Medical, Healthcare & Wellness

July 2019

Rechargeable Lead Acid Battery Shipping from Sager

MIDDLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Sager Electronics is now stocking Power Sonic’s PS-640F1 Rechargeable Sealed Lead Acid Battery. The PS-640F1 is part of Power Sonic’s PS range of sealed lead acid batteries that have been specifically designed for general purpose and standby applications. The 6V 4.50 Ah battery f

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07/30/2019

Healthcare Sensors Enable Clinical-Grade Accuracy

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Designers creating next-generation wearable health and fitness applications can reduce temperature measurement power by 50 percent with the MAX30208, as well as shrink optical solution size by 40 percent with the MAXM86161 from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. In addition, design engineers can im

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07/25/2019

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Figure 1: Synchronous rectification in a secondary circuit

GaN Technology Breaks into Power Supply Designs

Jin He, Vice President of Engineering, TDK-Lambda USA

The ideal AC-DC power supply will be compact, reliable and cool running. This has been the request from equipment designers in the industrial and medical industries since the dawn of the electronic age. With the advent of switch mode power supplies in the 1970s, the industry took a quantum leap towards this go

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07/23/2019

TTI Launches Comprehensive Mil/Aero Resource Center

Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., announced the company has a new central hub for market updates and product information on mil/aero technology. TTI’s comprehensive Military Aerospace Resource Center provides up-to-date content from our mil/aero suppliers including links to white papers, MarketEYE

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07/22/2019

TTI Now Stocks Murata's LoRa Module

Fort Worth, Texas – TTI, Inc., is now stocking the Murata LoRa Module Type ABZ (CMWX1ZZABZ). Murata’s Type ABZ module is a new, compact, low cost, low power wide area network (LPWAN) wireless module that supports the LoRaWAN long-range wireless protocol. This new stand-alone module measures 12.5 x 11.6 x 1.

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07/18/2019

Resistors Designed for High-Voltage Handling

RALEIGH, NC – Stackpole is now stocking 10M, 100M, 500M, 1G, and 10G ohm values of its HVAM axial leaded precision resistors. These resistors are designed for high voltage handling and high resistance values with power ratings from 2W to 10W. The proprietary direct film deposition of the HVAM enables toleranc

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07/18/2019

Hirose Expands WTB Series with Center Lock Version

DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS -- Hirose has extended the locking options for its 2.0mm pitch DF51 Series wire-to-board connector. The new DF51K Series features a space-saving center lock design. The user-friendly positive lock provides a clear tactile click and secures a reliable connection. Available in multiple widths, t

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07/15/2019

XP Power introduces medical power supplies guide

The comprehensive guide provides an overview of XP Power in terms of their vision, core values, quality systems, manufacturing facilities and compliance regime so that customers can better understand the company behind the comprehensive range of medical power supplies. Of particular benefit to designers and specifiers is

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07/10/2019

Peltier Coolers Offer Precise Temp Control for Centrifuges

Centrifuges are commonly used in medical research for protein, genetic and cellular analysis. Centrifugation involves spinning samples at a fast rate to build up physical forces and release heat. Dense components migrate away from the center axis, while less dense components migrate towards the axis. Depending o

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07/10/2019

Building Trust in Artificial Intelligence

University of Bonn

From telecommunications to road traffic, from healthcare to the workplace - digital technology is now an intrinsic part of almost every area of life. Yet how can we ensure that developments in this field, especially those that rely on artificial intelligence (AI), meet all our ethical, legal and technological co

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07/02/2019

Connectors Increase Current Ratings to 13A

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – TE Connectivity (TE) introduced an extension of its VAL-U-LOK connector product line that increases the maximum current rating from 9A to 13A in the broadly accepted 4.2mm centerline spacing connector system. TE’s new 13A VAL-U-LOK connectors support high current requirements for wire

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07/01/2019

U-shaped nanowires can record electrical chatter inside a brain or heart cell without causing any damage. The devices are 100 times smaller than their biggest competitors, which kill a cell after recording.

Combing Nanowire Noodles

Harvard University

Machines are getting cozy with our cells. Embeddable sensors record how and when neurons fire; electrodes spark heart cells to beat or brain cells to fire; neuron-like devices could even encourage faster regrowth after implantation in the brain. Soon, so-called brain-machine interfaces could do even more: mon

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07/01/2019