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The Special Medical Engineering

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Course Unit Code450-4047/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
AUG011prof. Ing. Martin Augustynek, Ph.D.
BRY0006Ing. Iveta Bryjová
Summary
The course focuses on special medical equipment - microscopic, sterilization, endoscopic, ophthalmologic, hemodialize, laboratory and stomatology.
Another category of issues is focused on instrumentation of operating rooms, surgical instruments, tools and operating robots. The end of course focuses on issues include electrical and non-electrical power distribution in the hospital and technical resources for medical education.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal is to focus on special medical equipment. Benefit of this course is to acquire knowledge and familiarization with the principles, techniques and the use of these devices.Course content supplements the basic knowledge of medical electrical equipment in the field of biomedical engineering.
Course Contents
•Microscopic technique - light microscopy.
Purpose of light microscopy, description of the microscope, theory and characteristics of the image, technical parameters of the microscope, lenses, oculars. Types of microscopes according to the methods of light microscopy.
•Microscopic techniques - electron microscopy.
Physical theory of electron microscopy. Transmission and scanning electron microscope. Preparation preparations for TEM and SEM.
•Endoscopic technique.
History of endoscopy. Principles, technical implementation and use of traditional endoscopic techniques in different clinical fields - gastroscope, bronchoscope, Artroscope, proctoscope, rhinoscope, choledoscope, thorachoscope, cytoscope, laparoscope, hysteroscope. Capsule endoscopy.
•Ophthalmic equipment.
Visual system - the human eye as an optical system, cut eye and and description of its parts, features of eye according to its surroundings (adaptation, accommodation, visual sensitivity, glare, perception of image, visual acuity and defects of vision. Ophthalmic instruments and methods of vision testing.
•Stomatology technics.
Physical phenomena in dentistry. Specialized dental technician in the ordination and laboratory. X-ray technology in dentistry. Tools, materials and dentures.
•Laboratory equipment - biochemical devices.
Biochemical laboratories, laboratory methods and testing procedures, devices and equipment, biochemical automatic-machines, laboratory equipment.
•Laboratory equipment - hematology instruments.
Hematologic laboratories, laboratory methods and testing procedures, devices and equipment, hematological automatic-machines, laboratory equipment.
•Hemodialysis technology.
Physico-chemical principles of dialysis, dialyzer, dialysis machine - block diagram and function. Water for hemodialysis purposes, water treatment plant, concentrates.
•Sterilization techniques.
Introduction to epidemiology, sterilization, disinfection. Hot air, steam, chemical and plasma sterilization technology. Germicidal lamps. Sterilization of special medical equipment.
•Devices in surgeon rooms.
Surgeon room, surgical lamps, tables, anesthesia machine, monitors of basic life functions, defibrillator, X-ray / C - arm, heater for infusion and transfusion, infusion pump, linear dispenser, aspirator.
•Surgeon equipments and tools.
Surgery, cardiac and neurosurgery technology. Electrocoagulator, laser, ultrasonic scalpel, cryocauter, insuflator, laparoscopic equipment, operating microscope. Equipment for extracorporeal circulation, Instrumentarium.
•Surgical robots.
Robotic operations, navigation systems, invasive laparoscopy.
•Electrical and non-electrical power distribution in the hospital.
Electro-distribution, control panel for surgeon room, an alternative source. Medicinal gases, steam, ventilation and air condition, laminar flow, germicidal lamps.
•Technology for teaching medical disciplines.
Phantoms, trainers and simulators, surgical techniques teaching.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Tiefenbach,P: The Special Medical Engineering, Sylabus on WWW pages of department, 2013.
Tiefenbach,P: Speciální zdravotnická technika, Sylaby na www.lms.vsb.cz, 2013
Recommended Reading:
PICKUP, John C. Insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, ix, 118 p. Oxford diabetes library. ISBN 019956860x.

BURLESON, Wayne a Sandro CARRARA. Security and privacy for implantable medical devices. 2014, 205 s. ISBN 978-1-4614-1674-6.

KUCKLICK, Theodore R. The medical device R&D Handbook. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC press, Taylor, 2013, 482 p., [8] p. of plates. ISBN 978-143-9811-894.

Bronzino J.D. et al.: The biomedical engineering handbook. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-0849321238

Pratt, W.K.: Digital Image Processing. 4th edition. Wiley-Interscience, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0471767770
ČIHÁK, Josef a Martin AUGUSTYNEK. Infuzní technika a hemodialyzační technika a technologie. 1. vyd. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013, 390 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3100-8.


Svatoš, J.: Zobrazovací systémy v lékařství. ČVUT Praha, 1998.

Sojka, E.: Digitální zpracování obrazu. FEI, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2000. ISBN 80-7078-746-5
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Other activities, Field trip, Teaching by an expert (lecture or tutorial)
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
ExaminationExamination100 (100)51
        ProjectProject40 20
        ExaminationWritten examination60 31