Biomedical Devices Course code: 111607 | 6 ECTS credits
Basic information
Level of Studies:
Year of Study:
3
Semester:
6
Requirements:
Knowledge of basic concepts in electronics and telecommunications.
Goal:
Training students about the basics of biological processes and electronic devices used in healthcare and environmental protection.
Outcome:
Students' ability to work on maintaining devices used in healthcare and protecting the human environment.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
- Introduction to the subject: Healthcare, development of medical devices, the basis of biophysics.
- The basics of biomechanics. Basis of physiological acoustics. Bioelectricity.
- Devices based on bioelectric signals.
- Devices for recording by lighting and irradiation.
- Diagnostic system based on nuclear magnetic resonance.
- Devices of the diagnosis in nuclear medicine.
- Diagnostic devices based on ultrasound.
- Ophthalmic devices.
- Dental devices.
- Chamber systems for special care and therapy.
- Devices for measuring functions and replacement of heart and lungs.
- Devices for infusion and replacement of the kidneys and liver.
- Devices for testing and improving hearing senses.
- Devices for the operation of electricity to a human organism.
- Devices for life environmental control.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
- Practical classes are followed by a lecture program and are carried out by demonstrating the functioning and servicing of devices in the appropriate departments of hospitals and institutions.
Textbooks and References
- Martinović, D., Biomedicinski uređaji, udžbenik u pripremi, 2007.
- Šantić A., Biomedicinska elektronika, Školska knjiga, Zagreb.
- Perez R.,Design of Medical Electronic Devices, Academic Press, 2002.
- Webster J. G., Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2003.
- Hoppensteadt F., Preskin: Modeling and Simulation in Medicine and the Life Sciences, Springer, 2004.
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures:
2
Practical classes:
3
Other types of classes:
0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
5
activities on practial excersises
5
seminary work
30
colloquium
30
Final exam
Points
Written exam
0
Oral exam
30