SRM UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BM0307 BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION

Course Code: BM0307 STAFF NAME: S. Vijayalakshmi

Course Title: BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
Semester: V SEM B. Tech – Third Year

Course Timings:

DAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Day1 BM0307
Day2 BM0307
Day3 BM0307

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Location: Architecture Annexure block 4 Floor – BioMedicalInstrumentationLab-1
Faculty Name: Ms. S. Vijayalakshmi
Faculty email ID: [email protected]

L T P C
BM0307 BIO MEDICAL INSTRUMANTATION 3 0 0 3
Prerequisite
Nil

PURPOSE
To enable the students to develop knowledge of how instruments work in the various department and laboratories of
a hospital and thereby recognize their limitations.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
The students will be able to
 Interpret technical aspects of medicine
 Solve Engineering Problems related to medical field
 Understand medical diagnosis and therapy

Course outcome Program outcome

1. To familiarize students with various medical 1. Ability to understand diagnosis and therapy
equipments and their technical aspects related equipments
2. To introduce students to the measurements 2. Understanding the problem and ability to
involved in some medical equipments. identify the necessity of an equipment to a
specific problem

UNIT-1 PHYSIOLOGY OF SYSTEMS AND ELECTRODES

Man Instrument system-Physiology systems of the body. Bioelectric potential - Resting and action potential -
Biopotential electrodes - different types of electrodes - Equivalent circuits for electrodes-Biochemical Transducers.

UNIT-2 CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AND ITS MEASUREMENTS

Cardiovascular system - Blood pressure - characteristics of blood flow - Heart sounds - ECG - Measurement of blood
pressure, blood flow, heart sounds and cardiac output Plethysmography. Elements of ICU.Physiology of Respiratory
system - Tests and Instrumentation for the mechanics of breathing-Gas Exchange and distribution-Respiratory
therapy Equipment.

UNIT-3 NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ITS MEASUREMENTS

Nervous system - Neuronal communication organisation of the brain - Neuronal receptors - somatic nervous system -
spinal reflexes - Autonomic nervous system - Neuronal firing measurements - EEG - EMG - Psychophysiological
measurements - Instruments for testing Motor Responses - Instruments for sensory measurements - Instrumentation
for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior - Bio feed back instrumentation .

UNIT-4 ASSISTING DEVICES, THERAPEUTIC DEVICES AND BIO TELEMETRY

Pacemaker - Defibrillators - Heart lung machine - Ventilator - Diathermy - Dialysing Unit. Bio telemetry -
Introduction - Physiological parameters - Components - Implantable units - Applications.

UNIT-5 CHEMICAL TRANSDUCERS

Introduction - Blood gases - Dalton's law - Henry's law - The pO2 of blood - Reference electrodes - the pO2
electrode - membrane Electrodes - Blood gas analysis - Acid base balance - Transcutaneous pO2 and pCo2
transducers - fiber optic chemical transducers - Ion - specific Electrodes - Ionic content of blood - FET chemosensors
- Glucose electrodes - Calorimeters and spectrophotometers flame photometer - Respiratory gases - oxygen uptake
and concentration - Gaseous carbon Dioxide Analysis - Nitrogen analyzer - Mass spectrometer - Velocity of sound
Analyzer.

TEXT BOOK
 Leslie Cromwell, Fred J. Weibell, Erich A. Pfeiffer, Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements, PHI,
2nd Edition, 2004

REFERENCE BOOKS
 Khandpur R.S., Hand book of Biomedical Instrumentation, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004
 L.A. Geddes and L.E. Baker, Principles of Applied Biomedical Instrumentation, John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
1989
 Richard Aston, Principles of Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurement, Merrill Publishing Company,
1990
 Jacobson B. and Webster J.G., Medical Clinical Engineers, Prentice Hall Inc., 1979
 John .G Webster, Editor, Medical Instrumentation, Application and Design, John Wiley and Sons Inc1998

