Main description:

Biomedical Engineering Design presents the design processes and practices used in academic and industry medical device design projects. The first two chapters are an overview of the design process, project management and working on technical teams. Further chapters follow the general order of a design sequence in biomedical engineering, from problem identification to validation and verification testing. The first seven chapters, or parts of them, can be used for first-year and sophomore design classes. The next six chapters are primarily for upper-level students and include in-depth discussions of detailed design, testing, standards, regulatory requirements and ethics. The last two chapters summarize the various activities that industry engineers might be involved in to commercialize a medical device.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Design Teams and Project Management 3. Defining the Medical Problem 4. Defining the Engineering Problem 5. Generating Solution Concepts and Preliminary Designs 6. Selecting a Solution Concept 7. Prototyping 8. Detailed Design 9. Testing for Design Verification and Validation 10. Testing in Living Systems 11. Medical Device Standards and Design Controls 12. Regulatory Requirements 13. Ethics in Medical Device Design 14. Beyond Design: The Engineer's Role in Design Transfer, Commercialization, and Post Market Surveillance 15. Collaborating on Multifunctional Teams to Commercialize Medical Products