BOOKS FOR BIOMEDS

Designed for daily use by professionals responsible for caring for patients with renal disease, this long-awaited primer provides a simplified, up-to-date review of peritoneal dialysis. Dealing concisely with all aspects of PD, it is written in such a style that even beginners with elementary knowledge of the subject could benefit from its use, and thus it is the perfect text for trainees or new and junior staff members. It is also an ideal text for nurses, a virtual how-to guide on PD.

A book like this one, crafted specifically as a bench text and a learning tool, is hard to find. Emphasis is placed on the many illustrations and tables that immediately clarify and expand upon the text. The illustrations are deftly drawn by one of the foremost medical artists in the world, Bemard Tardieu.

ZZAAP! TAMING ESD, RFI, AND EMI

A "zzaap!" is the enemy of today's sophisticated electronics designs. A "zzaap!" can cause a circuit to "lock up" or "hang" delete bits from a data stream or mysteriously insert bits that aren't supposed to be there or, worst of all, cause the sudden failure of critical integrated circuits.

M. Bruce Corp takes you inside the often mysterious world of electrostatic discharge (ESD), radio frequency interference (RFI), and electromagnetic interference (EMI) to show how these can cause a bewildering array of transient problems and catastrophic failures. The author applies his years of experience in dealing with ESD/RFI/EMI to show how to "design out" such problems from the very beginning. He also shows you how to isolate specific troubles and correct them using ingenious methods and tools (such as an ordinary compass!). You'll find results-oriented information on such vital topics as

• preventing EMI and RFI at the boardlevel
• how lightning induces electrical transients
• reducing system susceptibility to random "noise"
• environmental effects and "thermal shock"

If you design, test, troubleshoot, or install electronics and computing systems, this valuable reference will save you time and frustration!

ULTRASOUND PHYSICS AND INSTRUMENTATION

• Color flow imaging.
  Provides the foundation for imaging blood flow dynamics-an absolute essential for understanding Doppler scan data!
• Doppler Instrumentation
  examines with clear illustrative examples, the processing techniques used to generate pulsed wave spectral analysis.
• Hemodynamics
  Helps you identify blood flow pattems which aid in the interpretation of Doppler ultrasound.
• Vascular ultrasound
  Explores the expanded clinical applications in this area-bringing you up to date.
• Digital signal processing
  Details the techniques used to manipulate digital images in easy-to-understand language.
• Biological effects
  Presents the latest findings on bological effects of ultrasound and clinical safety concerns
• Artifacts
  Explains what causes artifacts so you'll know what to look for and how to avoid them, thus increasing your chances of obtaining accurate diagnostic data.

RESPIRATORY CARE EQUIPMENT

The authors have tried to concentrate on principles of operation, appropriate application, and limitations of types of devices rather than specific brands. The ventilator chapters are the exception to this. In an effort to highlight the expanding role of respiratory care practitioners in diagnostics and noninvasive monitoring, the authors have dedicated four chapters to these topics. These chapters include:

• the basics related to measurement of blood gases and pH,
• the noninvasive monitoring of oxygenation and ventilation,
• the principles of flow, volume and pressure monitoring,
• the application of monitoring devices in the care of patients from the home to the intensive care unit.

Mechanical ventilation represents the ultimate technical challenge for the practitioner. This text introduces the complete classification system developed by Chatbum, followed by descriptions of intensive care unit ventilators, transport ventilators, home care ventilators, and high frequency ventilators according to the classification system. This consistent format allows ventilators to be compared in a way not available in any other text. Only commercially available ventilators, or those with a second life being used in extended care facilities, are discussed. This text also includes chapters on disinfection and sterilization, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the role of computers in respiratory care equipment, and the federal regulations related to the development, testing, and use of equipment. These topics have never been treated in such detail before.

