SYLLABUS 4 JNTU BME - BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT

UNIT-I
Bio Amplifiers and signal conditioning circuits. RECORDERS & DISPLAY DEVICES: General features of Thermal, Ink Jet, Photo graphic, Dot Recorders. General features of Display Devices for Bio -Signals.

UNIT-II
Diagnostic Equipment:- E.C.G, T.M.T, E.E.G, E.M.G, P.F.T, Phono cardiography. (Working principle, Types of Electrodes used, Calibration, Basic Trouble Shooting). Ophthalmoscope, Retinoscope.

UNIT-III
Analytical equipment: pH Meter, Conductivity Meter, Electrophoresis, Chromatography, Flame Photo Meter, Spectro Photometer, Biochemistry Analysers, Electrolyte Analysers, Cell Counter, Blood Gas Analyser. (Working principle, Types of Electrodes. Calibration. Basic Trouble Shooting. )

UNIT-IV
MONITORING EQUIPMENT: Arrhythmia monitors, Holter monitor. Blood Pressure Monitors, Central monitoring stations in critical care units, Ambulatory monitors, foetal monitors. Incubator”, Apnea monitors.

UNIT-V
THERAPEUTIC EQUIPMENT:-
Infusion pumps, Suction Apparatus.
Pacemaker: Synchronous -Asynchronous, External -Internal, Demand & Fixed type Pacemaker, Programmable Pacemakers. Defibrillators: AC & DC Defibrillators, Synchronous & Asynchronous. Electrical Safety. Nerve stimulators, Bladder stimulators, Implant able Stimulators, Short wave Diathermy,Micro wave Diathermy, Ultra Sound Diathermy

UNIT-VI
Heamo dialyser, Qualitative requirements, General scheme of operation, Types of exchangers, Block diagram, Electronic control and monitoring systems. Heart Lung machine: Governing principle, Qualitative Requirements, Functional details of thin film membrane type blood oxyginarators. I. A. B. P:- principle & application.

UNIT-VII
SURGICAL EQUIPMENT: electro surgical generators:- Unipolar, Bipolar. Hazards of electro surgical units & Safety measures. Anaesthesia delivery systems, Different types of Ventilators, Humidifiers, Neubilisers, Surgical microscope & O.T table

UNIT-VIII
Patient Electrical Safety, Types of Hazards, Natural protective Mechanism, Leakage current, Patient Isolation, Hazards in operation rooms. Grounding conditions in Hospital Environment.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Handbook of Bio Medical Instrumentation -R. S. Khandpur. 2003
2. Joseph .J. Carr, John M. Brown; Introduction to Biomedical Equipment Technology, Pearson.
3. John Webster. Medical Instrumentation.- Application and Design. John Wiley and Sons. Inc., New York. Third edition 2003.
REFERENCE:
1. Bronzino, Joseph; Handbook of Biomedical Engineering. 2nd edition, CRC Press, 2000.
2. Bio-Medical Instruments Theory & Design. Welkowitz, Walter & Others, 2nd Edition, Academic Press, 1991