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Reliabilty and Construction of Medical Apparatus

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Course Unit Code450-4042/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KAS73Ing. Vladimír Kašík, Ph.D.
SLA123Ing. Kamil Slaný
Summary
Application of physical principles to biological systems, interaction, sensitivity, specificity. Diagnosis, therapy. Legal requirements, hygiene levels and ecology. Certification of manufacturer and product. Risk Analysis. Standardisation, verification, clinical test.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Student will understand the design issues of medical devices in terms of reliability, biological compatibility, and the specific requirements of the use of devices in current medical practice. He will be able to assess what impacts the choice of construction materials, proper construction and other requirements such as cooling. Student will be able to demonstrate application of these requirements and properties on typical medical devices.
Course Contents
Content of lectures
1. Medical reliability (alarm priority), hardware reliability (degradation resistance), software reliability (robustness of algorithms, quantification of expertise). Accreditation, registration, preconditioning, validation, certification, vigilance, disinfection.
2. Technical and biological systems, biophysics, neurotransmission, homeostasis
3. Bio-oscillograms, cardiogram, Poincaré phologram, hardware subsystems
4. Materials, structure. Strength. Electrical conductivity. Ferromaterials
5. Design criteria. Cooling. Electrothermal analogy.
6. Biomonitor function, rheography, hemodynamics, nomogram
7. Transformers, cardiograph, cardiotocograph, pacemaker, defibrillator, alarm indication.
8. Hematology, sonograph, cryocautery, electroscalpel, lithotriptor, X-ray, NMR, PET

Whiteboard exercises

1. Quantities, units, dimensional analysis
2. Approximation of nonlinearities, Saving amplifier (electronic Ranvier), superposition, series of values
3. Piezoresistance, pressure measurement, ultraacoustics, doppler
4. Acoustic alarm, normalization
5. Bioamplifier, voltage tendency detector, Bioohmmeter, biorhythmicity detector
6. Bioadmittance, defibrillator, Radio communication (telemeter)
7. Drip infusion, solution dosing, electrometer, electrodynamics
8. Lithotriptor, X-ray, transparency, gas analyser

Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Norma IEC 601-1:1988 Medical electrical equipment. Part 1: General requirements for safety (Zdravotnické elektrické přístroje. Část 1: Všeobecné požadavky na bezpečnost
VOKURKA,M. Praktický slovník medicíny. Maxdorf. Praha 1994
Norma IEC 601-1:1988 Medical electrical equipment. Part 1: General requirements for safety (Zdravotnické elektrické přístroje. Část 1: Všeobecné požadavky na bezpečnost
Recommended Reading:
Norma IEC 601-1:1988 Medical electrical equipment. Part 1: General requirements for safety (Zdravotnické elektrické přístroje. Část 1: Všeobecné požadavky na bezpečnost
VOKURKA,M. Praktický slovník medicíny. Maxdorf. Praha 1994
Norma IEC 601-1:1988 Medical electrical equipment. Part 1: General requirements for safety (Zdravotnické elektrické přístroje. Část 1: Všeobecné požadavky na bezpečnost
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Tasks are not Defined