The document defines biomedical engineering technology (BMET) as the field responsible for managing medical equipment and systems to ensure safe and effective use. BMETs repair, maintain, and test specialized medical devices like heart monitors, medical imaging equipment, and wheelchairs. They combine engineering expertise with an understanding of biology to design, implement, and maintain complex healthcare technologies and lifesaving devices. The document provides an overview of the BMET field and lists various resources like books, journals, associations, and websites relevant to the profession.

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Biomedical Engineering Technology (BMET)
Resource Guide
Definition of the Field:
Healthcare technology management (HTM) is the name of the professional field responsible for
managing the selection, maintenance, and safe and effective use of medical equipment and
systems. This field includes biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) who protect patient
safety and reduce healthcare costs related to technology. BMETs are responsible for repairing
and maintaining highly specialized machines and instruments such as defibrillators, heart
monitors, electric wheelchairs, and medical imaging equipment (x rays, CAT scanners, and
ultrasound equipment). They also repair, calibrate, and safety test the equipment in order to
ensure proper function and safety for both the operator and the patient.
Source: AAMI http://www.aami.org/student/
Combining traditional engineering expertise with an understanding of biological processes,
Biomedical Engineering Technology BS degree holders work with physicians, therapists, and
other technicians in the design, construction, implementation, and maintenance of
sophisticated healthcare equipment and lifesaving devices. BMET graduates serve essential roles
on the biomedical team, typically designing and implementing hardware and software solutions
to complex biological or medical problems.
Source: DeVry University BMET Program
http://www.devry.edu/degree-programs/engineering-information-sciences/biomedical-
engineering-technology.html

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Related Terms
Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings
Bioelectronics
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering—Instruments
Biosensors
Biotechnology
Detectors—Computer simulation
LabVIEW
Medical electronics
Medical instruments and apparatus
Medical technology
Optical transducers
Physiological apparatus
Rehabilitation technology
Transducers—Computer simulation
National Library of Medicine (MeSH) Subject Headings
Biomedical engineering--Instrumentation
Biomedical technology
Electronics, Medical—Instrumentation
Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
Equipment design
Monitoring, Physiological--Instrumentation
Patient care—Instrumentation

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Protheses and implants
Self-help devices
Sensory aids.
Books:
Hint: By using the DeVry University Voyager online catalog (OPAC), you are able to identify core
books on biomedical engineering technology in the campus library collections and the e-book
databases. Visit this URL for the Voyager OPAC—
http://devry-voy.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
Bronzino, J.D. (2006). Medical devices and systems. 3rd
ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC/Taylor & Francis.
(Call Number: R 856.15 .B76 2006)
Carr, J. R., and Brown, J. M. (2000). Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology. 4th
ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. (Call Number: R 856 .C33 2000)
Chatterjee, S. (2009). Biomedical instrumentation systems. Independence, KY: Cengage
Learning. (Call Number: R 856.15 .C53 2009)
Christe, B. L. (2007). Introduction to biomedical instrumentation: the technology of patient care.
New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. (Call Number: R 856 .C57 2009)
Dyro, J. (2004). Clinical engineering handbook (biomedical engineering). Amsterdam: Elsevier
Academic Press. (Call Number: R 856.15 .C56 2004)
Khan, F. A. (2014). Biotechnology in medical sciences. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
(Call Number: R 855.3 .K53 2014)
Cooper, R. A., Ohnabe, H. & Hobson, D. A. (2006). An introduction to rehabilitation engineering.
Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis. (Call Number: RM 950 .I58 2007)
Webster, J. G. (2010). Medical instrumentation: application and design. 4th
ed. Hoboken, NJ:
Wiley. (Call Number: R 856 .M376 2010)

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Electronic Books:
DeVry Library Services subscribes to electronic book databases that provide access to over
100,000 electronic books 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Biomedical engineering technology
e-books are found in these databases: Books 24x7, ebrary and EBSCO eBook Collection.
Bowlin, G. L. & Wnek, G. E. (2008). Encyclopedia of biomaterials and biomedical engineering.
New York, NY: Informa Healthcare. EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=242044)
Enderle, J. D. & Bronzino, J. D. (2012). Introduction to biomedical engineering. 3rd
ed.
Burlington, MA: Academic Press. (BookID=44744)
Gonsalves, K. E. (2008). Biomedical nanostructures. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=209714)
Knopf, G. K. & Bassi, A. S. (2007). Smart biosensor technology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press/Taylor
& Francis. EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=184476)
Leslie-Pelecky, D. L. & Labhasetwar, V. (2007). Biomedical applications of nanotechnology.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience. EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=208048)
Mehta, S. S. (2008). Commercializing successful biomedical technologies. Cambridge, England:
Cambridge University Press. Books 24x7 (BookID=29295)
Narayan, R. (2009). Biomedical materials. New York, NY: Springer. EBSCO eBook Collection
(AN=285663)
Prutchi, D. & Norris, M. (2005). Design and development of medical electronic instrumentation.
New York, NY: Wiley. ebrary DocID=10114115
Semmlow, J. L. (2005). Circuits, signals, and systems for bioengineers: a MATLAB-based
introduction. Oxford: Academic Press. EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=130121)
Winters, J. M. & Story, M. F. (2007). Medical instrumentation: accessibility and usability
considerations. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. EBSCO eBook Collection (AN=176143)

