Medical, Healthcare & Wellness

    August 2022
    Easy Integration of Supercapacitor Power Back-up

    Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert, Power Management, Analog Devices

       One of the major trends over the last two decades is to replace mechanical systems with electronic systems wherever possible. Deploying an electronic system usually has the advantage of offering faster and more accurate responses, while being more reliable due to having no physical wear and te
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    Date:
    08/23/2022
    Nanocrystals Enable Smaller Off-the-Shelf Three-Phase Filter

    Kemet's new range of three-phase filters suppress the noise in electronic equipment with superior attention characteristics

    ­   Three-phase filters are a necessary component in many applications, particularly in the industrial and medical areas, to ensure circuits operate without interference, reducing errors. Currently, they tend to be bulky, grey boxes which may need quite a bit of engineering work to perform their tas
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    Date:
    08/09/2022
    Using Bidirectional Programmable DC Power Supplies for Battery Testing

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    Figure 1. The placement polarity checker and the safety contactor

    In today’s fast-paced world the need to create quicker, more mobile mechanical devices is steadily increasing. One primary method for doing this is to replace traditional gas powered or plugged-in devices with battery power. Batteries have become smaller and increasingly efficient as a result. In order to ke
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    Date:
    08/01/2022
    Patient Health Through System Health

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    Figure 1: Preventative maintenance on critical medical equipment such as MRI scanners minimizes unplanned downtime and improves patient healthcare

    ­In the world of manufacturing, a critical system failure creates real-world impacts such as lost productivity, as well as cost for repairs and service to resolve the problem. In the field of medical equipment, system downtime not only incurs costs but also causes delays to patient care that can directly impact pa
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    Date:
    08/01/2022
    2 Watt Medical DC/DC Converter in SIP-9 Package

    2 Watt Medical DC/DC Converter in SIP-9 Package

    ­TRACO POWER announces their new TRV 2M series of 2 Watt DC/DC in the compact SIP-9 package with reinforced isolation of 5000 VAC for medical and industrial applications. This series is designed to protect any connected interfaces or applied parts to patients with 2XMOPP compliance. The TMR 2M consists of 21 models
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    Date:
    08/01/2022

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