Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes).

a respirator that has helped save lives, especially those afflicted with polio and other cases of paralysis

Julio Palmaz invented the first commercially-successful intravascular stent

led him to invent the stethoscope in 1816

an American inventor of biomedical devices who specialized in respiratory equipment

Swedish physician turned engineer who developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958

Paul Lauterbur contributed to use of the phenomenon to create images of the human

Medical equipment

Medical devices

Drug delivery devices

Biomedical engineering

Artificial organs

Implants (medicine)

Artificial organs

Medical equipment

Implants (medicine)

Drug delivery devices

Artificial organs

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Medical equipment

Implants (medicine)

Drug delivery devices

Medical equipment

Medical equipment

Medical devices

Artificial organs

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Biomedical engineering

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Implants (medicine)

Medical pumps

Diagnostic medical imaging

Diagnostic gastroenterology

Diabetes-related supplies and medical equipment

Diagnostic cardiology

3D nuclear medical imaging

Diagnostic cardiology

Health informatics

Cardiology

Emergency medical equipment

Diagnostic cardiology

Medical monitoring

Medical treatments

Cardiology

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Neurophysiology

Dental equipment

In medical applications, X-ray machines are used by radiographers to acquire x-ray images of the internal structures (e.g., bones) of living organisms, and also in sterilization.

Contact lenses are ocular prosthetic devices used by over 150 million people worldwide in 2012, and they can be worn to correct vision or for cosmetic or therapeutic reasons.

Hearing aids are classified as medical devices in most countries, and regulated by the respective regulations.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to generate pictures of the anatomy and the physiological processes inside the body.

Generally, 3D bioprinting uses a layer-by-layer method to deposit materials known as bio-inks to create tissue-like structures that are later used in various medical and tissue engineering fields. 3D bioprinting covers an extensive range of bioprinting techniques and biomaterials.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a type of neurostimulation therapy in which an implantable pulse generator is surgically implanted below the skin of the chest and connected by leads to the brain to deliver controlled electrical impulses.

Robert Koffler Jarvik (May 11, 1946, May 26, 2025) was an American scientist, researcher and businessman known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 artificial heart.

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain.

An iron lung is negative pressure ventilator and mechanical respirator which encloses most of the patient's body.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a form of extracorporeal life support, operated by a perfusionist, providing prolonged cardiac and respiratory support to people whose heart and lungs are unable to provide an adequate amount of oxygen, gas exchange or blood supply (perfusion) to sustain life.

It represented an early understanding of applying controlled force and counter-force to achieve anatomical realignment in a medical context.

Some of the processes that can be controlled include brainwaves, muscle tone, skin conductance, heart rate and pain perception.

Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are used alongside monaural beats and binaural beats in the process called brainwave entrainment (synchronization of brainwaves).

It is used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illnesses, injury, disabilities, or age-related health conditions.

Raymond Vahan Damadian (Armenian: Ռեյմոնդ Վահան Դամադյան; March 16, 1936, August 3, 2022) was an American physician, medical researcher, and inventor of the first nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scanning machine.

Francis Rynd (1801-19 July 1861) was an Irish medical doctor known for inventing the hypodermic needle used in syringes in 1844, which also led to the first recorded injection.

James Francis Pantridge, (3 October 1916-26 December 2004), usually known as Frank Pantridge, was a Northern Irish physician, cardiologist, and professor who transformed emergency medicine and paramedic services with the invention of the portable defibrillator.

The Chardack-Greatbatch pacemaker used Mallory mercuric oxide-zinc cells (mercury battery) for its energy source, driving a two transistor, transformer coupled blocking oscillator circuit, all encapsulated in epoxy resin, then coupled to electrodes placed into the myocardium of the patient's heart.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of positive airway pressure (PAP) ventilation in which a flow of air with pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is continuously applied to the upper respiratory tract of a person.

Such was the insatiable thirst for knowledge that drove the man who would become famous as the inventor of the electrocardiogram (EKG) , one of the most important medical inventions of all time.

During the 1960s Godfrey Hounsfield developed an apparatus in which clusters of X-ray beams sent through the body from different angles are registered when the have passed the body.

Australian physician, scientist, and inventor Graeme Milbourne Clark changed the lives of tens of thousands of hearing-impaired individuals with his creation of the multi-channel cochlear implant.

Michel Mirowski conceived of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in the 1960s after his mentor died of a heart arrhythmia.

Among his inventions in the medical field are a portable peritoneal dialysis machine and the IBOT, a sophisticated mobility aid capable of climbing stairs and raising the user to eye-level with a standing person.

It was here that he was the first to develop a technique for the catheterization of the heart.