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

By Avnet Staff - 2025年4月1日

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

By Philip Ling - 2025年2月27日

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

By Adrien Larevat - 2024年8月5日

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.

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Learn how AI and the latest CPM technologies optimize patient rehabilitation

By Avnet Staff - 2024年2月21日

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.

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Using sound to capture medical data boosts device innovation

By Avnet Staff - 2024年2月21日

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.

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Designers lead advances in CT scanning field

By Avnet Staff - 2024年2月21日

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

By Avnet Staff - 2024年2月21日

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.

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Key trends across the development of MedTech devices

2023年9月18日

The healthcare industry is facing a unique combination of challenges over the coming decades.

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Intro to Standard Molex Products and How They Are Integrated into Medical Applications

By Jamie Pederson - 2023年6月21日

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.

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Operating environment drives temperature sensor selection in medical applications

By Avnet Staff - 2023年4月10日

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

By Avnet Staff - 2023年3月27日

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.

Medical worker puts a smartwatch used for remote monitoring on a patient’s wrist

Diagnostic wearables: Design challenges and opportunities

By Karen Field - 2022年10月27日

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.

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Are wearables the killer app for energy harvesting technology?

By Karen Field - 2022年10月13日

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.

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Seven strategies for designing wearable devices on an ultra-low power budget

By Philip Ling - 2022年9月13日

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

By Philip Ling - 2022年8月15日

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

2022年1月14日

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.

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Improving Performance and Precision in Robotic Surgery

2021年4月1日

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.

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Safety and Security in Medical Devices

2021年4月1日

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

2021年4月1日

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

2021年3月31日

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

2020年12月22日

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

2020年8月3日

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

2019年2月26日

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

2019年2月24日

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.

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5 of the best artificial intelligence use cases

2019年1月3日

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

2017年10月11日

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.

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Shark Tank Big Winner Saves Lives

2017年5月5日

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

2017年4月1日

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

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Standout Product Keeps Employees from Sitting Too Much

2017年3月6日

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.