BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

• "No matter what the date, biomedical engineeering
• Has provided advances in medical instruments to
• Improved human health"

HISTORY

• Although it is unclear when this profession began, we search for clues from the past.
• Biomedical engineering dates back all the way to ancient Egyptian times.
• Mummies were found to have had wooden prosthetics tied to their foot.
• We believe this was the start of a the medical field we call biomedical engineering.

HISTORY

• As time progressed...
• Technology was improving and so were medical devices.
• Crutches, platform shoes, and wooden teeth was just the beginning of this engineering profession.
• Starting in the 19th century, major advances in technology created diagnostic equipment, imaging machines, and even transplants

TIMELINE

• 1903- First electrocardiograph machine
• 1930- Artificial pacemaker invented
• 1948- Plastic contact lens developed
• 1953- First successful open-heart bypass surgery
• 1981- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scanner introduced

MOST FAMOUS

• The x-ray
• This piece of medical machinery is used thousands of times of day all over the world
• Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen invented the first X-ray in 1895
• X rays can penetrate or pass through the human body and produce shadow-like images of structures such as bones, some of the organs, and signs of disease and injury.
• The x-ray is one of the greatest invention is biomedical engineeeing history.

JOB DESCRIPTION

DESCRIPTION

Biomedical engineers work closely together with other medical professionals such as physicians, nurses, therapists, and technicians to DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND ADVANCE, making the world a better place.

Duties

• Updating software
• Modify and create new theories
• Developing devices and instruments that help overcome a persons obsticle
• Test equipment
• Supervise technicians and train o work correctly

Education Includes...

• This job requires a 4 year post-secondary education/training
• Entrance classes would include biology, business, a computer course, and engineering
• Although the workload is very high, if you make it through, the pay makes up for it.

Salories (Thousands)

Benefits

• Very flexable.
• Many places to work such as laboratories, hospitals, and clinics
• One of the highest paid engineers in the business
• You help people on a daily basis and potentially save many lives

This profession is like no other. If you want to become rich, revolutionizing medical equipment, and reparing/save lives, then this is the job for you.

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