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Molex Expands its
Medical Business with
Innovative New Capabilities
Company will highlight
growing product portfolio at
MD&M West
Molex, LLC will bring its deep
expertise and wide range of
solutions for the medical industry
to MD&M West, February 9 – 11,
booth 1746. Through its ongoing
investment in research and
development, as well as its strategic
acquisitions and partnerships,
Molex has built an extensive
portfolio of solutions that medical
original equipment manufacturers
(OEMs) can integrate into their
groundbreaking healthcare devices
in diagnostic, therapeutic and patient
monitoring applications. Molex
remains committed to designing
and manufacturing solutions that
move the medical industry forward,
while containing costs and keeping
patient care and safety at the top of
the list.
“Today’s life-saving healthcare
devices
feature
increasingly
sophisticatedcapabilitiesthatrequire
equally sophisticated electronics to
reliably and cost-effectively transmit
data, signals, images and power,”
said Anthony Kalaijakis, strategic
medical marketing manager, Molex.
“Because of its long history as a
technology leader, Molex is uniquely
qualified to meet this increased
demand for innovative, feature-rich
and affordable medical electronic
equipment. We’re very excited to
continue our work in the medical
industry, helping to enhance the
performance and functionality of
medical devices for our customers
worldwide.”
Recently, Molex expanded its reach
in the medical field with two key
acquisitions: ProTek Medical Ltd.,
a contract engineering design and
manufacturing firm that specializes
in supplying custom solutions for
medical device manufacturers in the
global medical industry and certain
assets of Soligie, Inc., a developer
of flexible printed electronic
solutions used in several industries,
including medical applications such
as diagnostics, EKG leads, surgical
equipment/devices and wearable
sensors. Other acquisitions that
have contributed to the company’s
expansion of its medical business
include Polymicro Technologies™,
Temp-Flex® Specialty Wire and
Cable, Affinity Medical Technologies
and FCT Electronics Group.
Molex experts will be available
throughout the show to discuss the
company’s cutting edge technology
and showcase its wide array of
solutions including:
Medical Cables: Unique custom
medical products including cable
assemblies, custom connectors,
encapsulated electronics, bulkhead
connectors and ECG cables and
leadwire assemblies.
Optical Cables and Connectors:
Advanced
optical
solutions
including connectors and adapters,
optoelectronics, optical assemblies,
backplanes, optical circuitry and
integrated systems.
Printed Circuit Solutions: Molex
offers clean sheet mechanical and
electrical design, development and
test support, including modeling and
empirical testing. Its engineering
teams work with customers to
ensure a design that meets their
needs. Solutions includemembrane,
capacitive and resistive switches,
and copper flex with LEDs, as well
as components and interconnects
that can be fabricated on flexible
substrates such as plastic, paper
and foil.
For more information about medical
solutions from Molex, please visit
www.molex.com/industry/medical.html..
Eternal 5D data storage
could record the history of
humankind
Scientists at the University of
Southampton have made a major
step forward in the development of
digital data storage that is capable
of surviving for billions of years.
Using
nanostructured
glass,
scientists from the University’s
Optoelectronics Research Centre
(ORC) have developed the
recording and retrieval processes of
five dimensional (5D) digital data by
femtosecond laser writing.
The storage allows unprecedented
properties including 360 TB/disc
data capacity, thermal stability up
to 1,000°C and virtually unlimited
lifetime at room temperature