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Electronics

  • Texas Instruments Announces Free Medical Imaging Software Toolkit
    Texas Instruments Inc. has introduced a free, easy-to-use medical imaging software toolkit (STK), a collection of powerful imaging algorithms for TI’s TMS320C66x digital signal processors (DSP). Complementing TI’s portfolio of analogue and embedded processing solutions for real-time medi...
    (December, 2011)
  • ZMDI Expands Family of Capacitive Sensor Signal Conditioning Devices
    ZMD AG (ZMDI), a global supplier of energy-efficient analogue and mixed-signal products has expanded its family of capacitive sensor signal conditioning devices with the wide-dynamic-range ZSSC3123 integrated circuit (IC). The chip delivers 14-bit resolution and 0.25% accuracy over a range of sensor...
    (December, 2011)
  • GlobTek Launches New Power Supplies That Satisfy Medical Standards
      GlobTek’s GT(M)91099 series of desktop power supplies with IEC 320 C6 and C8 couplers and changeable blade feature double-reinforced insulation, regulated output voltages from 12 to 24 V dc in 0.1-V incre...
    (December, 2011)
  • Building Smaller, More Reliable Medical Electronic Devices
    Silicon integrated passive devices enable breakthrough technologies and improve current functions.
    (October, 2011)
  • Clinical-Grade Wireless ECG Cardiac Monitor Is Recyclable
    British medical services startup Isansys Lifecare Ltd has released what it says is the world's first commercially available, clinical-grade, wireless cardiac monitor to support low-cost continuous ECG heart monitoring. 
By making the most costly elements of the Isansys LifeTouch HRV011 ECG wirele...
    (July, 2011)
  • Kontron Launches SBC with an Intel Core i7 Processor
    Kontron has introduced the 6U VME SBC VM6050, a new single-board computer (SBC) with an Intel Core i7 processor. The VM6050 has an Intel QM57 controller hub and Intel hyperthreading and Turbo Boost technology. It has on-board USB flash support and up to eight GByte of soldered ECC memory. VM6050...
    (July, 2011)
  • Analogue-Front-End Devices Simplify Respiration Detection in ECG Equipment
    Texas Instruments has introduced fully integrated analogue-front-end devices with on-chip respiration impedance measurement into full production. The 24-bit ADS1298R devices simplify the implementation of respiration detection in portable ECG equipment by integrating more than 40 discrete components...
    (July, 2011)
  • Lock System Prevents Unintentional Unplugging of Power Cables
    Founded in 1933 by Heinrich Schurter, Schurter (Lucerne; www.schurter.com) is run by third-generation family members. Located near scenic Lake Lucerne, Schurter has been producing components for the medical device sector for approximately 20 years. The firm has developed products that are in complia...
    (June, 2011)
  • Scavengers of the Heart
      In my lifetime, artificial pacemaker technology has evolved from an external device with vacuum tubes that powered up via a wall socket to today’s tiny implantable devices with batteries that run for five...
    (May, 2011)
  • Multi-Seals Launches Epoxy Preforms for Precision Seals
      Multi-Seals Inc. has introduced the Nano-forms epoxy preforms for precision seals on microelectronics. With preforms as small as 0.89 mm OD and 0.28 mm ID, the Nano-forms allow for highly repeatable placement o...
    (May, 2011)
  • ZMD Introduces Low-Power Wireless Data Communication Module
    Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMD AG) has launched the ZWIR4512, a low-power wireless data communication module for sensors and other small devices. ZMD AG implements full data networking based on the IPv6 version of the Internet Protocol. It integrates a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3 processor with a ...
    (May, 2011)
  • Electronics Will Be at the Heart of Future Healthcare
    Future healthcare will be about high-quality diagnosis and treatment, accessible to everyone, at an acceptable cost. In order to realise this vision, we need innovative instruments for diagnosis, treatment and drug discovery. Such instruments are electronic in nature and contain bio-nano interfa...
    (April, 2011)
  • Emblation Microwave Launches New Model Microwave Power Generator
    Emblation Microwave, an Emblation Ltd Co., has launched its new model medical-grade microwave power generator. The MSYS245 model is capable of more than 100 W CW output power at 2.45 GHz. It can be used for a wide range of surgical applications, including soft tissue ablation, microwave&nb...
