Biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering is the study of medical equipment used in an environment of care or training and how this equipment interfaces with the human body. BE applies electrical, mechanical, optical, chemical, & other engineering principles to understand, modify, or control biological systems
Biomedical engineers design, test, modify, recommend modification of, and evaluate all medical equipment used to interface or interact with the human body. In addition to these functions, clinical engineers usually supervise the biomedical equipment maintenance function within an environment of care.[1]
The medical devices include man-made hands, arms, and legs to replace lost ones and, also, Dialysis machines which clean the blood of a person with damaged kidneys.
The beginning of the modern era of bioengineering was marked by the introduction of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970’s as (DNA produced artificially in the lab.)
Other websites
change- BioMedical Engineering OnLine
- The Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental Program (UCLA) Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
Notes
change- ↑ "The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Third Edition". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2011-03-09.