In this Book
- Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
summary
A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest-moving areas in medicine. In this exhilarating book, award-winning writer Fen Montaigne journeys through this little-known world, sharing the stories of ordinary people who have been transformed by technology. From the almost commonplace pacemaker to the latest generation of artificial hearts, Montaigne tells the stories of pioneering patients, engineers, and surgeons. Taking the reader behind the scenes of a dozen of America's leading centers of biomedical engineering, Montaigne recounts the field's history while describing cutting-edge work in medical imaging, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, neurological therapies, and genetics. Through the stories of patients whose lives have been saved and improved by biomedical devices, Montaigne reveals the marriage of medicine and engineering to be one of society's greatest advances.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xi
- CHAPTER 2. The New Generation
- pp. 18-30
- CHAPTER 4. The Pump and Its Pipes
- pp. 45-56
- CHAPTER 5. To Breathe Again
- pp. 57-61
- CHAPTER 6. The Wires
- pp. 62-76
- CHAPTER 7. Moving into the Brain
- pp. 77-89
- CHAPTER 8. The da Vinci
- pp. 90-96
- CHAPTER 9. The Virtual Surgeon
- pp. 97-106
- CHAPTER 10. Bones
- pp. 107-120
- CHAPTER 11. The Pictures
- pp. 121-130
- CHAPTER 12. Seeing the Unseen
- pp. 131-146
- CHAPTER 13. The Business
- pp. 147-167
- CHAPTER 14. Weng’s Wars
- pp. 168-177
- CHAPTER 15. Tissues
- pp. 178-192
- CHAPTER 16. Body Builders
- pp. 193-205
- CHAPTER 17. The Road Ahead
- pp. 206-222
Additional Information
ISBN
9780801889059
Related ISBN(s)
9780801883477
MARC Record
OCLC
190708793
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No