Understanding the appropriate clinical application of respiratory care devices is as essential to the practitioner as understanding their operating principles. In an effort to facilitate this process, the authors have included an extract of each of the relevant American Association for Respiratory Care Clinical Practice Guidelines at the end of appropriate chapters. They believe these guidelines, coupled with the wealth of practical information within each chapter, will provide readers the best of both worlds.

1. Physical Properties of Gases and Principles of Gas Movement
2. Compressed Gases: Manufacture, Storage, and Piping Systems
3. Gas Delivery Systems: Regulators, Flowmeters, and Therapy Devices
4. Clinical Hyperbaric Oxygen Chambers and Related Respiratory Care Equipment
5. Humidification: Humidifiers and Nebulizers
6. Airway and Suction Equipment
7. Manual and Gas-Powered Resuscitators
8. Blood Gases: The Measurement of pH, PCO2, P02, and Related Analytes
9. Noninvasive Respiratory Monitoring Equipment
10. Flow and Volume Measuring Devices
11. Airway Pressure Monitoring Devices
12. Devices for Chest Physiotherapy, Incentive Spirometry, and Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing
13. Classification of Mechanical Ventilators
14. Mechanical Ventilators
15. Transport Ventilators
16. Home Mechanical Ventilation Equipment
17. High-Frequency Ventilators
18. Spontaneous Breathing Systems: IMV and CPAP
19. Expiratory Pressure Valves
20. Decontamination of Respiratory Care Equipment: What Can Be Done, What Should Be Done
21. Computers and Respiratory Care Equipment
22. Approval and Surveillance of Medical Devices

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDICAL DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTATION

This 4-volume work is an alphabetically organized compilation of over 250 articles which describe every aspect of medical devices and instrumentation.

It is comprehensive. The articles included emphasize the contributions of engineering, physics, and computers to each of the general areas of anesthesiology, biomaterials, burns, cardiology, clinical chemistry, clinical engineering, communicative disorders, computers in medicine, critical care medicine, dermatology, dentistry, ear, nose, and throat, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, genetics, geriatrics, gynecology, hematology, heptology, internal medicine, medical physics, microbiology, nephrology, neurology, nutrition, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pain, pediatrics, peripheral vascular disease, pharmacology, physical therapy, psychiatry, pulmonary medicine, radiology, rehabilitation, surgery, transducers, and urology.

The discipline is defined through the synthesis of the core knowledge from all the fields encompassed by the application of engineering, physics, and computers to problems in medicine. The articles focus on what is now useful or is likely to be useful in medicine.

These volumes answer the question, "What are the branches of medicine and how does technology assist each of them?" rather than "What are the branches of technology and how could each be used in medicine?" To keep to a manageable length, the practice of medicine that is unassisted by devices, such as the use of drugs to treat disease, has been excluded.

The articles are accessible to the user,as each benefits from the brevity of condensation from what could easily have been a work. The articles are designed not for peers, but rather for workers from related fields who wish to take a first look at what is important in the subject.

The articles are readable and do not presume a detailed background in the subject, but are designed for any person with a scientific background and an interest in technology. Rather than attempting to teach the basics of physiology or Ohm's law, the articles build on such basic concepts to show how the worlds of life science and physical science meld to produce improved systems. While the ideal reader might be a person with a Master's degree in biomedical engineering or medical physics or an M.D. with a physical science undergraduate degree, much of the material will be of value to others with an interest in this growing field. High school students and hospital patients can skip over more technical areas and still gain much from the descriptive presentations.

The Encyclopedia of Medical Devices and Instrumentation is excellent for browsing-searching for those new divergent associations that may advance work in a peripheral field. While it can be used as a reference for facts, the articles are long enough so that they can serve as an educational instrument and provide genuine understanding of a subject.

One can use this work just as one would use a dictionary, since the articles are arranged alphabetically by topic. Cross references assist the reader looking for subjects listed under slightly different names. The index at the end leads you to all articles containing pertinent information on any subject.

