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Medical Electronic Instruments I

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Course Unit Code450-2007/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
450-2013Transducers and Sensors in Biomedicine
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
PEN72prof. Ing. Marek Penhaker, Ph.D.
Summary
Student will familiarize with apparatuses for diagnostics, therapy, laboratory and special medical sanitary instrumentation in this subject that falls into interdisciplinary bachelor's field of study with its content with the specialization in expert on medical sanitation. The subject concerns with the diagnostic and therapeutic medical instruments problem, laboratory equipment and special medical technology in detail. The principles, schemes, technical instrument solving, functions and the way of use according to clinical discipline are explained. The medical instruments specific task is accented from the point of view of their use. A great importance is assigned to seminars when students visit all clinical workplaces where the sanitary instruments are used. The students are practically acquainted with the operation and clinical analyse on these apparatuses.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of this course is to give fundamental information medical instrumentatuion according to clinical branches division. This contain internal, surgical and point investigative methods and therapeutical units.
The acquired knowledge concerns on diagnostic instruments in medicine. This subject engages to the branch control and measurements in bio-medicine. The knowledge and acquirements obtained in this subject and in all branches are main presumption of the knowledge in biomedical engineering.
Course Contents
Lectures
Biological signal introduction. Description and parameters of biosignals. Fundamental terms, impedance symptom of tissue and organ activity organ, their utilization in diagnostics, organs electrical activity.
Medical department Heart electrotherapy, cardiac pacemaker, defibrillation. Types, electrodes, mode and application. Blood pressure measuring instruments. Basement of blood circulation, noninvasive measurement of blood pressure, pressure sensors, invasive methods.
Medical department - intensive care part – monitor systems, Monitoring. Fundamental knowledge, surgery, surgical, coronary and obstetric ward.
Medical department - Hemodialysis. Technique for hem dialysis.
Neurology - Neurological diagnostics instruments, Basic instruments requirements and parameters, EEG, EMG, EGG
Gynekology technology of ultrasound, biological interference, kavitation, acoustic values, physical therapy. cryosurgery.
Tissue department – laser technology, characteristics of radiation, fundamental types of laser, Incidence of laser ray on to biological tissue.
Medical rehabilitation - Instruments for rehabilitation and physiotherapy, ionosphere, function generator, magneto scope, pharmacology.
Anestesy and resuscitation part - Anesthesia and ventilator instruments, incubation apparatus. Ventilating technique. Equipement for ventilating instruments.
Surgical and traumatology units - Supplementary instruments for surgical branch. Fixation
Central surgical halls - Surgical and surgical technology: Surgical tools and apparatus, arrangement for extra-corporeal circulation, cryosurgery and technology boast undulation
Central sterilization. Sterilizer technique: Introduction to the epidemiology, sterilization, disinfection, type of sterilization. Germicides Lamp
Information and monitoring centr of hospital – Energy sources and rescue plans, medical gases, air conditioning.
Hygiene station – epidemiology – egrometry workplaces as stressor monitoring.

Excercises
Diagnistics , therapeutics and laboratory instrument dividing and classification.
Medical department Heart electrotherapy, cardiac pacemaker, defibrillation. Types, electrodes, mode and application. Blood pressure measuring instruments. Basement of blood circulation, noninvasive measurement of blood pressure, pressure sensors, invasive methods.
Medical department - intensive care part – monitor systems, Monitoring. Fundamental knowledge, surgery, surgical, coronary and obstetric ward.
Medical department - Hemodialysis. Technique for hem dialysis.
Neurology - EEG, EMG, EGG
Gynekology technology of ultrasound, biological interference, kavitation, acoustic values, physical therapy. cryosurgery. Aminoskop, laparoscopy.
Tissue department –Laser technology.
Medical rehabilitation - Instruments for rehabilitation and physiotherapy, ionosphere, function generator, magneto scope, pharmacology.
Anestesy and resuscitation part - Anesthesia and ventilator instruments, incubation apparatus. Ventilating technique. Equipement for ventilating instruments. , isobaric chamber, bronchoscopy.
Surgical and traumatology units - Supplementary instruments for surgical branch. Fixation technology.
Central surgical halls - Surgical tools and apparatus, arrangement for extra-corporeal circulation
Excursion to central sterilization. Sterilizer technique: Introduction to the epidemiology, sterilization, disinfection, type of sterilization. Germicides Lamp
Excursion to information and monitoring centr of hospital – Energy sources and rescue plans, medical gases, air conditioning.
Hygiene station – epidemiology – egrometry workplaces as stressor monitoring.

Projects: Each student gets awarded throughout the semester one larger project that works with the use of measuring and computing.
Creating a separate project no. 1. Design and implementation of a system for measuring and evaluating data from medical medical device.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Webster, John G.: Medical instrumentation : application and design, Hoboken (USA): Wiley, 1998. ISBN 0-471-15368-0
Perez, R.: Design of medical electronic devices San Diego (USA): Academic press, 2002. ISBN 0-12-550711-9
Carr, Joseph J., Brown, John M. Introduction to biomedical equipment technology 4th.Edition Upper Saddle River (USA): Prentice Hall, , 2001. ISBN 0-13-010492-2
Mackay, Stuart R.: Bio-medical telemetry : sensing and transmitting biological information from animals and man 2nd Edition, New York (USA): IEEE Press, , 1993. ISBN 0-7803-4718-8
Dyro, J.F: Clinical Engineering Handbook, Academic Press ,August 27, 2004, ISBN: 012226570X
M. Augustynek, O. Adamec, and M. Penhaker, Přístrojová zdravotnická technika I, 1. vyd. ed. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2010.
M. Penhaker and M. Augustynek, Zdravotnické elektrické přístroje 1, 1. vyd. ed. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2013.
Recommended Reading:
Bronzino J.D. et al.: The biomedical engineering handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1995.
Chmelař,M.-Rozman,J. Lékařská přístrojová technika. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT 1982.
Chmelař,M.-Drastich,A. Lékařská přístrojová technika II. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT 1984.
Chmelař,M. Lékařská přístrojová technika I. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT 1995.
Rozman,J. Ultrazvuková technika v lékařství. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT 1979.
Vrána,M.-Netušil,M. Lékařská elektronika. Praha, Avicenum 1975.
Rozman,J.a kol. Technika v lékařské praxi. Praha, Scientia Medica.
Jurek,F. Elektronika na koronární jednotce.
Rozman,J. Ultrazvuková technika v lékařství. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT 1979.
Rozman,J. Lékařská přístrojová technika 3. Skriptum. Brno, FE VUT, 1992.
Rozman,J.a kol. Technika v lékařské praxi. Praha, Scientia Medic
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit40 (40)20
                Laboratorní práceLaboratory work20 10
                Písemný test 1Written test10 5
                Zápočtový testWritten test10 5
        ExaminationExamination60 20