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Mouser launches expanded medical applications site

March 23, 2012
Distributor gives design engineers a look at what’s next in medical design trends with expanded Medical Applications Product Knowledge Center training site
 
In a nod to the fast-growing medical electronics market, distributor Mouser Electronics recently launched an expanded Medical Applications Product Knowledge Center (PKC) training site, focused on providing insight into the latest in personal fitness, wellness and medical applications.

Mouser says it wants to provide customers a concise look at what’s next in medical design trends, updating them on the complex technologies, regulatory considerations and long product-development cycles common to this market.

The expanded site adds personal fitness and wellness to the mix, highlighting devices such as telehealth systems, personal activity monitors, heart rate monitors, electronic weight scales, in addition to blood pressure monitors, CPAP machines, digital stethoscopes, digital thermometers, hearing aids, infusion pumps and pulse oximeters. The PKC training site features block diagram navigation so that design engineers can get an overview of each device and select solutions from component manufacturers.

“Mouser has made a huge push to make its Product Knowledge Center training site the go-to, quick training source for design engineers with application-specific questions,” says Kevin Hess, Mouser’s vice president of technical marketing. “With the medical applications PKC’s wealth of information on top-end products such as telehealth systems and personal activity monitors, we’re continuing to expand the huge range of relevant, up-to-date information that design engineers can quickly find through Mouser’s industry-leading website.”

 
About the Author

Victoria Fraza Kickham | Distribution Editor

Victoria Kickham is the distribution editor for Electronic Design magazine, SourceESB and GlobalPurchasing.com, where she covers issues related to the electronics supply chain. Victoria started out as a general assignment reporter for several Boston-area newspapers before joining Industrial Distribution magazine, where she spent 14 years covering industrial markets. She served as ID’s managing editor from 2000 to 2010. Victoria has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of New Hampshire and a master’s degree in English from Northeastern University.

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