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Yik, Y. (2014). LabVIEW graphical programming cookbook. Birmingham, UK: Packt Publishing.
ebrary DocID=10831277
Zhang, X., Ju, H., & Wang, J. (2007). Electrochemical sensors, biosensors and their biomedical
applications. Oxford: Acadmic Press. ebrary DocID=10201005
Journals, Newsletters, Trade Magazines & Newspapers:
Hint: DeVry Library Services subscribes to many different databases. The core BMET databases
are: IEEE X-plore and EBSCOhost Computers and Applied Sciences. For current magazine and
trade publications in the field of biomedical engineering technology, visit--
http://library.devry.edu/library-databases.html
24x7 http://www.24x7mag.com (Highly relevant Trade journal)
Annals of Biomedical Engineering http://www.springer.com/biomed/journal/10439
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering http://www.annualreviews.org/toc/bioeng/16/1
Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology (AAMI) http://www.aami.org
(Highly relevant Core journal)
Bioscience Technology http://www.biosciencetechnology.com
GEN: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News http://www.GENengnews.com
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine (continued by IEEE Pulse, July/August 2010-)
IEEE Pulse (Available through IEEE X-plore database) http://pulse.embs.org/
Journal of Clinical Engineering http://www.lww.com/product/?0363-8855
Medical Design Briefs http://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/mdbriefs
Medical Design Technology http://www.MDTmag.com

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Selected Multimedia Resources:
Becoming a biomedical equipment technician. (2010). AAMI Technology Management Council.
http://youtu.be/ZG81JoEZDVc
Biosensors: an introduction.(2010). Elsevier. http://youtu.be/KChAkSAizCw
Free Video Lectures http://freevideolectures.com
IET-TV http://tv.theiet.org/
Introduction to bioengineering. (2006). MIT OpenCourseware.
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biological-engineering/20-010j-introduction-to-
bioengineering-be-010j-spring-2006/videos/
MIT Video http://video.mit.edu/
Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) http://see.stanford.edu/
Professional Associations:
ABET http://www.abet.org/about-abet/
American College of Clinical Engineering http://accenet.org/Pages/Default.aspx
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) http://www.aimbe.org
American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) http://www.ashe.org/
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
http://www.aami.org
Biomedical Engineering society http://bmes.org
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society http://www.embs.org
IEEE http://www.ieee.org/index.html
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) http://www.theiet.org/
International Society of Biomechanics https://isbweb.org/

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Medical Equipment and Technology Association http://www.mymeta.org/
National Academy of Engineering http://www.nae.edu/
Society for Biomaterials http://biomaterials.org/
U. S. Government-sponsored Websites:
NAS Technical Reports Server http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp
National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
http://www.nibib.nih.gov
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) http://www.ntis.gov
The largest central resource for government-funded scientific, technical engineering,
and business related information. Provides access to 3 million publications covering
over 350 subject areas.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Internet Resources:
BMET Wiki
…exchange knowledge and provide education about
the BMET profession, including information about
workshops, symposiums, vendors/OEMs, regulatory
agencies/standards, tools, courses, associations, etc.
http://bmet.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
ECRI Institute
…dedicated to bringing the discipline of applied
scientific research to discover which medical
procedures, devices, drugs, and processes are best, to
enable improved patient care.
https://www.ecri.org/Pages/default.aspx
DOTmed
DOTmed.com is the world's leading public trading
platform for buying and selling medical equipment,
parts and services, and industry news.
http://www.dotmed.com/

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Medical Dealer
…trade publication for medical equipment, parts and
services plus news.
http://medicaldealer.com/
Biomedical Search
…a biomedical search engine that contains
NIH/PubMed documents, a large collection of theses,
dissertations, and other proprietary publications not
found anywhere else for free, making it one of the
most comprehensive and powerful free biomedical
searches.
http://www.biomedsearch.com
Biomedical Engineering Online
…an open access, peer-reviewed journal that is
dedicated to publishing research in all areas of
biomedical engineering.
http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com
Biomedical Engineering Network (BMEnet)
Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
has been a leader in biomedical engineering
education and research, providing significant
advances in cardiac care, orthopedic implants,
medical imaging systems, drug delivery, and tissue
engineering.
https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME
World Health Organization (WHO) Medical Devices
The WHO Department of Essential Health
Technologies (EHT), Diagnostics Imaging and Medical
devices Team (DIM) aims to ensure improved access,
quality and use of safe and appropriate medical
devices.
http://www.who.int/medical_devices/en/
BIOMCH-L
Bulletin board sponsored by the International Society
of Biomechanics.
http://biomch-l.isbweb.org/forum.php
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Research
An electronic repository of resources on science,
engineering, and research ethics, for engineers,
scientists, scholars, educators, students, and
interested citizens.
http://onlineethics.org
Biomaterials Network
aimed at linking the Biomaterials and Tissue
Engineering community worldwide. This site provides
updated news in the field, delivered through a
monthly newsletter, and also a collection of selected
internet links related to Biomaterials Science and
Tissue Engineering.
http://www.biomat.net

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BMET Certification Resources:
AAMI http://www.aami.org/certification/
ETA International http://www.eta-i.org/
Colorado Association of Biomedical Equipment Technicians
http://www.cabmet.org/study-group/
Compiled by:
Dr. Mary Howrey
February 2015