Institute of Kidney Diseases Peshawar

Phase IV Hayatabad Peshawar
Phone:091-9217261-2

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING


Details about BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING.

Biomedical engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g. diagnostic or therapeutic). This field seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine, combining the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Biomedical engineering has only recently emerged as its own study, compared to many other engineering fields. Such an evolution is common as a new field transitions from being an interdisciplinary specialization among already-established fields, to being considered a field in itself. Much of the work in biomedical engineering consists of research and development, spanning a broad array of subfields. Prominent biomedical engineering applications include the development of biocompatible prostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, common imaging equipment such as MRIs and EEGs, regenerative tissue growth, pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biologicals.

Procedure and Services

  • A Biomedical Engineer/Equipment Technician/Technologist (BMET) or Biomedical Engineering/Equipment Specialist (BES or BMES) is typically an engineer, technician or technologist who ensures that medical equipment is well-maintained, properly configured, and safely functional. In healthcare environments, BMETs often work with or officiate as a Biomedical and/or Clinical Engineer, since the career field has NO legal distinction between engineers and engineeringtechnicians/technologists.
  • BMETs cover a vast array of different functional fields and medical devices. However, BMETs do specialize and focus on specific kinds of medical deviecs and technology management—(i.e., an Imaging Repair Specialist, Laboratory Equipment Specialist, Healthcare Technology Manager) and works strictly on medical imaging and/or medical laboratory equipment as well as supervises and/or manages HTM departments. These experts come from either from the military, or an OEM background. An Imaging Repair Specialist usually does not have much, if any, general BMET training. However, there are situations where a BMET will cross-train into these functional fields.
  • Examples of different areas of Medical equipment technology are:
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Radiographic and Fluoroscopic X-ray,
  • Diagnostic ultrasound
  • Mammography
  • Nuclear Imaging
  • Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS)
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI scanner)
  • Physiological monitoring
  • Electron microscope
  • Sterilization
  • LASERs
  • Telemedicine
  • Laboratory
  • Dialysis
  • Respiratory Services (ventilators)
  • Patient Monitoring
  • Cardiac Diagnostics
  • BMETs work closely with nursing staff, and medical materiel personnel to obtain parts, supplies, and equipment and even closer with facility management to coordinate equipment installations requiring certain facility infrastructure requirements/modifications.

Team

Name Designation
KIFAYAT ULLAH ELECTRO MEDICAL ENGINEER
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