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| Analog Devices (ADI) has designed a spirit level for the visually impaired. It uses an ADXL312 accelerometer to measure gravitational force in the horizontal and vertical planes and sounds a buzzer when the accelerometer is exactly horizontal or vertical. It can also be used as a tilt sensor to level trailers in automotive applications for example. It can also be used as a subcircuit in automotive stability systems or drones. Simon Bramble, Staff Field Applications Engineer, ADI, explains. |
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| The healthcare market continues to evolve rapidly and applicable standards such as IEC 60601 are becoming increasingly stringent. The vital responsibility for ensuring compliance – and the ultimate safety of both patients and operators using their products – places significant demands on medical device manufacturers facing stiff commercial realities. Florian Haas, Traco Power, explains. |
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| The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to a revaluation of hygiene practices across all countries and sectors. New, more stringent sanitation procedures have been implemented to help minimise transmission. However, developments in materials science could play a role in stopping the spread of viruses even further. Here, Kim Sjödahl, Senior Vice President for Exel Composites, explains how composites enhanced with the anti-viral Protector solution could help to make our world a safer place. |
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| With resources more constrained than ever before, healthcare providers are turning to tech to boost capacity and improve patient outcomes. Pelle Svensson, Market Development Manager, Product Center Short Range Radio, u-blox explains. |
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| This past 12 months has been something of a challenge for us all – with everyone essentially living in limbo waiting for medical research to discover a treatment or prevention strategy for a brand-new disease. At the recent CES show, Charles Fisher, CEO, Unlearn.AI, discussed the role of machine learning in bringing cures for diseases such as COVID-19 to the market faster. |
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| Perhaps the most major catalyst for the production of robotics has been the world’s response to COVID-19: lockdowns and their resultant rise in home-based working have, by necessity, led to the improvement of many areas of robotics – particularly the remote-controlled field of medtech known as ‘telerobotics’. |
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| The global market for smart hospitals is estimated to reach £83.5bn by 2026. |
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| Devin Partida discusses an example of a coronavirus screening technology: a portable, laser-based technology from the University of Arizona startup Bostanisol Analytics. |
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| Whizz-Kidz , Duchenne UK and the University of Edinburgh’s DREAM wheelchair was initially funded by a £1m award from the Peoples Postcode Lottery Dream Fund for the Wheels of Change Project. |
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| The global health IT and medical technology conference held by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is a key date in the calendar of any healthcare professional. With the COVID-19 pandemic and the pressures faced by healthcare organisations worldwide, 2021’s HIMSS show was even more important in highlighting the technologies that are reshaping healthcare. Here, Eric Lind, Vice President of commercial operations and business development at medical battery manufacturer Ultralife Corporation, reviews some of the key take-aways from the 2021 conference. |
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