HANDBOOK OF DIALYSIS

The latest edition of this portable, practical Handbook continues to outline all aspects of dialysis therapy. With an emphasis on the management of dialysis patients, it provides a vital physiologic and pathophysiologic basis for therapy.

Handbook of Dialysis, Second Edition, is divided into five comprehensive sections:

• Indications for Dialysis
• Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Special Problems in the Dialysis Patient
• Special Problems Pertaining to Various Organ Systems

The Handbook explores current topics in straightforward language to help you master the underlying concepts and does not assume extensive knowledge of chemistry, physiology, or the dialysis procedure. Drug classes are discussed individually to help you get a better grasp of their uses In renal failure.

Providing complete coverage of all aspects of dialysis, the Handbook presents noteworthy chapters on "special procedures' such as CVV-HD, CAV-HD, CVV-H, CAV-H, SCUF, hemoperfusion, REDY sorbent system, and more.

Thoroughly revised for its second edition, the Handbook features a new chapter on plasmapheresis and several completely rewritten chapters addressing chronic dialysis prescription, anemia, and hypertension.

Comprehensive, current, and well-referenced, Handbook of Dialysis, Second Edition, is an invaluable guide for all medical professionals involved in the care of the dialysis patient.

Like the popular Little, Brown Spirals Manuals, the Little, Brown Handbooks provide practical, accessible information in a pocket-sized format when you need more specialized on-the-spot consultation.

AFFINITY REFERENCE GUIDE FOR BIOMEDICAL TECHNICIANS

The Affinity Reference Guide for Biomedical Technicians, was written as a compilation of information beneficial to individuals working in the field of biomedical technology and routinely used by biomedical equipment technicians and engineers.

Primary objectives in defining the scope of this book include some of the features listed below:

1. Keeping the book in a format that would lend itself to easy use (allowing technicians to carry the text in lab coats). Too often other texts end up parked on bookshelves.
2. Formatting the text as a compilation of technical facts, readily identified as to the source of information.
3. Establishing a format that allows for the book to be easily updated as new information develops or standards change.
4. The objective was to maintain the book at a reasonable cost.

The Marquette Affinity Biomedical Technician's Reference Book, while written to address the needs of biomedical technicians and engineers, has already found its mark in other areas of healthcare including clinical specialists, sales representatives, etc.

The text is underwritten by Marquette Electronics. Marquette has agreed to distribute the profits from the text by way of educational scholarships to be given to local biomedical associations for their students.

1. Electrical Safety, Codes and Standards
   Definitions and terminology; Electrical Safety
2. Cardiology and Circulation
   Anatomy and physiology of the heart and cardiovascular system; Arrhythmias; ECG monitoring devices; Blood pressure and flow; Intra-aortic balloon pump; Pacemakers
3. Defibrillators
   Equipment; Performance testing and limits
4. Chemistry
   Hematology; Chemistry; Microbiology; Serum electrolytes and blood gas analytes; Laboratory
5. Infusion Devices
   Devices: Controller; Pump; Ambulatory; Multichannel; PCA; Syringe; Terminology; Performance testing and limits
6. Anesthesia and Respiratory Care
   Anatomy and physiology; Anesthesia gas machine; Ventilator; Gases and agents
7. Radiology and Imaging
   Terminology; Radiologic principles; Film
8. Ultrasound Physics
   Teminology; Equations
9. Electrosurgery
   Equipment; Argon beam coagulators; Performance testing and limits
10. Lasers
    Terminology; Classifications
11. Power Distribution
    Tenninology; Faults; Defects; Single-line diagrams; Fonnulas
12. Electrical Circuits
    DC; AC; Circuit theory; Color Codes
13. Diodes, Rectifiers,Thyristors
    Component theory; Circuits; Rectifiers; Filters
14. Transistor Devices and Circuits
    Component theory; Amplifier configurations; Circuit equations
15. Operational Amplifiers
    Op-amp theory; Component identification; Circuits; Equations
16. Digital Electronics
    Gates; Components; Boolean algebra; Chip configurations
17. Computer Networks
    Terininology; Topologies
18. Conversion Tables
    Area; Energy; Force; Heat; Length; Mass (weight); Pressure; Power,- Temperature; Torque; Velocity; Viscosity; Volume; Volume flow (gas-air); Volume flow (liquid)
19. Biomedical Resource Agencies
    
