| Bioengineering also know as biomedical engineering is | | | | spare parts development, these human organ spare |
| a discipline that combines engineering expertise with | | | | parts include artificial heart and replacement heart's |
| medical needs for the enhancement in healthcare. | | | | valves, the artificial kidney and the artificial hip. |
| Bioengineering integrates the engineering sciences | | | | 3. Clinical Engineering |
| with biomedical and clinical practice to improve human | | | | Clinical engineering is the application of technology for |
| health in 3 levels. | | | | health care in hospitals. The clinical engineers work |
| - Advance the knowledge of living systems by | | | | along with other medical team to adapt |
| applying engineering, biology, imaging and | | | | instrumentation to the specific needs of the hospital. |
| computational sciences as diagnostic tools. | | | | This often involves the interface of instruments with |
| - Improve the function of living systems by designing | | | | computer systems and customized software for |
| devices, systems and constructs based on biological | | | | instrument control and data analysis. |
| and non-biological components. | | | | 4. Rehabilitation Engineering |
| - Prevent the injury to living systems by building | | | | Rehabilitation engineering is a new and growing |
| models, algorithms and devices that may predict or | | | | specialty area of biomedical engineering. Rehabilitation |
| guide behavior. | | | | engineering involves the design and application of |
| The major advances in bioengineering include the | | | | devices to restore function to the physically disabled. |
| development of artificial joints, magnetic resonance | | | | Biomedical engineers contribute to every field of |
| imaging (MRI), the heart pacemaker, arthroscopy, | | | | rehabilitation engineering: communication enhancement |
| angioplasty, bioengineered skin, kidney dialysis, and | | | | for hearing and speech, wheelchairs and wheeled |
| the heart-lung machine. | | | | mobility, prosthetics, technologies for orthopedic and |
| Bioengineering Specialties | | | | spinal cord injury. |
| By combining biology and medicine with engineering, | | | | Biomedical Engineer's Tasks |
| biomedical engineers develop devices and procedures | | | | The examples of major contributions of biomedical |
| that solve medical and health-related problems. A | | | | engineers include: |
| person that involve in bioengineering field may choose | | | | - Designing and constructing cardiac pacemakers, |
| to specialize in many specialty areas, among the well | | | | defibrillators, artificial kidneys, hearts, blood vessels, |
| know specialty areas in bioengineering field include: | | | | joints, arms, and legs. |
| 1. Bioinstrumentation | | | | - Designing computer systems to monitor patients |
| Bioinstrumentation is the application of electronics, | | | | during surgery or in intensive care. |
| measurement principles and techniques to develop | | | | - Designing instruments and devices for therapeutic |
| devices used in diagnosis and treatment of disease. | | | | uses, such as a laser system for eye surgery or a |
| The advanced technology in computing plays an | | | | device for automated delivery of insulin. |
| important role in bioinstrumentation. One example of | | | | - Designing clinical laboratories and other units within |
| bioinstrumentation device is medical imaging system, a | | | | the hospital and health care delivery system that |
| device that enables a medical specialist to view and | | | | utilize advanced technology. |
| analyze 3 dimensional images captured from their | | | | - Designing, building and investigating medical imaging |
| patients. Enhanced computing technology & | | | | systems based on X-rays, magnetic fields (magnetic |
| power is needed to process the large amount of | | | | resonance imaging), ultrasound, or newer modalities. |
| information in a medical imaging system. | | | | In Summary |
| 2. Biomechanics | | | | Bioengineering is a discipline that integrates the |
| Biomechanics is the study of mechanical parameters | | | | engineering sciences with the life sciences to improve |
| which drive living system motion. The biomechanics | | | | human health. |
| experts are the people contributed in human organ | | | | |