Tag Archives: medical applications

Distributor Fortec is aiming medical markets with a PC and COM Express Type 6 module from Axiomtek – both based around Gen 12 and 13 Intel processors (Alder Lake and Raptor Lake respectively) mBOX602 is the PC, for i7, i5 and i3 processor processors up to 65W supported by 2x DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM up to 64Gbyte. “The mBOX602 is IEC 60601 ...

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a lower-cost variant to its Hypergrip range of medical connectors. Called Hypergrip Flex, the main change is a move from its >20,000 insertion cycle Hyperboloid socket contact to its >2,000 insertion cycle ‘MR’ socket – an 0.4mm diameter socket suited to “standard cycle life applications”, according to the company.  Comparing Hypergrip and Hypergrip Flex Both Hyperboloid and MR ...

Icotek KEL-DPZ-HD cable entry plates have been specially developed for the use in the food and pharmaceutical industries. “Working within the hygienic design [EHEDG] guidelines, Icotek have taken great care to make the surface very smooth, avoiding any dirt-collecting recesses on the visible side. The outer contour radius of 6mm, rather than the required minimum of 3mm, exceeds the EHEDG specifications. KEL-DPZ-HD ...

A flexible wearable sensor might one day guide treatment for chronic (long-lasting) wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers or pressure ulcers. Researchers from Russian institute Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have created a prototype for such a sensor, and demonstrated it in a simulate wound environment where it measured three biomarkers, all of which are electro-active: Pyocyanin, produced a ...

Leman Micro Devices (LMD) demonstrates its V-Sensor for smartphones and wearables, for measuring blood pressure and other vital signs

For the safe transport of vaccines, drugs and medical samples, Timestrip of Cambridge has developed a tell-tale temperature monitor that permanently indicates if storage temperature rules have been transgressed. Update: for Covid 19 vaccine storage scroll down Called TC489, it uses a set of three LEDs to provide a clear, non-reversible indication of upper and lower temperature breaches as well ...

Maxim is measuring blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, body temperature and activity data in its third generation of wearable health monitor reference design, this time entirely wrist-worn. Called Health Sensor Platform 3.0 (aka MAXREFDES104#), it comes in a ready-to-wear wrist form with algorithms to provide heart rate, heart-rate variability (HRV), respiration rate (RR), SpO2 , body temperature, sleep quality and ...

Russian and US scientists have used machine learning to find ‘atrial fibrillation (AF) drivers’ – small patches of faulty heart muscle that can cause cardiac arrhythmia. The team tested their approach on 11 donated human hearts and located AF drivers with an accuracy of up to 81%. Multi-electrode mapping (MEM) is a technique that can be applied during an operation, ...

Metal conductors can be formed directly onto human skin, according to an international science team which found a way to sinter silver nano-particles into silver conductors at room temperature. The process was used to measure skin temperature and humidity, and to form electrodes for ECGs and conductors to LEDs for blood oxygen measurements (see photo). The process was also used ...

Schaffner has introduced a series of filtered IEC mains input connectors designed not to compromise two MOPP (means of patient protection) safety precautions in medical equipment. Called FN9274, they have been designed according to Class II medical equipment standard IEC / EN 60601-1. The enclosure is plastic for higher dielectric strength insulation and C18 inlet receptacles do not have an earth pin ...