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MEDICA, COMPAMED and the Key Medical Trends for 2025
已发布 一月 16, 2025 由 Simone Baer-Lang
In November, Advanced Energy’s medical power supply team attended the MEDICA and COMPAMED trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. These annual events are top-tier in medical technology and healthcare sectors.
Collectively, the two shows host over 5,000 exhibitors, and approximately 80,000 visitors from 165 countries made their way through the exhibition center doors. As in past years, the 2024 edition was a showcase of the truly cutting-edge.
The events came shortly after the launch of Advanced Energy’s NCF150 series, the first off-the-shelf convection cooled power supply that meets the cardiac floating (CF) requirements of IEC 60601-1.
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Figure 1. AE’s NCF150 –first off-the-shelf convection cooled power supply that meets CF requirements.
Key Trends discussed at MEDICA:
1. Increased Portability in Imaging and Patient Care Devices:
The trend towards decentralization of healthcare delivery is driving a surge in demand for point-of-care and at-home medical devices, meaning an increase in the portability of these systems.
Manufacturers are focusing on more compact, battery-powered solutions that offer mobility without compromising functionality. As a result, Future Market Insights predicted the global market for portable medical devices will grow almost threefold in the decade to 2033, reaching $163.8 billion, up from $59.3 billion in 2023.
2. Globalization and Economic Pressures:
The expanding global healthcare market has intensified competition, prompting manufacturers to seek cost-effective production methods in every region. This economic pressure is visible throughout the entire supply chain.
3. Enhanced Regulatory Support:
Conversations with customers indicated that the complex regulatory landscape related to medical devices remains a key concern for developers. Conversations and presentations throughout the events suggested this is a broader issue across the industry. Much of the discussion with the Advanced Energy team was focused on the NCF150 supply and its role in mitigating the regulatory path in CF applications.
Also, given the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) integration (see point 4), this complexity is only set to increase.
4. Artificial Intelligence Integration:
AI’s potential is arguably best felt in the medical sector across a wide range of applications. In diagnostics the technology enables reduced scan time – lowering exposure to radiation – and improved identification and categorization of images that give a faster treatment timeline.
It’s therefore no surprise that AI continues to be among the main trends at MEDICA and COMPAMED.
5. Connectivity and Data Exchange:
While the seamless exchange of data between medical devices is crucial for integrated healthcare delivery,Challenges in interoperability are present due to the prevalence of proprietary standards. The conference did still highlight efforts to develop universal standards that facilitate connectivity while still meeting the tight/unique data protection requirements that exist in the medical device sector.
1. Increased Portability in Imaging and Patient Care Devices:
The trend towards decentralization of healthcare delivery is driving a surge in demand for point-of-care and at-home medical devices, meaning an increase in the portability of these systems.
Manufacturers are focusing on more compact, battery-powered solutions that offer mobility without compromising functionality. As a result, Future Market Insights predicted the global market for portable medical devices will grow almost threefold in the decade to 2033, reaching $163.8 billion, up from $59.3 billion in 2023.
2. Globalization and Economic Pressures:
The expanding global healthcare market has intensified competition, prompting manufacturers to seek cost-effective production methods in every region. This economic pressure is visible throughout the entire supply chain.
3. Enhanced Regulatory Support:
Conversations with customers indicated that the complex regulatory landscape related to medical devices remains a key concern for developers. Conversations and presentations throughout the events suggested this is a broader issue across the industry. Much of the discussion with the Advanced Energy team was focused on the NCF150 supply and its role in mitigating the regulatory path in CF applications.
Also, given the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) integration (see point 4), this complexity is only set to increase.
4. Artificial Intelligence Integration:
AI’s potential is arguably best felt in the medical sector across a wide range of applications. In diagnostics the technology enables reduced scan time – lowering exposure to radiation – and improved identification and categorization of images that give a faster treatment timeline.
It’s therefore no surprise that AI continues to be among the main trends at MEDICA and COMPAMED.
5. Connectivity and Data Exchange:
While the seamless exchange of data between medical devices is crucial for integrated healthcare delivery,Challenges in interoperability are present due to the prevalence of proprietary standards. The conference did still highlight efforts to develop universal standards that facilitate connectivity while still meeting the tight/unique data protection requirements that exist in the medical device sector.
Advanced Energy at MEDICA/COMPAMED
Advanced Energy highlighted its comprehensive portfolio of power technologies designed for demanding medical applications.
In addition to the NCF150, AE also showcased its AEQ series of ultra-miniature DC-DC converters for portable and compact high-voltage equipment.
Visitors were also able to explore the FlexiCharge FC2500 all-in-one intelligent system for power and capacitor charging. This has been developed to simplify the design of medical laser systems and electrosurgery applications such as intense pulsed light (IPL) and pulsed magnetic (PM) therapies.
Figure 2. Advanced Energy’s FlexiCharge FC2500 system.
Advanced Energy highlighted its comprehensive portfolio of power technologies designed for demanding medical applications.
In addition to the NCF150, AE also showcased its AEQ series of ultra-miniature DC-DC converters for portable and compact high-voltage equipment.
Visitors were also able to explore the FlexiCharge FC2500 all-in-one intelligent system for power and capacitor charging. This has been developed to simplify the design of medical laser systems and electrosurgery applications such as intense pulsed light (IPL) and pulsed magnetic (PM) therapies.
Figure 2. Advanced Energy’s FlexiCharge FC2500 system.
Additionally on display were the Excelsys CoolX®-G modular power supplies, which offer ~50% more power than the industry standard and enable complete primary to secondary isolation tests at 4 kVAC and 5.6 kVDC without modification.
Figure 3. An example of Advanced Energy’s CoolX modular power supplies.
Figure 3. An example of Advanced Energy’s CoolX modular power supplies.
To learn more about Advanced Energy’s innovative power solutions in the medical sector, please visit the Medical Application pages.
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Simone Baer-Lang
Advanced Energy
Simone Baer-Lang is a Senior Manager Strategic Marketing, Medical Power Products at Advanced Energy dedicated for medical Imaging. She joined Advanced Energy in 2023 and has previously held a number of senior roles in product& BusinessLine management, product & technical marketing, and business development in a number of leading medical technology and Imaging companies. Simone holds a Higher Diploma and PhD in Physics from RWTH Aachen University, during those times she was doing research at DESY as well at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.
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