Download or read book Safety of Electromedical Devices written by Norbert Leitgeb and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface Development in the feld of medical technology has resulted in a manifold of medical devices enabling us to diagnose illnesses more reliably, treat them more effciently and compensate for handicaps more effectively. However, these improvements are also - sociated with safety risks. Today, patients are in contact with an increasing number of medical devices longer and more intensively then before. Applied parts are put into contact with the body, probes may be introduced into the body via natural or surgical orifces, and even whole devices may be implanted for many years. The application of devices is no longer restricted to medical locations only. Home use by lay people is increasing and involves even critical devices such as for dialysis, nerve and muscle stimulation and ventilation. In contrast to users’ patients are in a special situation. Their life could depend on the performance of a device, they might be unconscious, may have impaired reactions, or have been made insensitive to pain by medication, and hence they may be exposed to hazards without their awareness and protection by their own reaction. Therefore, medical devices must meet particularly stringent safety requirements. However, the question arises how safe is safe enough? The readiness to accept risks depends on a variety of accompanying circumstances. In fact, subjective risk p- ception varies among individuals and differs from country to country, and frequently only in rare cases it is in agreement with assessments of objective scientifc ana- ses.
Download or read book Design of Medical Electronic Devices written by Reinaldo Perez and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-03-21 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design of medical electronics is unique because of the background needed by the engineers and scientists involved. Often the designer is a medical or life science professional without any training in electronics or design. Likewise, few engineers are specifically trained in biomedical engineering and have little or no exposure to the specific medical requirements of these devices. Design of Medical Electronic Devices presents all essential topics necessary for basic and advanced design. All aspects of the electronics of medical devices are also covered. This is an essential book for graduate students as well as professionals involved in the design of medical equipment. - Covers every stage of the process, from design to manufacturing to implementation - Topics covered include analogue/digital conversions, data acquisition, signal processing, optics, and reliability and failure
Download or read book Inspection of Medical Devices written by Almir Badnjević and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers all countries a guide to implementing verification systems for medical devices to ensure they satisfy their regulations. It describes the processes, procedures and need for integrating medical devices into the legal metrology framework, addresses their independent safety and performance verification, and highlights the associated savings for national healthcare systems, all with the ultimate goal of increasing the efficacy and reliability of patient diagnoses and treatment. The book primarily focuses on diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices, and reflects the latest international directives and regulations. Above all, the book demonstrates that integrating medical devices into the legal metrology system and establishing a fully operational national laboratory for the inspection of medical devices could significantly improve the reliability of medical devices in diagnosis and patient care, while also reducing costs for the healthcare system in the respective country.
Download or read book Clinical Engineering Handbook written by Joseph F. Dyro and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2004-08-27 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the biomedical engineering field expands throughout the world, clinical engineers play an ever more important role as the translator between the worlds of the medical, engineering, and business professionals. They influence procedure and policy at research facilities, universities and private and government agencies including the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. Clinical engineers were key players in calming the hysteria over electrical safety in the 1970s and Y2K at the turn of the century and continue to work for medical safety. This title brings together all the important aspects of Clinical Engineering. It provides the reader with prospects for the future of clinical engineering as well as guidelines and standards for best practice around the world.
Download or read book The Biomed s Handbook written by Walter Brisebois and published by Windsor, Ont. : [W. Brisebois]. This book was released on 1994 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Electromagnetic Fields in Biological Systems written by James C. Lin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning static fields to terahertz waves, this volume explores the range of consequences electromagnetic fields have on the human body. Topics discussed include essential interactions and field coupling phenomena; electric field interactions in cells, focusing on ultrashort, pulsed high-intensity fields; dosimetry or coupling of ELF fields into biological systems; and the historical developments and recent trends in numerical dosimetry. It also discusses mobile communication devices and the dosimetry of RF radiation into the human body, exposure and dosimetry associated with MRI and spectroscopy, and available data on the interaction of terahertz radiation with biological tissues, cells, organelles, and molecules.
