The extraordinary success of “wearables” has helped forge opportunities for medical device manufacturers to better serve healthcare providers and patients. Hank Mancini of Molex subsidiary Affinity Medical explains how and why mobile health monitoring technologies go viral. Wearable devices, including smart watches, smart glasses, smart clothing, even upscale smart jewelry, with even more products inRead More

Positronic offers insight into medical connectors’ characteristics and regulations to follow to ensure safety in critical applications. Just as doctors need to pass the medical boards, medical connectors are required to pass many tests to ensure that they meet the stringent standards of safety, performance, and reliability required to work in the medical field. They mustRead More

The development of modular medical devices, such as pluggable or wearable drug dispensing and patient monitoring equipment, poses several engineering challenges. AVX’s Tom Anderson offers tips on how to specify medical connectors. The development of modular medical devices, such as pluggable or wearable drug dispensing and patient monitoring equipment, poses several engineering challenges. Although electronicRead More

How you source your connectors can be just as important as which connectors you specify. Here, TTI shares five things to know about sourcing medical connectors through distributors. Who you work with to provide connector solutions for your medical device can be just as important as the connectors themselves. Here are five things to know toRead More

Bishop & Associates’ 2014 Connector Industry Forecast shows major changes in the marketplace, including stronger performance in the industrial, automotive, and telecom/datacom equipment sectors. The connector industry’s performance for the first five months of the year has been very strong. Year-to-date May, the industry has grown revenues by +9.5% over the same period in 2013.Read More

APP expands Mid Power SPEC Pak Family with a first-mate, last-break ground contact capable of accepting 6 to 10 AWG wire. Anderson Power Products is pleased to announce an expansion of the Mid Power SPEC Pak connector family. The product is now available with a first-mate, last-break ground contact that accepts 6 to 10 AWG (13.3mm² toRead More

TT Electronics’ MIL-PP family defense and industrial were developed specifically for portable applications. TT Electronics introduced its most advanced rugged high-speed data connector targeted at harsh man-portable defense and industrial applications.  The MIL-PP family of micro push-pull connectors saves up to 35% weight and space over previous devices and has been developed following feedback from end users andRead More