20. Biomedical Societies
    National; Regional; Local

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ASSESSMENT

The book is organized to give the reader a context for examining issues of health care technology. The first section introduces key concepts and concerns and gives an historical perspective. The second section summarizes influences on technological change in health care. The third section describes the effects of health care technology and methods for evaluating those effects. The fourth section examines several cases from different areas of health care practice to illustrate how technology assessment can be approached. And the final section provides an international perspective.

Section 1. Background on health care technology

1. Important concepts in health care technology assessment
2. Historical perspective on technology in health care
   

   Section 2. The development and diffusion of health care technology

3. The development of health care technology
4. The adoption of health care technology
5. Use of health care technology
   

   Section 3. Assessing health care technology

6. A system for health care technology assessment
7. Evaluation of efficacy and safety
8. Financial costs and their evaluation
9. Health care technology assessment and health-related quality of life
10. Assessing social implications of health care technology
11. Assuring the quality of health care
    

    Section 4. Selected case studies

12. The assessment of prevention
13. The assessment of medical imaging
14. The assessment of surgical practice
15. The assessment of drugs
16. Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS): an example of the computer revolution
    

    Section 5. An international perspective

17. Health care technology in Sweden
18. Medical technology in the UK
19. Assessment of health care technology in The Netherlands
20. Medical technology assessment in the USA
21. The development and assessment of health care technology, in Mexico
22. Medical technology in China
23. Selected experiences of other countries

