Medical Electronics

TI has revealed early fruits from the latest in its long-running series of BiCom advanced bipolar processes: the 27V 200MHz low-noise OPA2810 and the 36V zero-drift 14MHz OPA189, which are aimed at signal conditioning in automotive and industrial environments. “These are the first few of many other amplifiers focussed in this area, the beginning of a long road of high ...

Powerbox used 29F of supercapacitors to deliver 2.5kW of back-up power to an industrial controller

The first human corneas to be  3D printed have been developed by scientists at Newcastle University. It means the technique could be used in the future to ensure an unlimited supply of corneas. As the outermost layer of the human eye, the cornea has an important role in focusing vision. Yet there is a significant shortage of corneas available to ...

IMEC's wireless eye tracking glasses run for 10 hours without re-charging.

Prime Minister Theresa May is to speak today about the use of AI in the NHS to provide early diagnoses. “Late diagnosis of otherwise treatable illnesses is one of the biggest causes of avoidable deaths,” the PM is expected to say, “and the development of smart technologies to analyse great quantities of data quickly and with a higher degree of ...

ANSYS announces software which allows the developer to create simulation-based digital twins of products in a single workflow.

Anglia is organising two conference and exhibition events in June focusing on medical electronics. The events will be held at The Cambridge Belfry, Cambourne, near Cambridge on 12th June and at The Oxford Belfry, Milton Common, near Oxford on 27th June. The Wisbech-based distributor is working with suppliers ST, Advantech, Analog Devices, Panasonic, Renesas, Rohm, Varta and Omron which will ...

Renesas has launched a blood pressure monitor evaluation kit including a circuit board, pressure sensor, arm cuff, pump, electronically-controlled valve, LCD panel and software. The PCB is based around a dedicated RL78 core-based chip (RL78/H1D) that includes the analogue functions needed for blood pressure measurement. Reference software is included, as is graphical user interface (GUI) development tool. The kit is ...

MDP200 is a 200W medical power supply from Efore, offering 2xMoPP (means of patient protection) protection grade, BF medical appliance compatibility, low earth and touch/patient leakage current requirements and IEC 60601-1-2 4th edition and EMC immunity standards It provides IEC protections for Class I and Class II configurations, <0.3W no-load power consumption, and comes in 12, 24 and 48Vdc variants, ...

Engineers at University of California Berkley have created at wireless nerve stimulator, claimed to be the smallest of its kind, at 6.5mm2 Called StimDust, it “is the smallest deep-tissue stimulator that we are aware of that’s capable of stimulating almost all of the major therapeutic targets in the peripheral nervous system”, said Berkley researcher Rikky Muller. “This device represents our ...