Download or read book Handbook of Laboratory Health and Safety Measures written by S.B. Pal and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past two decades, many books, governmental reports and regu lations on safety measures against chemieals, fire, microbiological and radioactive hazards in laboratories have been published from various coun tries. These topics have also been briefly discussed in books on laboratory planning and management. The application ofvarious scientific instruments based on different ionizing and non-ionizing radiations have brought new safety problems to the laboratory workers of today, irrespective of their scientific disciplines, be they medicine, natural or life sciences. However, no comprehensive laboratory handbook dealing with aIl these hazards, some of which are recently introduced, had so far been available in a single volume. Therefore, it was thought worthwhile to publish this Handbook on safety and health measures for laboratories, with contributions from several experts on these subjects. As this second edition of the Handbook, like the first edition, is a multiauthor volume, some duplication in conte nt among chapters is unavoidable in order to maintain the context of a chapter as weIl as make each chapter complete. An attempt has also been made to maintain the central theme, which is how to work in a laboratory with maximum possible environmental safety.
Download or read book Safety and Security Engineering VI written by C.A. Brebbia and published by WIT Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the sixth in a series of interdisciplinary conferences on safety and security engineering. The papers from the biennial conference, first held in 2005, include the work of engineers, scientists, field researchers, managers and other specialists involved in one or more aspects of safety and security. The papers presented cover areas such as: Risk Analysis; Assessment and Management; System Safety Engineering; Incident Management; Information and Communication Security; Natural Disaster Management; Emergency Response; Critical Infrastructure Protection; Public Safety and Security; Human Factors; Transportation Safety and Security; Modelling and Experiments; Security Surveillance Systems.
Download or read book Standards Survey written by United States. Bureau of Medical Devices and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Electrotherapy Explained E Book written by Val Robertson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-05-19 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electrotherapy Explained is an excellent research-based exploration of the major types of electrophysical agents used in clinical practice, particularly human and also animal. For the fourth edition, two new authors join the writing team, presenting the latest information for today's clinicians. The text has been completely updated with a major rewrite of the material, particularly that on electrical stimulation. This book continues to focus on evidence: clinical and biophysical evidence that affects how and which electrotherapies may be of use clinically and when. The inclusion of biophysics as well as clinical evidence and principles of application, enables clinicians to move away from traditional 'recipe-based' approaches and rely more on their own clinical reasoning. The focus remains on humans but the relevance of the principles for using and applying different modalities is explained clearly, providing guidelines for clinicians across disciplines and specialties. - Up to date research detailing the evidence both supportive and deprecatory for the use of each modality - Written by experts from biophysics and the clinical domains - Comprehensive and well referenced - Clear and well chosen illustrations elucidate the text - Text boxes and summary sections help to break down what is sometimes a complex subject into manageable and memorable chunks - Contraindications and risks have been updated in light of the most recent research - Three books for the price of one - the website (http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780750688437) contains the entire texts of 'Physical Principles Explained' by Low and Reed, and 'Biophysical Bases of Electrotherapy' by Ward. The text directs readers to the website for further reading at relevant points
Download or read book PPI Detailed Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2000-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bureau of Medical Devices Standards Survey written by United States. Bureau of Medical Devices and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bioimpedance and Bioelectricity Basics written by Sverre Grimnes and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2000-04-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface. Introduction. Electrolytics. Dielectrics. Electrical properties of tissue. Geometrical analysis. Instrumentation and measurement. Data and models. Selected applications. History of bioimpedance and bioelectricity. Appendix. References and further reading. Index.
Download or read book Neurophysiological Monitoring During Intensive Care and Surgery written by N. Jollyon Smith and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title enables readers to understand how to undertake appropriate neurophysiological investigations in the critical care setting. The book addresses the scientific principles (biological and technological), recording techniques, the development of electrical potentials in normal subjects, and the ways these are disturbed by trauma, surgery and disease. The impact of digital technologies and the possibilities of quantification, statistical treatment and advanced signal processing techniques have enabled practitioners to work to more rigorous scientific standards. The increasing availability of such tools in daily clinical work means that patients can now benefit from investigations of known specificity and sensitivity.