NUCLEAR MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES

1. Mathematics and Statistics
   Fundamentals; Practical applications; Statistics;
2. Physics of Nuclear Medicine
   Atoms and molecules; Electromagnetic radiation; Atomic structure; Mass-energy relationship; Nuclear families; Decay processes; Schematics of radioactive decay; Radioactivity units; Interactions; Photons; Extranuclear energy release; Attenuation and transmission of photons
3. Instrumentation
   Radiation detection; Anger scintillation cameras; Emission computed tomography; Quality control; Maximizing image quality
4. Computer Science
   History; Data representation; Hardware; Software; Image acquisition; Image processing; SPECT imaging; Clinical applications; PACS
5. Laboratory Science
   Glassware and instrumentation; Elements and compounds; Laws of constant composition and multiple proportion; Gram atomic weights, gram molecular weights, and the mole concept; Empirical and molecular formulas; Solutions and colloids; Chemical reactions and equations; Acids and bases; Equilibriums and equilibrium constants; The pH concept; Buffer solutions; Organic compounds; Summary
6. Radiochemistry and Radiopharmacology
   Production of radionuclides; Technetium radiopharmaceuticals; Gallium and indium radiopharmaceuticals; Thallium chloride; Iodinated radiopharmaceuticals; PET radiopharmaceuticals; Radiopharmaceutical quality assurance;
7. Radiation Safety in Nuclear Medicine
   Measurement concepts; Effective dose equivalent; Sources of radiation exposure; Radiation dose recommendations and regulations; Biologic effects of ionizing radiation; Genetic effects; Control of personnel radiation exposure; Radiation safety instruments and devices; Operational radiation safety
8. Patient Care
   Nuclear medicine technologist as a member of the health care team; Before the examination; During the examination; After the examination; Specimen collection; Quality assurance
9. The Central Nervous System
   General principles; Anatomy and physiology; Clinical procedures; Radiopharrnaceuticals; Relationship of planar, PET, and SPECT imaging; Image acquisition techniques
10. Endocrine System
    Pituitary gland; Thyroid gland; Parathyroid glands; Pancreas; Adrenal glands; Adrenal cortex; Adrenal medulla; Gonads; Summary
11. Respiratory System
    Normal anatomy and physiology; Pathophysiology; Perfusion imaging; Ventilation imaging; Ventilation-perfusion studies
12. Cardiovascular System
    Anatomy; Physiology; General imaging considerations; Radionuclide evaluation of ventricular function; Myocardial perfusion imaging; Myocardial infarct imaging; Positron emission tomography; Thrombosis detection
13. Gastrointestinal System
    Salivary glands; Oropharynx; Esophagus; Stomach; Pancreas; Liver and spleen; Gallbladder; Intestinal tract; Breath testing with carbon-14-labeled compounds
14. Genitourinary System
    Anatomy and physiology; Renal radiophan-naceuticals; Radionuclide procedures
15. Skeletal System
    Composition of bone; Gross structure of bone; The skeleton; Joints; Radionuclide imaging; Instrumentation; Whole-body imaging; SPECT imaging; Clinical aspects
16. The Hematopoietic System Blood components; Isotopic labeling of cellular elements; Platelet kinetics; Erythrokinetics
17. Inflammatory Process and Tumor Imaging
    Pathogenesis; Gallium imaging; Indium- 111 white cell imaging
18. Pediatrics
    Technical considerations; Clinical applications
19. Radioimmunoassay
    Theory of competitive-binding radioassays; Chemical equilibrium; Specific reactor substances; Basic immunology; Monoclonal antibodies; Radiolabeled ligand; Separation methods; Immunoradiometric assays; Manipulation of radioimmunoassay data; Quality control in radioimmunoassays; Practical radioimmunoassay issues; Radioimmunoassay kits; Automation in radioimmunoassay; Radioimmunoassay of thyroid hormones; Radioimmunoassay for therapeutically monitored drugs; Radioimmunoassay for nonthyroid hormones; Radioimmunoassays for vitamin B,2 and folates; Glossary of radioimmunoassay terms

RESPIRATORY CARE

1. Gas Physics
   
2. Primary Systems: Cylinders and Piping Systems
   Cylinders; Safety Systems; Liquified Gas Systems; Supply Systems; Piping Systems; Station Outlets; Compressors; Oxygen Concentrations
3. Gas Regulation, Administration, and Controlling Devices
   Reducing Valves; Flowmeters; Flow Restrictors; Regulators; Administration Devices; Tents; Incubators; Hoods; Oxygen-Controlling Devices
4. Humidifiers and Nebulizers
   Humidity; Humidity Therapy; Humidifiers; Aerosol; Nebulizers; Special Considerations for Neonatal and Pediatric Aerosol Delivery
5. Artificial Airways and Airway Adjuncts
   Pharyngeal Airways; Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubes
6. Manual Resuscitators
   Standards; Spring-Loaded Valves; Duckbill/Diaphragm Valves; Diaphragm/Leaf Valves; New AMBU Models; Summary of Self-inflating Bags; Gas-Powered Resuscitators
7. Bedside Measuring and Monitoring Devices
   Oxygen Analyzers; Transcutaneous Electrodes; Oximeters; Capnographs; Bedside Pulmonary Function Testing Devices; Pressure-Sensing Devices
8. Introduction to Ventilators
   Classification of Ventilators; Positive-Pressure Ventilators; Negative-Pressure Ventilators; Fluidic Ventilators; Ventilatory Modes; Ventilatory Modifications; Negative End-Expiratory Pressure (NEEP); Expiratory Retard; Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP); Continuous-Flow Ventilation (CFV); Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP); CPAP Units for Sleep Apnea
9. Bird Respirators
   Bird Mark 7; Bird Mark 8; Second-Generation Bird Respirators; Mark 7A; Mark 8A; Bird Ventilator with Demand CPAP
10. Bennett Respirators
    Cycling Mechanism; Nebulizer; Air Dilution-100% System; Flow Characteristics; Model Comparison; PR-2; PR-1; AP Series; Bennett Circuits
11. Piston Ventilators
    Emerson 3-PV Ventilator; Emerson IMV Ventilator
12. Bellows Ventilators
    Bennett MA-1 Ventilator; Monaghan 225 Volume Ventilator; Monaghan 225/SIMV Volume Ventilator
13. Pneumatically Driven, Electronically Controlled Adult Ventilators
    Siemens Servo Ventilator 900B; Siemens Servo Ventilator 900C; Servo Ventilator 300; Bear-1; Bear-2; Bear-3; Bear-5; Bear-1000; Puritan-Bennett 7200 Microprocessor Ventilator; Puritan-Bennett 7200a Ventilator; Bird 6400ST; Bird 8400ST; Hamilton Veolar Ventilator
14. Pediatric Ventilators
    Bourns LS104-150 Infant Ventilator; Babybird Ventilator; Bourns BP200 Infant Pressure Ventilator; BEAR Cub Infant Ventilator BP 2001; Sechrist IV-100 and IV-100B Infant Ventilators; Healthdyne 105 Infant Ventilator; Babybird 2A Ventilator; Infrasonics Infant Star Neonatal Ventilator
15. Transport and Homecare Ventilators
    Bio-Med IC-2A; Bio-Med Devices MVP-10; Omni-Vent D/MRI; Life Support Products AutoVent 2000/3000; Newport E 100i; Life Products LP6 PLUS; LifeCare PLV-100; LifeCare PLV-102; Puritan-Bennett M25A and M25B (formerly Thompson); Puritan-Bennett Companion 2800

MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING VCR's

If you are responsible for quality control or maintenance of video equipment in your hospital, you will find this a useful book. It is completely updated and expanded to include state-of-the-art VCR technology and troubleshooting techniques. This bestselling handbook has all the professional guidance you need to service VCR's quickly and easily. Packed with hundreds of helpful pinout diagrams and exploded-view photographs that show you how to locate and fix any malfunction.

This book provides in depth coverage of:

• Every mechanical system and electronic circuit used in Betamax and VHS VCR's
• Servo and control systems
• Test equipment, including the new Sencore VC93 All Format VCR analyzer and the Sencore SC61 Waveform Analyzer
• Camcorder and special VCR circuits, including high quality video and stereo audio circuitry

All of Robert Goodman's information has been gathered directly from the service departments of General Electric, RCA, JVC, Zenith, Panasonic, Sony, and other VCR manufacturers. With actual case studies of popular models that demonstrate how to solve common problems.

NEW FRONTIERS IN MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGY

Rapid technological advances in electronics, electro-optics, and computer sciences have set the stage for an unprecedented drive toward improvement in existing medical devices and the development of exciting new ones. Imaging and sensing devices, microwaves, computers, and lasers are now routinely employed in medicine, and new medical devices with numerous diagnostic and therapeutic applications continue to proliferate. In the hope of encouraging even greater progress, New Frontiers in Medical Device Technology offers the engineering, medical, and business communities an up-to-date report on current and emerging medical teciiiiologies.

This timely and authoritative book brings together a core of experts who provide comprehensive coverage of new medical device technologies and focuses on the link between the engineering and medical aspects. Relevant engineering principles are reviewed before focusing on the state-of-the-art technologies and their applications. Topics include the therapeutic use of RF/microwave thermal techniques in cardiology, urology, cancer therapy and surgery; the use of solid-state, semiconductor, and other lasers in ophthalmology, cardiology, and surgery; and the application of new technologies in imagery, such as developments in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), acoustics, and radiometry.

For engineers, this book will provide knowledge of the needs, applications, and biological effects of medical devices and thus point the way toward new opportunities for engineering solutions. Members of the medical conmmunity will gain an understanding of the engineering concepts applied to medical devices and their most recent applications. Business and legal professionals will acquire a better understanding of medical technology and its enormous market potential.

