Main description:

Medical Device Technologies introduces undergraduate engineering students to commonly manufactured medical devices. It is the first textbook that discusses both electrical and mechanical medical devices.

The first 20 chapters are medical device technology chapters; the remaining eight chapters focus on medical device laboratory experiments. Each medical device chapter begins with an exposition of appropriate physiology, mathematical modeling or biocompatibility issues, and clinical need. A device system description and system diagram provide details on technology function and administration of diagnosis and/or therapy. The systems approach lets students quickly identify the relationships between devices.

Device key features are based on five applicable consensus standard requirements from organizations such as ISO and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).

Contents:

Pt 1: Devices; Introduction to Diagnosis and Therapy Devices; Electrocardiographs; Pacemakers; External Defibrillators; Internal Cardioverter Defibrillators; Heart Valves; Catheters, Stents and Grafts; Blood Pressure Monitors; Hemodialyzers; Ventilators; Pulse Oximeters; Thermometers; Electroencephalographs; Neurostimulators; Cochlear Implants; Functional Electrical Stimulators; Hip and Knee Prosthesis; Drug-Eluting Stents; Artificial Pancreas; Part 2: Laboratory Experiments