Designing MedTech devices for real-world wireless performance

It is becoming increasingly common for medical devices to be equipped with wireless technology. A connected device can be monitored remotely by a doctor to save costs, while also adding convenience and safety for the user. Continuous glucose monitors, ECG sensors, infusion pumps, and vital‐sign trackers use technologies such as Wi‐Fi and Bluetooth to communicate.

The advent of wireless technologies in MedTech devices not only puts constraints on the efficient use of limited energy resources, but also requires that devices remain fully functional in environments with many other wireless signals. Coexistence, which is the ability to perform a task in a shared environment, is therefore a key factor. Coexistence challenges can be posed by other wireless devices such as routers, mobile phones, and other MedTech devices, or by unintended signal sources like microwave ovens.

Read more about how these challenges can be addressed in this whitepaper.