Biomedical world

Biomedical engineering has come out as a popular course in today’s world because it is the combination of two important fields, i.e., medical and engineering. The courses include the study of concepts and principles of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, material sciences, life sciences and biomechanics. This course is pursued at degree, diploma and doctoral levels. Students completing this course successfully have a bright future and can achieve a lot of things in their career. Students who are experts in this course have a lot of responsibility towards the society as they are capable of inventing new solutions for different healthcare issues.

Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of biophysics.

Neural Engineering

Neural Engineering focuses on the interaction between the body’s nervous system and any artificial medical devices. It is very cool brain-computer stuff!

Biomaterials

Biomaterials are any kind of ‘matter’ that integrates with Biological Systems (such as your organs, tissues and blood). Biomaterials occur naturally in the body, but are now grown rapidly in laboratories...

Tissue Engineering

Tissue engineering is literally the creation of tissues and tissue materials to replace failing bodily functions.

Surgical Instruments and Medical Devices

All of the surgical instruments and life saving medical devices you see used on the hospital television dramas are designed and developed by Biomedical engineers.

Biomedical facts

In addition to their involvement in bionics, biomedical engineers also design and build other artificial organs, such as kidneys and hearts, cardiac pacemakers and hearing aids. They also create artificial legs, joints and vessels. Biomedical engineers are also responsible for inventions like the laser systems used in eye surgery, automated insulin delivery systems and computer-based systems that analyze diseases.

Biomedical engineering is always evolving to improve health care. For example, biomedical engineers at Duke University are developing a new way to regenerate spinal discs. The degeneration of back discs commonly occurs as people get older, and the spine’s shock absorbers deteriorate. This can cause severe pain that may also lead to herniated discs, osteoarthritis and spinal stenosis. The Duke team created a liquid that is injected into the disc space and turns into a gel cushion that evenly distributes pressure and alleviates back pain.