    (March, 2011)
  • University of Trento Team Helps Watson Understand the Question
    A team of researchers from the University of Trento (Trento, Italy) has been working with IBM to advance the state of the art in teaching computers to conversationally interact with humans. The Trento group is led by Professor Giuseppe Riccardi and Professor Alessandro Moschitti. Their work furthers...
    (March, 2011)
  • IBM Enrolls Watson in Medical School
    Sidebar: University of Trento Team Helps Watson Understand the Question   ...
    (March, 2011)
  • Gamma Sterilisable Portable Memory Device Introduced
      A portable memory token containing four kilobits of nonvolatile, reprogrammable memory has been proven to withstand up to 45 kGy (4.5 Mrad) of gamma radiation with no data loss. The GammaSafe memory token/recep...
    (March, 2011)
  • Computer-on-Module Device Boasts Quad-Core Processor, USB 3.0 and Digital Display Interface
      Launched at the same time as the second-generation Intel Core processors, the COM Express basic form factor ETXexpress-SC is the first Computer-on-Module product from Kontron with an Intel Core i7 2715QE quad-c...
    (March, 2011)
  • Neue Wege für autonome Sensornetze
    Sensornetzwerke zur Erfassung von Körperdaten sollen anwenderfreundlich und für den Träger nahezu unmerklich sein. Deshalb müssen sie klein, drahtlos und im Hinblick auf die Energieversorgung autonom sein. Kürzlich hat das Nano-Elektronik Research Zentrum Imec auf diesem Geb...
    (February, 2011)
  • Medical Ultrasound Development Kit Accelerates Time to Market
    An ultrasound beam-forming development kit has been introduced by Samplify Systems Inc. Based on the company’s AutoFocus beam-forming technology, the SMK9130 is described as a complete hardware solution for the ultrasound front end, reaching from probe connector to PCIe connector. The kit allo...
    (February, 2011)
  • Biocompatible Thermoplastic Elastomers Are Suitable for Medical Devices
    Global custom engineered thermoplastics compounder, RTP Company, has introduced a series of biocompatible styrenic-based thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) compounds for use in medical devices. RTP 2700 S MD Series materials have been pretested for compliance with ISO 10993-5/10/11 biocompatibility stand...
    (October, 2010)
  • Microchip Laser Offers Sub-Nanosecond and High Peak-Power Pulses
    RPMC Lasers has announced the introduction of a new 1920 nm microchip laser. This compact laser provides 2 μj pulse energies with <20 ns pulses at rep rates from 1 to 50 kHz in a small compact FP-2 package. The laser can serve in a range of applications where high absorption by water is requir...
    (September, 2010)
  • High-Sensitivity Telecoil for Hearing Aids Is Compatible with Mobile Phones
    Spanish designer, manufacturer and supplier of standard and custom inductive components for the electronics market, Premo, has enlarged its telecoil family with a high reliability and sensitivity coil for application in hearing aids. The TP0602 series is wound with thin copper wires less than 25 &mu...
    (September, 2010)
  • Compact Filter Series Is Designed for One-Phase Systems
    Schurter has expanded its family of EMI-line filters for onephase systems with a compact high-end filter series. The FMBB NEO filter series consists of three compact two-stage filter designs. The filter designs – Design C, Design D and Design F – are characterised by a high symmetrical a...
    (September, 2010)
  • Hamamatsu Photonics Introduces TE-Cooled MPPC Module
    Hamamatsu Photonics has introduced a C11208 MPPC module that integrates the S11028 series MPPC, a pixelated silicon avalanche photodiode operated in Geiger-mode, with a highperformance thermoelectric cooler. Along with the TE cooled MPPC, the module houses a currentto- voltage converter, high-speed ...
    (September, 2010)
  • Low-Insertion-Force Connectors Feature Staggered Dual-Contact Arrangement
    AVX GmbH has developed a range of 0.5-mm-pitch low-insertion-force FFC/FPC connectors for price-sensitive applications. The Series 6284 connectors’ staggered dual-contact arrangement enables the low insertion force feature. “The simplicity of mating of the connectors suits medical applic...
    (September, 2010)