1. Prepared By: Eng. Hani Mahmoud M. Bu-Omer

2.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

3.  Integrating physical, chemical, mathematical
and computational sciences and engineering
principles to solve medical and health related
problems.

4.  Also known as:
 Biotechnical Engineering
 Bioengineering
 Biomechanical Engineering
 Bioelectrical Engineering
 Biocomputing

5.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

6.  Bioinstrumentation
 Deals with principles and
problems associated with making
measurements in living systems.
 Biomaterials
 Design and development of new
materials (natural and/or
synthetic) to be used as tissue,
organ, etc

7.  Biomechanics
 The study of the structure and
function of biological systems
such as humans, animals, plants,
organs, and cells by means of the
methods of mechanics.

8.  Clinical engineering
 Deals with managing diagnostic
and lab equipment in hospitals.
 Rehabilitation engineering
 Deals with disabled individuals
to achieve better standard of life
by designing or modifying new
equipment for them.
 (e.g. prosthetic limb)

9.  Biosignals
 Use of data to uncover the
mechanisms of biomedical
signals.
 Biosystems
 Identify and characterise
molecules and cells and
understand their function in
tissues.

10.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

11.  Uses math, physics and engineering expertise
to analyze and solve problems in biology and
medicine.
 Works with other healthcare professionals
including physicians, nurses, therapists and
technicians.

12.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

13.  Medical Equipment companies
– Research and Development
– Manufacturing Engineering
– Quality Assurance
– Marketing/Sales
 Private testing laboratories
– ECRI

14.  Government
 Research Laboratories
 Regulatory Agencies
 Public Health Service
 Hospitals
 Clinical Engineering
 Laboratory Manager (Catheter, Radiology, etc.)

15.  Consulting
 Healthcare consulting
 Design
 Academia
 Research
 Teaching

16.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

17.  Anesthesiology
 Cardiovascular
 Clinical Chemistry andToxicology
 Dental
 Ear, Nose, andThroat
 Gastroenterology
 General and Plastic Surgery
 General Hospital and Personal Use
 Hematology and Pathology
 Immunology and Microbiology
 Neurology
 Obstetrical and Gynecological
 Ophthalmic
 Orthopedic
 Physical Medicine
 Radiology

18.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

19. Diagnostic Equipment
Monitoring Equipment
Therapeutic Equipment

20.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy

21.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Medical Imaging
▪ X-Ray
▪ ComputedTomography (CT)
▪ Ultrasound Imaging
▪ Magnetic Resonance Imaging

22.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Medical Imaging
▪ X-Ray and ComputedTomography (CT)

23.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Medical Imaging
▪ Ultrasound Imaging

24.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Medical Imaging
▪ Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

25.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging: Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

26.  Imaging of Anatomy
 How internal organs look like
 Imaging of Flow
 How blood vessels are doing

27.  Imaging of Function
 How physiology is doing
 Image Guided Interventions
 Operation prepared or done using imaging

28.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

29.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Hematology
▪ Complete Blood Counter (CBC)
▪ Spectrophotometer
▪ RBCs, WBCs, Blood Sugar, etc.

30.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

31.  Diagnostic Equipment
 Cardiovascular
▪ ECG

32.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

33.  Monitoring Equipment
 Patient Monitor
▪ ECG
▪ Temperature
▪ Respiration
▪ SPO2
▪ Invasive and Noninvasive Blood Pressure
▪ ETCO2

34.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

35.  Therapeutic Equipment
 Hemodialysis Machine
▪ to remove wastes, toxins and fluids from the blood
when the kidneys have failed.

36.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

37.  Therapeutic Equipment
 Radiotherapy
▪ used to treat cancers in conjunction
with surgery and chemotherapy
▪ Usually considered as palliative
medicine

38.  What’s Biomedical Engineering !
 Branches of Biomedical Engineering
 What does a Biomedical Engineer Do?
 Careers in Biomedical Engineering
 FDA Medical Equipment Classifications
 Simple Medical Equipment Classifications
 Diagnostic Equipment
▪ Medical Imaging
▪ Medical Imaging:Applications
▪ Hematology
▪ Cardiovascular
 Monitoring Equipment
 Therapeutic Equipment
▪ Hemodialysis Machine
▪ Radiotherapy
▪ Rehabilitation

39.  Therapeutic Equipment
 Rehabilitation