Thin Film Electronics reported that a FlexTech Alliance-funded consortium has recognized Thin Film’s award-winning Addressable Memory as a key component in a printed sensor platform for monitoring temperature and blood oxygen content.
Thinfilm will provide its Addressable Memory to the new program, headed by Xerox Company, PARC and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). In addition to incorporating printed memory and sensors, the program will adopt Thinfilm’s and PARC’s technology.
Lux Research’s recent report ‘Keeping the Doctor Away: The Opportunities for Emerging Electronics in Healthcare’ represents that the emerging technologies in flexible, printed, and organic electronics may influence the $300 B global medical device market as insurers, governments, and patients are looking for alternatives to reduce healthcare costs.
Thinfilm’s CEO, Davor Sutija stated that disruptive potential of printed electronics has been increasing in markets like health care in which printed sensor systems is economical than traditional solutions. The company’s recognition for FlexTech program reflects the advanced technical features of the integrated printed electronics platform of Thinfilm. In addition, the potential of the company’s core technology for adoption as medical devices has also been demonstrated.
Traditional silicon-based electronic devices are highly expensive sfor situations where single-use, disposable sensors are in huge demand. Therefore, printed sensor systems, resembling a thin piece of paper in design, are ideal for such large-scale medical applications.
Projects funded by the FlexTech Alliance are validated by the FlexTech Technical Council.
Source: http://www.thinfilm.no/