Medical technology, which is also known as biomedical engineering, is regarded as an application of engineering principles to the rules and medicine. Combined here are lessons from the field of technology - in particular of course the masters of problems and development - with the sound medical expertise of physicians, nursing staff and related professionals in the field of nursing, rehabilitation and therapy.

Medical technology is a relatively new discipline. Main areas that are of course the medical research and development. This takes place under other in the following areas: signal processing of physiological Signlane, medical computer science, biomechanics, Systemanalse and many more. Examples of applications include the creation of 3D models, or the manufacture of prosthetic devices that are compatible with the body (biocompatible).

The new "medical law" is very helpful to make a distinction here, and to draw clear boundaries: the technical medicine thus produced products, equipment and technical procedures to be regarded as a medical product. Such a definition allows the inclusion of simple bandages to highly complex medical appliances. Feature is an intense development and Forschungsaufwad, a tight coupling of products and services and finally the extremely intense regulation by the state.

Once we go a little further in one of the many areas of engineering medicine. We are talking here of the so-called "hospital equipment". This is often referred to as "Clinical Engineering" and is, as already mentioned, a part referred to the technical medical dar. This is particularly with medical devices and products in a hospital. The task of an engineer in this area is now the expert advice on the purchase and management of medical products, the constant control of medical technicians (to ensure that compliance with their employment security and legal aspects). Similarly meet this advice for many issues that concern the use of medical products. Engineers, who come from this field work, of course, strongly correlated with the professionals of computer science and the physicists of a hospital.

Let's go through a medical, "a department". This refers to the repair and maintenance department. This is responsible for all medical devices (except devices), the subject still an appropriate guarantee or a maintenance contract. All equipment purchased new, are controlled at the beginning of the fulfillment of safety rules before they are used.
Here are some must be examined with special software and compared. For many devices, the operation is simplified to make the test process can be designed as easily.

In summary, that in addition to the real medicine or are those just discussed the technical area that has become indispensable for the entire medical operation - even if it is a relatively new discipline.

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