Reference Teaching
S.NO Day Order Hours Topics to be covered
books method

UNIT-I

Introduction about physiology System

1. Day 1 2 T1 BB
and electrode

Man Instrument system-Physiology

2. Day 2 5 T1 BB
systems of the body

3. Day 3 3 Introduction about action potential T1 BB

4. Day 1 2 Resting and action potential R1 BB

 5. Day 2 5 Different types of electrode R1 PPT

Suction cub and electrode used for

6. Day 3 3 R1 PPT
EEG and ECG

7. Day 1 2 Equivalent circuits for electrode R2 BB

8. Day 2 5 Biochemical transducer R2 BB

UNIT-II
Introduction about Cardiovascular
9. Day 3 3 respiratory system and its
measurements

10. Day 1 2 Blood pressure Measurements T1 BB

Characteristics of blood flow heart

11. Day 2 5 T1 BB
sound

12. Day 3 3 ECG equipment and ECG electrode T1 PPT

Measurement of blood pressure, blood

13. Day 1 2 T1 BB
flow, heart sounds

14. Day 2 5 Cardiac output Plethysmography T1 BB

15. Day 3 3 ICU equipments T1 BB

Physiology of Respiratory system,

16. Day 1 2 Tests and Instrumentation for the T1 BB
mechanics of breathing.

Exchange and distribution-Respiratory

17. Day 2 5 T1 BB
therapy Equipment.

UNIT -III
Nervous system - Neuronal
18. Day 3 3 communication organization of the T1 BB
brain
Neuronal receptors - somatic nervous
19. Day 1 2 system - spinal reflexes - Autonomic T2 BB
nervous system
20. Day 2 5 Neuronal firing measurements - EEG T2 BB
21. Day 3 3 EMG Equipments T2 BB
Psycho physiological measurements -
22. Day 1 2 Instruments for testing Motor R4 BB
Responses
23. Day 2 5 Instruments for sensory measurements R4 BB
Instrumentation for the Experimental
24. Day 3 3 R4 BB
Analysis of Behavior
25. Day 1 2 Bio feedback instrumentation. R4 BB

UNIT-IV
Introduction about assisting device,
26. Day 2 5 R3 PPT
therapeutic device and biotelemetry
27. Day 3 3 Pacemaker and application R3 PPT
Defibrillator internal defibrillator and
28. Day 1 2 R3 PPT
external defibrillator
29. Day 2 5 Heart lung machine R3 PPT
30. Day 3 3 Ventilator introduction and principle R3 PPT
Ventilator function and neonatal
31. Day 1 2 R3 BB
ventilator, diathermy,Dialysing unit
Bio telemetry - Introduction -
32. Day 2 5 R3 BB
Physiological parameters
Components - Implantable units -
33. Day 3 3 R3 BB
Applications
UNIT-V
Chemical transducer
34. Day 1 2 Introduction - Blood gases, Dalton’s R5 BB
law - Henry's law - The pO2 of blood
Reference electrodes - the pO2
35. Day 2 5 R5 BB
electrode
membrane Electrodes, Blood gas
36. Day 3 3 R5 BB
analysis - Acid base balance
Transcutaneous pO2 and pCo2
37. Day 1 2 transducers, fiber optic chemical R5 BB
transducers
Ion - specific Electrodes - Ionic content
38. Day 2 5 CM BB
of blood
FET chemo sensors - Glucose
39. Day 3 3 T1 BB
electrodes
Calorimeters and spectrophotometers
40. Day 1 2 flame photometer - Respiratory gases, T1 BB
Velocity of sound Analyzer
oxygen uptake and concentration,
41. Day 2 5 T1 BB
Gaseous carbon Dioxide Analysis
42. Day 3 3 Nitrogen analyzer - Mass spectrometer T1 BB

Activities and Revision (Objective

43. Day 1 2 - -
tests) on Unit-1

Activities and Revision (Objective

44. Day 2 5 - -
tests) on Unit-2

Activities and Revision (Objective

45. Day 3 3 - -
tests) on Unit-3

Activities and Revision (Objective

46. Day 1 2 - -
tests) on Unit-4

Activities and Revision (Objective

47. Day 2 5 - -
tests) on Unit-5
Total hours: 47

Test Portions:
Cycle test I: Unit 1 & Unit 2
Cycle test II: Unit 3 & Unit 4
Model Exam: All 5 units

Assessment details:
Cycle Test 1 – 10 marks
Surprise Test 1 - 5 marks
Cycle Test 2 – 10 marks
Attendance- 5 marks
Model Exam -20marks

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