Do you value your life? Do you want to be immortal? Do you afraid of illness, pain or death? “Yes” must be the answer of these questions for most people, because we loves the beauty in life, our families, our friends, even everything.
Whatever reason, we get a point: people are increasing their health awareness, which exercises medical devices manufacturers and spurs the overall semiconductor market.
According to
IHS iSuppli, microelectromechanical system (MEMS)
sensors used in wearable electronics and fitness monitoring devices quadruple its shipments in just five years. In addition, the future of this segment will continue to be promising. It is expected the revenue for MEMS motion sensors in wearable electronics and fitness monitoring to climb to $31.0 million this year, then jump 33%to $41.3 million in 2014, further to $60.8 million and $91.5 million with growth rate reaching 47% and 50%, respectively in 2015 and 2016, said IHS.
Classified in accordance with the specific role, we can find:
Consumers are the voluntary contributors to the bright future of medical MEMS sensors. We cherished our life. Now that we can not avoid ourselves from any sickness, we can make some preparations, such as buying smart wristwatches and intelligent armbands to record heart rates and to track physical activities.
Smartphone is the pusher. The growingly decline of smartphone price enables everyone of a handset, helping introducing consumers the use of accelerometers, gyroscopes and electronic compasses. Furthermore, it also benefits lowering the average selling prices of the sensors and improved their production.
Doctor looks like catalyst. For patients, doctor is their god. In terms of treat timeliness, doctor encourages patient to have some simple medical devices at hand, which weights consumers’ willingness.
As for manufacturer, we can define them as sponsor and beneficiary. With the mounting aged population, medical device makers capture the internal business opportunity, and file a variety of promotions, just as the proliferation and suitability of the Bluetooth Low Energy 4.0 communication protocol. Meanwhile, such semiconductor suppliers as STMicroelectronics, InvenSense and Bosch integrate sensor fusion technology and small combo sensors make it easier than ever to incorporate motion sensors in a wide range of wearable devices.
It has been an inevitable trend for the
development of MEMS sensors in medical devices getting faster and faster. Aiming at this kind of mutual benefit, I am pleased to see.
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medical MEMS sensors,medical device