Title of Course: Medical Technology/ Biomedical Engineering
Exam number: XM 1310
Length of course: 4 hours per week
Type of course: Lecture
Language: English
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. U. Wenkebach
Learning outcome: The students know about and understand the main groups of medical devices and their active principles.
Course Requirements: Basic knowledge in physics, mathematics and engineering sciences
Content:

• Introduction to Biomedical Engineering, history, semantics in different countries
• Medical Terminology, major organ systems, generation of bioelectrical potentials, a generalised medical instrument, system-transfer function
• Measurement of flow, flowsensors, examples
• Measurements of the respiratory system, physiology and instruments
• Temperature and temp. sensors
• Incubators: Physiology and instruments
• Bioelectrodes, Biopotential
• ECG (Eindhoven, Goldberger, Wilson), 3D Projection
• Bioinstrumentation amplifiers, noise, electrical field, shielding, driven right leg concept
• Pumps: infusion, perfusion, insulin pumps, safety concepts
• Use of models and equivalent circuits (motivation for the next lectures)
• Exercises for the examination
• Knowledge about lecturer´s current research projects

Recommended Literature:

• Enderle, John D. et.al.: Introduction to Biomedical Engineering. Academic Press, San Diego, 2000. ISBN: 0-12-238660-4
• Webster, John G.: Medical Instrumentation. Application and Design. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1998. ISBN: 0-471-15368-0

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