tokyo, Japan, has released two series of external power supplies that are intended for modern medical applications, including safety approvals...

Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Product of the Month: January 2020 Medical Design Briefs

Flexible Printed Circuit

Trackwise, Tewkesbury, UK, offers advanced flexible printed circuits (FPCs) that are ideal for catheter construction. The FPCs can be fed inside a catheter...

Briefs: Medical

Injectable, Flexible Electrode Could Replace Rigid Nerve-Stimulating Implants

By electrically stimulating nerves, neuromodulation therapies can reduce epileptic seizures, soothe chronic pain, and treat depression and a host of other health...

R&D: Manufacturing & Prototyping

3D Printed Plastics with High-Performance Electrical Circuits

Engineers have embedded high-performance electrical circuits inside 3D printed plastics, which could lead to better-performing biomedical implants. They used pulses of high-energy...

Technology Leaders: Electronics & Computers

Cost-Effective Interconnects for Autoclaved Medical Devices

The medical market is becoming more and more impacted by influences of emerging market mega trends including expanding global markets, where products must be made to meet the...

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...

News: Medical

Reconfigurable Electronics Offer Promise for Implantable Devices

Medical implants of the future may feature reconfigurable electronic platforms that can morph in shape and size dynamically as bodies change or transform to relocate...