06ML63 BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENTS

VICEVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

06ML63 BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENTS

Part - A

Unit - 1

Clinical Laboratory Instruments: Medical diagnosis with clinical tests, spectrophotometry & instruments, automated biochemical analysis system, clinical flame photometer, ion-selective electrode based analyzers.

6 Hours

Unit - 2

Blood Gas Analyzers: Acid-base balance, blood pH measurement, measurement of blood pCO2, intra-arterial blood gas monitoring, complete blood gas analyzer, Blood cell counters: Types of blood cells, methods of cell counting, Coulter counter, automatic recognition and differential counting of cells.

7 Hours

Unit - 3

Audiometer and Hearing Aids: Mechanism of hearing, measurement of sound, basic audiometer, pure-tone audiometer, speech audiometer, audiometer system, Bekesy evoked response audiometer system, calibration of audiometer and hearing aids.

6 Hours

Unit - 4

Instruments of Surgery: Principles of surgical diathermy, surgical diathermy machine, safety aspects in electro- surgical units, surgical diathermy analyzer.

7 Hours

Part - B

Unit - 5

Physiotherapy and Electrotherapy Equipments: High frequency heat therapy, short-wave diathermy, microwave diathermy, ultrasound therapy unit, electrodiagnostic therapeutic apparatus, pain relief through electrical stimulation, bladder and cerebral stimulators.

6 Hours

Unit - 6

Haemodialysis Machine: Function of kidney, artificial kidney, dialyzer, membranes for haemodialysis, portable kidney machine.

6 Hours

Unit - 7

Lithotripsy: Stone disease problems, lithotriptor machine, extra-corporeal shock wave therapy. Anesthesia Machine: Need for anesthesia, anesthesia machine, electronics in the anesthetic machine

7 Hours

Unit - 8

VENTILATORS: Mechanics of respiration, artificial ventilation, ventilators, types of ventilators, ventilator terms, classification of ventilators, pressure volume flow diagrams, modern ventilators, high frequency ventilators, humidifiers, nebulizers and aspirators. Automated Drug Delivery Systems: Infusion pumps, components of drug infusion systems and implantable infusion systems, closed loop control in infusion systems and examples.

7 Hours

Text book:

1. Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation – by R.S.Khandpur, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2003

Reference Book:

1. Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement – by Leslie Cromwell, Fred J Weibell and Erich A. Pfeiffer, Prentice-Hall India Pvt. Ltd.