Events

  For some years now, medical technology has been among the sectors generating the most patent applications. Innovations and ongoing development for ever more application are increasingly dependent on an efficient energy supply that is precisely tailored to the individual requirements. 

Medical computing platform service and solution provider, Advantech, plans to showcase its latest medical computer solutions for hospitals and Medical OEM industry at MEDICA 2018 (Hall 11/Booth C68), together with their solution partners, Alphatron Medical Innovations, ClinicAll, BeWell Innovations and INTER. 

Products and services from its EMC and Automotive Divisions will be showcased by Schaffner at Electronica 2018. EMC filters specifically designed for medical devices offer end users simple solutions to EMC issues and get product certifications without adding any additional risk to the patient.

For the first time, electronica will have a dedicated medical electronics conference. Steve Rogerson looks at what to expect.

MEDICAL professionals are being offered the chance to improve patient safety thanks to a series of webinars delivered by biomedical testing experts at Rigel Medical. The first free webinar takes place on Friday, October 26 and will cover the basic principles of electrosurgical testing and includes a Q&A session.

The health industry is going through a period of dramatic change. We are seeing more and more digital solutions throughout the patient journey - at every stage from prevention and diagnosis to treatment. Medicine 4.0 can only work on the basis of collaborative efforts at the point where the medical and engineering disciplines overlap.

In spite of promising projects, telemedicine is still not part of regular care. However, a study which for the first time has proven that telemedicine can extend the lives of heart patients could now put an end to the waiting. Telemedicine is synonymous with technical progress like no other area of health care. Yet in spite of the lack of doctors, e.g. in rural areas, and overworked ER departments, treatments based solely on telemedicine are still not allowed.

With the goal to increase patient access to healthcare through a mobile unit with reduced vehicle emissions, Winnebago Industries has announced the development of the first all-electric Mobile Lung Unit (eMLU). Powered by a Ford F-53 based EPIC 6 all-electric chassis from Motiv Power Systems, the specialty healthcare vehicle features the state-of-the-art Samsung NeuroLogica BodyTom Elite, the world's first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner.

LEMO will be exhibiting its range of electrical and fibre optic interconnect solutions at the Medical Technology show in Ireland from the 26th to 27th of September 2018. This is Ireland's Premier Medical Device Design and Manufacturing Event, which is, once again, returning to the Galway Racecourse. On display, LEMO will have an extensive range of products providing existing customers and potentially new design-engineers the opportunity to view some of the latest innovations and meet the team.

Visitors to the exhibition stand of Optima Pharma and Optima Life Science at P-MEC will have the opportunity to find out how the time between an order being placed and production starting can be kept to a minimum. The MultiUse concept, which consists of highly flexible, fully automated filling machines that can process different types of containers, will also be taking centre stage.