Overview
Wind River® Platform for Medical Devices provides medical device developers with an embedded software development solution that combines VxWorks®, the industry's leading real-time operating system; Wind River Workbench, the premier embedded software development suite; and essential networking and connectivity run-time technologies. Platform for Medical Devices addresses the challenges developers face by offering more choice, greater flexibility, and a comprehensive partner ecosystem to facilitate tighter product integration. The platform is backed by our 30 years of device software industry experience, a world-class support organization, and a specialized professional services team.
Features
Key features and functionality include the following:
- VxWorks RTOS
- Vendor Qualification Summary
- Safety and security enablement
- Networking and middleware support
- Advanced device connectivity
Customer Success
- BD Biosciences
- Fedegari AutoClavi S.p.A.
- Varian Medical Systems
Architecture and Host Support
| Target Processor Architecture | Host Operating Systems |
| ARM | Linux |
| Intel Architecture (IA) | Windows |
| MIPS | |
| PowerPC |
Affiliations
At Wind River, we applaud the move toward open industry standards. Because we believe the world is changing too fast to lock our customers into proprietary technologies, we've built our solutions on open standards, expertly integrated and intelligently applied.


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