ELEG 510 - Medical Machines

3 Credit(s)

Prerequisites: ELEG 348, ELEG 234 or equivalent.
Electrical safety is studied by full analysis of grounding and modeling of the human body under various electric shock conditions. The ECG machine (for measuring heart performance) is analyzed as both an analog and a digital machine, with emphasis on cleaning up signal problems and extending the analysis of the data recorded. Other instruments that are analyzed include the blood sugar tester, the hospital thermistor, the lung pressure machine, the anesthesia vaporizer, the pulse oximeter and various cardiac output devices. Discussion made about the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) as it applies to anesthesia. Discussion is also made about modern hearing aids and advances in eye replacement via electrical means.