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Distinguish it from any of the electronic technology, medical electronics is a concern shared by the whole society.

IBM's latest advertising campaign that in the next 30% of the capacity of the data comes from the medical information. And IDC expects 2011 world will produce 1800, 000, 000TB data, i.e., the 1.8ZB of 30% means that each year produces medical information will exceed the capacity, how 5ZB collecting and processing these data is the next medical electronics products must take account of the problem.

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Such a large scale will undoubtedly ecofeminism medical information to medical electronics market heating up, and in this economic crisis affect the whole industry special period by semiconductor manufacturers concerned, if IBM's prophecies are true, medical electronics and even have the potential to go beyond the communication and the PC has become the largest semiconductor applications.

Global medical electronics market, on the one hand, thanks to advances in electronic technology, on the other hand by following some of the impact of social change: (1) the ageing population, the proportion of the older population in the world from 20 years ago by 11% to 20% in 2007. (2) people living standard improve brings health awareness raising, there is health care expectations continue to increase. (3) insurance companies and employers in the payment of medical expenses and insurance scope gradually abate, the insured person or the patient pays the costs of health care is increasing. (4) technological progress allows some minor diseases can intra-familial early analysis, prevention and treatment, than to go to the hospital and convenient cheap.

With the objective of the evolution and transformation of the concept of people's health, medical electronics renders the following kinds of trends.

First of all, only in large hospitals are using large medical device renders the miniaturization, low cost and easier to use, and other trends to meet primary health care sector construction needs.

On the other hand, large equipment is providing higher performance development, channel density and speed higher, this not only helps to better diagnosis and raise efficiency in the use of equipment, both to the hospital in order to make more money and established a good image. As consumers of healthcare services have a higher demand for alternative 2D monochrome image devices of high resolution and 3D imaging applications will be more strongly.

Secondly, in order to meet the health care system of network construction, from the long-term development, Internet data platform has become very important.

Data platform involves two technical requirements: communications and data formats. Only by establishing appropriate standards, medical devices, as well as with other information sources in order to achieve interoperability. In this context, the industry up the Continua Health Alliance of industry organizations, standards, interoperability and the preparation of the Guide. In addition, as the medical industry, many of the original is considered a medical industry edge industries such as home care system-related insurance will also be more and more involved in the construction of the medical industry. However, because there is not yet implemented extensive interoperability, so for medical systems and information technology industry, this is an emerging development goals.

Once again, with the increase of population ageing, home care type of application is also a trend.

In addition to now have more application in the home blood glucose, blood pressure test, expected future ECG equipment will go into the home, it will have more participants came in, it will open up a different business model. In particular, the measurement of blood glucose, blood pressure, and other portable devices that can easily provide home health monitoring and preventive measures. This will lead to a low-power low-cost portable medical electronic devices in strong demand.

Finally, in the global market, scientists and business enterprises in recent years in the field of bio-medical investments, which is high performance and high reliability of medical electronic equipment growth of another applications.

Maxim medical e-Marketing Director, John Di Cristina stressed, medical equipment research and development trend is towards the "nearest" patients, mainly in two areas: one is a diagnostic test equipment from clinical laboratory entered the doctor's Office or hospital beds side; on the other hand is the popularity of home care equipment. This trend can bring many benefits to patients, not only improve the quality of service in hospitals and reduce cost; and patients, medical monitoring equipment to enter the home, the patient can understand without their health status, without the need for frequent access to hospital. In order to meet these needs, the need to reduce the size of the device, in some cases also require equipment with portability, you also need to have the connection or data transmission capabilities, patient data is sent to the health care centre.

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Medical device is to the home healthcare market brings a revolution to the people having to leave home to diagnose a variety of health conditions.

For home medical equipment, the main challenges include: size (portable), power (battery life even longer), ease of use (smart device), networks (from the specialist for data analysis, etc.) and cost (for end users, the price is acceptable). Technological progress enables portable self-service healthcare systems, such systems help people monitoring such as blood pressure, blood sugar and body temperature, and other vital signs. Family medical surveillance and monitoring system enables people to control their own health, but these medical devices must be in the most important moments the work quickly and efficiently. With the development of a portable medical sensor, non-intrusive care, longer battery life and a smaller overall dimensions become more critical. Need small solution size and low power consumption of medical equipment examples include: blood analysis systems, pulse oximetry meter, digital x-ray, and digital clinical thermometer, etc.