03.Semiconductor solutions for portable healthcare

Semiconductor solutions for portable healthcare
Semiconductor solutions
for portable healthcare




February 2010




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Shortage of facilities, aging populations and rising hospitalization costs are boosting the market for mobile and portable
medical solutions.
So patients may be more involved in their therapy, today’s medical electronics provides a number of portable diagnostic
devices. Keeping people out of hospital is also key to controlling healthcare costs. Again, handheld instruments are a
solution. These portable solutions call for low power consumption, low voltage and small size.


Home portable medical
(generic block diagram)


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