Annual Book of ASTM Standards
Medical Instrumentation
Two of the most important yet often overlooked aspects of a medical device are its usability and accessibility. This is important not only for health care providers, but also for older patients and users with disabilities or activity limitations. Medical Instrumentation: Accessibility and Usability Considerations focuses on how lack of usability and accessibility pose problems for designers and users of medical devices, and how to overcome these limitations. Divided into five broad sections, th...
The textile industry is increasingly based on ongoing innovation and development of higher performance products, and the field of functional textiles is no exception. This book explores the development of textiles with a wide range of functions, with the aim of improving the performance of the product in terms of the protection and health benefits that it can offer. The book is split into two parts. Part one focuses on functional textiles for improved performance and protection, with chapters r...
Tissue Engineering Made Easy provides concise, easy to understand, up-to-date information about the most important topics in tissue engineering. These include background and basic principles, clinical applications for a variety of organs (skin, nerves, eye, heart, lungs and bones), and the future of the field. The descriptions and explanations of each topic are such that those who have not had any exposure to the principles and practice of tissue engineering will be able to understand them, and...
Emerging Advancements for Virtual and Augmented Reality in Healthcare
Within the last few years, devices that are increasingly capable of offering an immersive experience close to reality have emerged. As devices decrease in size, the interest and application possibilities for them increase. In the healthcare sector, there is an enormous potential for virtual reality development, as this technology allows, on the one hand, the execution of operations or processes at a distance, decoupling realities; and on the other hand, it offers the possibility of simulation fo...
Multi-Agent Systems for Healthcare Simulation and Modeling: Applications for System Improvement
Medical Instrumentation
Provides a comprehensive overview of the basic concepts behind the application and designs of medical instrumentation This premiere reference on medical instrumentation describes the principles, applications, and design of the medical instrumentation most commonly used in hospitals. It places great emphasis on design principles so that scientists with limited background in electronics can gain enough information to design instruments that may not be commercially available. The revised edition in...
Written by a practising architect and gerontologist, this text explains how to create a home environment that will help coping with the many difficulties associated with Alzheimer's. The text is divided into two parts. The first of which deals with interior and exterior spaces individually, providing information on how to ensure that the Alzheimer's patient will be safe and secure. The second part gives a detailed list of potential problems related to Alzheimer's and practical information on how...
Laser Surface Modification of Biomaterials (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)
Laser Surface Modification of Biomaterials: Techniques and Applications covers this expanding field, which has many potential applications, including biomaterials. Laser surface modification of biomaterials enables the production of hybrid materials with different functionality in the bulk as well as the thin, sub-micrometer surface layer. This book will provide readers with a comprehensive review of the technology and its applications. Chapters in Part 1 look at the techniques and considera...
Health Monitoring Systems
Remote health monitoring using wearable sensors is an important research area involving several key steps: physiological parameter sensing and data acquisition, data analysis, data security, data transmission to caregivers, and clinical intervention, all of which play a significant role to form a closed loop system. Subject-specific behavioral and clinical traits, coupled with individual physiological differences, necessitate a personalized healthcare delivery model for around-the-clock monitori...
Student Laboratory Notebook (Botany Anatomy Experiments and Projects, #1) (Experiments and Projects, #1)
by Press Chebhu
3D Bioprinting: Fundamentals, Principles and Applications provides the latest information on the fundamentals, principles, physics, and applications of 3D bioprinting. It contains descriptions of the various bioprinting processes and technologies used in additive biomanufacturing of tissue constructs, tissues, and organs using living cells. The increasing availability and decreasing costs of 3D printing technologies are driving its use to meet medical needs, and this book provides an overview o...
Biomedical Instrumentation: Technology and Applications
by Raghbir Singh Khandpur
Antibody Techniques
The applicability of immunotechniques to a wide variety of research problems in many areas of biology and chemistry has expanded dramatically over the last two decades ever since the introduction of monoclonal antibodies and sophisticated immunosorbent techniques. Exquisitely specific antibody molecules provide means of separation, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and localization useful to anyone doing biological or biochemical research. This practical guide to immunotechniques is especia...
Modellierung und Simulation von Protein-Interaktionen am Beispiel von Wirts-Pathogen-Interaktionen (Bestmasters)
by Meik Kunz
Meik Kunz erforscht die Interaktion zwischen den Wachstumshormonen Cytokinin und Auxin und untersucht deren Zusammenspiel im Hinblick auf die pflanzliche Immunabwehr. Der Autor zeigt zudem mittels einer eigens entwickelten Methode die Möglichkeit auf, wie in einer Transkriptom-Interaktom-Analyse zentrale funktionelle Netzwerkknoten (sogenannte Hubproteine) einer Cytokinin-vermittelten Immunabwehr identifiziert werden können. Begleitend wurde eine für den Forschungsalltag zugeschnittene Datenbank...
Silicon Carbide Biotechnology
Silicon Carbide Biotechnology: A Biocompatible Semiconductor for Advanced Biomedical Devices and Applications, Second Edition, provides the latest information on this wide-band-gap semiconductor material that the body does not reject as a foreign (i.e., not organic) material and its potential to further advance biomedical applications. SiC devices offer high power densities and low energy losses, enabling lighter, more compact, and higher efficiency products for biocompatible and long-term i...
Materials and Devices for Bone Disorders
Materials for Bone Disorders is written by a cross-disciplinary team of research scientists, engineers, and clinicians and bridges the gap between materials science and bone disorders, providing integrated coverage of biomaterials and their applications. The bioceramics, biopolymers, composites, and metallic materials used in the treatment of bone disorders are introduced, as are their interactions with cells, biomolecules, and body tissues. The main types of bone disorder and disease are covere...
GMP/ISO Quality Audit Manual for Healthcare Manufacturers and Their Suppliers
by Leonard Steinborn
This new edition continues a two-decade tradition of widely-used guidance for performing effective audits. Comprehensive in its coverage, this practical guide should prove a valuable tool that offers effective training for new auditors and updates current auditors on new standards and regulations. It helps defuse FDA inspectors frustration in not being able to view audit reports. When combined with a procedure, the checklists demonstrate that comprehensive auditing is part of the quality system.