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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.

Shaping the future of Healthcare - Avnet Silica's latest webinar series

By Harvey Wilson - January 20, 2025

With the growing demand for personalised healthcare, remote monitoring, and advanced diagnostic tools, innovative electronics are paving the way for safer, smarter, and more efficient medical devices.

How multiprotocol devices with increased security are changing the IoT

By Philip Ling - November 29, 2024

The IoT has been evolving for more than two decades and we’ve been talking about security for just as long.

Patients using continuous passive motion machines in a medical setting

Learn how AI and the latest CPM technologies optimize patient rehabilitation

By Avnet Staff - 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.

A stethoscope and medical images with data

Using sound to capture medical data boosts device innovation

By Harvey Wilson - 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.

A CT scanning machine in a hospital setting

Designers lead advances in CT scanning field

By Avnet Staff - 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.

Illustration of a human circulatory system

Safer, targeted approaches to treat atrial fibrillation

By Avnet Staff - 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.

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The IoT is ready for the era of virtual clinical trials

By Philip Ling - 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.

Engineering considerations for LoRaWAN gateway design

By Harvey Wilson - December 6, 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) is growing rapidly, and with that comes a growing demand for connectivity.

FPGA vs. GPU vs. CPU – hardware options for AI applications

April 28, 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?

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.