Biomedical engineering is an interdisciplinary field that combines engineering, biology, and medicine to enhance human health through the development of medical devices and biological products. A career in this field requires specific educational qualifications and personal traits, such as communication skills and problem-solving abilities. The ongoing advancements in biology and microelectronics are expected to create new opportunities and technologies in biomedical engineering.

1. Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical
engineering is a branch of
engineering that advances knowledge in
engineering, biology and
medicine, and improves human health through cross-
disciplinary
activities that integrate the engineering sciences with the
biomedical
sciences and clinical practice.
Biomedical engineering integrates physical, chemical, mathematical, and
computational
sciences and engineering principles to study biology,
medicine, behavior, and health.
Specialisation:
Some areas of specialisation in
Biomedical engineering are:
Bio-Instrumentation
Biomechanics
Biomaterials
Systems physiology
Clinical engineering
Rehabilitation engineering
Personality Traits:
There
are certain personal qualities that you need to possess

2. A student who aspires to be a
biomedical engineer must have the inclination and
the perseverance to
come to grips with both medical and engineering subjects.
Communication Skills
Creativity
Good memory
Imagination
Interpersonal Skills
Logical reasoning
Physical resilience
Systematic problem solving
Nature of Work:
BME
work involves
Development
of medical devices such as heart-lung machines, dialysis machines,
defibrillators etc
Development
of Prosthetic and Orthotic devices
Physiological
modeling, simulation, and control theory applications
Creation
of new biological products such as artificial skin , tissue engineering etc
Development
of replacement organs and devices to augment bodily function such
as artificial hearts pacemakers , kidney dialysis
machines.
Computer analysis of
patient-related data and clinical decision making for e.g.
application of artificial intelligence
Educational Requirements:

3. A student aspiring to be a biomedical engineer has to opt for HSC
(PCMB). The student
then has to choose the field of engineering.
Master's level courses are
offered at some of
the IITs, at BHU, Varanasi and Jadavpur University
in West Bengal (list
indicative).PhDs can also be done at these
institutions.
Future Prospects:
The
ongoing revolutions in biology and microelectronics continue to
produce a range of
new health care technologies, from imaging and
gene-based diagnostics and therapies,
to cell and tissue engineering,
to new drug delivery methods and more effective medical
implants. At
the crossroads of these two revolutions is the emergent field of
biomedical
engineering.
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