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Advancements in personal healthcare, diagnostic analysis and rehabilitative practices are growing at a rapid pace. From diagnostic equipment to medical imaging, and medical instruments to healthcare wearables—explore our resources to stay up to date with healthcare and medical trends and technology.
Meeting the challenges of medical cable assembly design
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Avnet Staff
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April 1, 2025
Cable assemblies play a crucial role in the medical industry, providing the essential connection between medical devices, patients and healthcare professionals. These assemblies must meet stringent requirements to ensure patient safety while delivering re...
Monitoring vital signs through contactless technology
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Philip Ling
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February 27, 2025
PrīmSphera, a revolutionary sensor technology company, is utilizing the Avnet suite at its core to drive innovation in healthcare fluid management.
The latest technologies driving home medical innovations
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Adrien Larevat
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August 5, 2024
For home-health devices, the patient experience is central to the product. New technologies, including AI, smaller displays with higher pixel density, portable graphic frameworks and more capable MCUs are driving innovation.
Learn how AI and the latest CPM technologies optimize patient rehabilitation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Continuous passive motion (CPM) is now a critical part of patient rehabilitation. New technologies, including artificial intelligence, are helping medical OEMs take the next step to optimize patient therapy.
Using sound to capture medical data boosts device innovation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Wearable medical devices provide continuous body monitoring. Acoustic sensing is non-intrusive and the data supports early diagnosis and remote analysis. Are the stethoscope’s days numbered? That’s not likely, but new device opportunities abound.
Designers lead advances in CT scanning field
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
High resolution and low dose are two of the latest developments in computed tomography equipment used by medical professionals. Looking inside tells us how these innovations are being achieved.
Safer, targeted approaches to treat atrial fibrillation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Pulsed field ablation is a bold approach to treating atrial fibrillation. The control required is extreme, leading to innovative solutions and newly patented technologies gaining attention from doctors, patients and OEMs.
Key trends across the development of MedTech devices
September 18, 2023
The healthcare industry is facing a unique combination of challenges over the coming decades.
Intro to Standard Molex Products and How They Are Integrated into Medical Applications
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Jamie Pederson
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June 21, 2023
Interconnect technology is designed for nearly every application imaginable including medical products. Molex designs and develops cutting-edge standard products with the quality and reliability that meet the rigorous needs of the medical industry.
Operating environment drives temperature sensor selection in medical applications
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Avnet Staff
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April 10, 2023
Understanding a medical device’s operating environment and performance needs can result in a more optimal temperature sensor choice. This article looks at some key medical device applications and considerations for selecting a temperature sensor.
Optical sensing heart-rate monitors may move from the wrist to the clinic
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Avnet Staff
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March 27, 2023
Optical sensors deliver a non-invasive solution for monitoring the body below the skin, especially the cardiovascular system. The way tissue absorbs light is the principle, but sensors provide the accuracy.
Diagnostic wearables: Design challenges and opportunities
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Karen Field
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October 27, 2022
From the need to maintain small form factors and keep system power requirements low to concerns over data integrity and cost, the design space for diagnostic wearables is fraught with complexity.
Are wearables the killer app for energy harvesting technology?
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Karen Field
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October 13, 2022
As wearable devices grow in popularity, so does interest in energy harvesting technology as an alternative to battery power. Experts say it shouldn’t be an “all-or-nothing: proposition.
Seven strategies for designing wearable devices on an ultra-low power budget
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Philip Ling
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September 13, 2022
The design requirements for wearable devices are unique amongst embedded systems. Design engineers don’t have the freedom to trade size against weight, or performance for power.
The IoT is ready for the era of virtual clinical trials
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Philip Ling
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August 15, 2022
Clinical trials take time and money, but they also need participants and lots of data. The IoT is now being used to capture that data from participants virtually and to conduct clinical trials in the digital domain.
Time-of-flight cameras make patient monitoring secure and private
January 14, 2022
A growing need exists for alternative solutions to patient monitoring applications in healthcare facilities. Time-of-flight cameras enable sensors to read position data of scenes within the field of view, but without identifying patient information.
Improving Performance and Precision in Robotic Surgery
April 1, 2021
While modern day advancements in electronics and robotic technology haven’t brought forth total autonomous robotic surgery, robot-assisted surgery is one of the fastest growing disciplines within the clinical surgery.
Safety and Security in Medical Devices
April 1, 2021
Medical devices are a critical and integral part of patient care – from monitoring blood pressure and oxygenation to providing life support.
Faster 4D Imaging with Heterogenous Computing
April 1, 2021
Medical imaging is one of the most valuable tools doctors have in detecting and diagnosing disease or anomalies in patients. Both 2D and 3D imaging play a big role in enabling medical professionals to deliver better clinical outcomes.
FPGA vs. GPU vs. CPU – hardware options for AI applications
March 31, 2021
Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) deliver many advantages to artificial intelligence (AI) applications. How do graphics processing units (GPUs) and traditional central processing units (CPUs) compare?
Top nine considerations when evaluating microcontrollers
December 22, 2020
It’s hard to imagine modern life without touchscreen displays, televisions, washing machines, coffee makers, remote controls and connected devices of all types. Microcontroller units (MCUs) make these modern necessities possible.
Delivering quality healthcare through mixed reality
August 3, 2020
Few industries drive adoption of new technology like healthcare. Thanks to advancements like Microsoft’s HoloLens technology, medical providers can harness mixed reality to improve the quality of patient care and overall experience.
How AI-powered virtual assistants can transform healthcare
February 26, 2019
We have witnessed a paradigm shift in the way patients are being treated by the doctors with the help of AI and machine learning.
The rise of machine intelligence in the AI era
February 24, 2019
Whether you know it or not, this technology has a lot of potential to deal with business-specific challenges and the benefits of deep learning outnumber its drawbacks.
5 of the best artificial intelligence use cases
January 3, 2019
AI’s upgraded algorithms make predictive analytics, parse data, and help businesses make smarter decisions from the boardroom to the factory floor.
The story of Owlet
October 11, 2017
In 2012, Kurt Workman was a full-time chemical engineering major at Brigham Young University. Kurt’s aunt had just had twins, prematurely, so he and his wife were lending a helping hand whenever they could.
Shark Tank Big Winner Saves Lives
May 5, 2017
Smart mobility changed everything, but it was advancements in wireless connectivity such as Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® Smart that truly freed...
The story of Braster
April 1, 2017
Braster S.A. is a Poland-based company founded by scientists with a mission – to save lives by giving women an easier, more effective and more comfortable way to conduct breast self-examinations at home
Standout Product Keeps Employees from Sitting Too Much
March 6, 2017
You’ve probably heard in the news lately how unhealthy sitting can be. According to WebMD, sitting for long hours has been linked to mental health problems, obesity, death from heart disease and cancer, and other conditions.
Monitoring Impact Levels in Sports
March 5, 2017
Concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), is a very serious topic in the world of sports today.