ELVE3510 Biomedical Instrumentations Course description

The course builds on ELTS2100 Electronics. 

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After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student will learn about the role of a medical technical engineer and about medical technical safety and electrical safety requirements and protocols for medical technical equipment (IEC60601 and IEC62351). The student will also learn about the technical background for the classification of medical instruments used in diagnostics or treatment.

After completing the course, the student is expected to:

• understand bio-instrumentation relating to bio-electrical signals such as ECG, EMG, EEG etc.
• be able to explain the basic measurement technique behind biomedical sensors or vital sign monitoring parameters such as oxygen, oxygen saturation, blood pressure or temperature
• have knowledge of treatment equipment such as "heart-lung" machines, defibrillators, ventilators, dialysis and infusion pumps, diathermy and surgical cutting tools

Skills

The student is capable of

• classifying and explaining the functioning and components of diagnostic and treatment equipment, and discussing medical technical safety for the instrument in question
• using their knowledge to design electronic circuits that meet requirements for medical technical instruments in accordance with IEC60601

General competence

The student is capable of:

• discussing and describing the design of treatment equipment and monitoring instruments in light of safety requirements and regulations relating to medical technical equipment

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Three of four individual written assignments.
• Each assignment required approximately 6-8 hour of work.

Individual written exam, 3.5 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, oral examination may be used instead of a written exam. If oral exams are used for resit and rescheduled exams, the exam result cannot be appealed.

All printed and written aids.

A;handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

The course is equivalent to KJEFE100, MAFE1000 and ELFE1000, and has an overlap of 10 credits with TRFE1000, EMFE1000, DAFE1000 and BYFE1000.

Under the rule that students have three attempts to take an exam, attempts in equivalent courses also count.

Olga Korostynska