Medical

While it’s not nearly that advanced yet, 3D technology is making strides in surgery, medicine and pharmacology. See how 3D printing is paving the way for future breakthroughs and helping patients now.

User interfaces for medical equipment configurable by AppMedical devices can already be comprehensively adapted to suit individual requirements. This task has now been made simpler through an application developed by the steute business division Meditec.

With the aim of producing high-quality X-rays with minimal radiation exposure, particularly in children, researchers have developed a new approach to imaging patients. Surprisingly, the new technology isn’t a high-tech, high-dollar piece of machinery. Rather, it’s based on the Xbox gaming system.

TDK Corporation announces the introduction of the DTM65-C8 series of medically certified 40-65W Class II external power supplies. Certified to the IEC 60601-1 & 60601-1-11 medical standards, the products have 4,000Vac isolation from input to output and require no ground wire connection. The series is intended to power a range of hospital, dental and home healthcare products for monitoring, imaging and diagnostic applications.

We’ve all had the phone call… you have a snivel that’s fast turning into the flu, you’ve pulled a muscle playing squash and can hardly move or the kids have come home from school with the dreaded lurgy. You dial the number for your local GP, only to discover that you can’t get an appointment with your registered doctor for another three weeks!

Tumbler Technologies + TRUMPower has launched a new addition to its AC/DC switching power supply line-up with the Class I/II TMC300 series, which has BF rated outputs.

The Swiss sensor manufacturer Sensirion has expanded its SFM3xxx platform for flow measurement in medical applications. For the first time, the flow sensor range now includes autoclavable mass flow meters. Thus, the five products in the platform now offer the right solution for all gas flow measurement applications in medical technology.

Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has been trying, for a long time, to develop a material that mimics skin's ability to flex and heal, while also serving as the sensor net that sends touch, temperature and pain signals to the brain. Ultimately she wants to create a flexible electronic fabric embedded with sensors that could cover a prosthetic limb and replicate some of skin's sensory functions.

When Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy needs to diagnose an ill member of the Starship Enterprise, he simply points his tricorder device at their body and it identifies their disease. Similarly, when Capt. Kirk beams down to an alien world, his tricorder quickly analyses if the atmosphere is safe to breathe. Much like them, Stanford engineers are using microwaves and ultrasound to create a safe and portable way to detect hidden objects.

Axiomtek has announced the arrival of MPC240, a high-performance and reliable 24" medical panel computer for medical image processing and medical measuring instrument applications. The 24" touch medical PC MPC240 is EN60601-1, CE certified to ensure medical operation safety. The Intel Haswell touchscreen medical panel PC is equipped with a 24" Full HD TFT LCD display with brightness of 250nits.