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Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering. Senior MESA Day. What is Biomedical Engineering?. Application of engineering technology to fields of medicine and biology. Combines design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences

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Biomedical Engineering

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  1. Biomedical Engineering Senior MESA Day

  2. What is Biomedical Engineering? • Application of engineering technology to fields of medicine and biology. • Combines design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences • Improve the quality of life by developing and advancing medical care and technology • Emerging field • Interdisciplinary – engineers, physicians, nurses, therapists, biologists

  3. Major Specialty Areas • Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals • Use “biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof.” • Tissue Engineering • Ability to take cells out of a person and keep them alive in culture for an extended period of time in order to create artificial organs • Genetic Engineering • Direct manipulation of an organism’s genes • Pharmaceutical Engineering • Development of pharmaceutical products such as drugs

  4. Medical Devices • Used in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease • Medical imaging enables clinicians to directly or indirectly view things not visible in plain sight • MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) • Projection radiography such as x-rays and CT scans • Ultrasound • Bioinstrumentation uses electronics (computers) and measurement principles • Nervous System: EMG – muscle / EEG – brain • Cardiovascular: ECG – heart/blood pressure Top picture: MRI of human head Bottom picture: a pump for continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion

  5. Artificial Organs and Implants are used to replace and act as a missing biological structure • Pacemaker • Artificial heart • Corrective lenses • Ocular prosthetics • Cochlear implants • Dental implants • Biomechanics • Uses mechanics applied to biological or medical problems • Joint or limb replacements • Design ergonomic devices • Study disease mechanisms Internal part of a cochlear implant

  6. Clinical Engineering • Deals with actual implementation of medical equipment and technologies in hospitals and other clinical settings • Health care systems management • Overall hospital planning and development • Safety and risk management

  7. Activity 6: Biomedical Engineering Videos • Introduction to Biomedical Engineering • http://www.allthingsscience.com/video/54/Biomedical-Engineering • Engineering Profiles • Jennifer • Kim

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