Technology 1993-medical electronics

Author

Stephenson, Janet

Author_Institution

IEEE Spectrum, New York, NY

Volume

30

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

76

Lastpage

79

Abstract

Developments during 1992 are reviewed. Much progress was made in developing a variety of innovative devices that diagnose and treat health problems or aid basic biomedical research, but unprecedented delays were experienced in approving medical devices in the US. A particularly active area of medical electronics has been implantable defibrillators. Another promising area is the development of ophthalmic lasers that correct vision by reshaping the eye. Commercial products based on biosensors are emerging, owing to advances in a number of areas and the demand that products using biosensors be more efficient and cost less than current approaches

Keywords

biomedical electronics; defibrillators; laser applications in medicine; patient treatment; reviews; vision defects; AD 1992 to 1993; US; biomedical research; eye reshaping; health problems; implantable defibrillators; medical electronics; ophthalmic lasers; vision correction; Batteries; Capacitors; Electric shock; Food technology; Heart; Implants; Pharmaceutical technology; Pulse generation; Rhythm; Surges;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.179255

Filename

179255