Wireless for Medical

Plextek provides specialised assistance to medical device manufacturers wishing to develop products with wireless links.

Wireless Technology Design for Medical Systems

Plextek helps clients overcome the challenges involved with integrating wireless systems into medical devices. We have wide experience in both standards based systems and developing bespoke links for specialised tasks.

Special care needs to be given to minimising any electrical disturbances caused by a wireless device as well as ensuring that it is resistant to interference itself.  In order to achieve this, it is crucial to have a good understanding of both medical and general regulatory requirements.

Plextek enables clients to develop leading products in the areas of hospital systems, informatics, mobile handsets, paramedic systems and home care. Plextek is also able to provide advice to healthcare trusts wishing to analyse issues related to radio device usage in hospitals.

Example Projects

• A large number of hospitals in the US are now equipped with wireless technology developed by Plextek which enables ECG data to be monitored as patients roam across a wide indoor area. The system can monitor close to 200 patients and operates in a dedicated medical frequency band.

• Plextek worked with a leading medical equipment company to develop a wireless video camera that enables high quality images to be obtained from within the body.