New Frontiers in Medical Device Technology offers engineers and medical researchers stimulating information that will lead to collaboration, invention, and the advancement of new technologies and medical devices.

Contents include:

• MICROWAVE BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY
• CATHETER, ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CAPDlAC ARRHYTHMIAS
• THE EFFICACY OF TRANSURETHRAL THERMAL ABLATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA
• LOCALIZED HEATING OF DEEP-SEATED TISSUES USING MICROWAVE BALLOON CATHETERS
• MICROWAVE SURGERY
• CONTEMPORARY OPHTHALMIC LASERS
• ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY: LASERS AND STENTS
• ADVANCES IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
• MEDICAL ULTRASONIC IMAGING: STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE
• THERMOGRAPHY: RADIOMETRIC SENSING IN MEDICINE
• UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS OF VERY-LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETlC FIELDS

SZYCHER'S DICTIONARY OF MEDICAL DEVICES

The field of medical devices represents one of the most advanced technological areas in the United States. In 1991, over 12 million Americans had at least one medical device, with fixation devices having the highest incidence, followed by contact lenses and lens implants and, lastly, artificial joints.

Medical devices are among the most regulated products in the world. The FDA maintains a constant vigil over medical device manufacturers and importers; even medical device definitions are subject to official scrutiny. This book attempts to bring a measure of order by providing an alphabetical listing of officially defined devices. It reports over 1700 detailed definitions in one source and represents a quick-reference, easy to-use listing of officially defined devices.

The dictionary starts with abdominal decompression chamber and ends with X-ray radiation therapy system and Xylose Test system.

This book represents the newest guidebook to terms used in the medical device industry.

MOSBY'S DIAGNOSTIC AND LABORATORY TEST REFERENCE

How many times have you come across a lab or diagnostic test that you perhaps should be aware of, or know something about.

Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference should provide you with the information that you need. It is a comprehensive current clinical handbook that features 635 lab and diagnostic tests. Tests are presented in a consistent format and in a unique sequence that simulates priorities in the clinical setting.

• Includes normal findings for adult, elderly, and pediatric patients to provide complete clinical care presents tests alphabetically for quick reference
• Employs a consistent logical format for each test to facilitate application
• Highlights possible critical values
• Features extensive patient education content
• Includes lists of tests by body system and test type in addition to a comprehensive index.

INTERFACING THE IBM PC TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT: THE ART OF SERIAL COMMUNICATION

Have you been asked to interface a computer with a piece of medical equipment before? If you have, you would have wished that you had read this book. Finally some information specifically about medical equipment and RS-232.

The first part of this book deals with the RS-232 standard, and would be a useful first introduction for many graduate students and technicians encountering this for the first time. It is both comprehensive and readable. This first part finishes with a discussion of the PC interface and takes the reader through examples in QuickBASIC of such mysteries as opening serial ports, checksums, emptying buffers and so forth.

In the second brief section, a miscellany of related topics are addressed: Kermit, data analysis and electrical safety related to PC interfacing. The latter again is a succinct introduction for those who are not electronics engineers but need to understand the important safety issues when placing PC medical equipment in the patient environment. These ten pages should be required reading for all clinical researchers who may be sufficiently computer-literate to hang their PC onto the back of some medical equipment but have no engineering knowledge of the electrical safety consequences.

Finally, the largest part of the book is given over to the practical aspects of interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment, and includes examples for collecting data and in some cases controlling the equipment directly. Ten specific pieces of equipment are described, which I name here so that you can judge for yourself whether these are relevant to your work:

• the Ohmeda 3700 series pulse oximeters,
• the 7800 ventilator,
• the 9000 syringe pump;
• the Nellcor N-200E pulse oximeter;
• the Novametrix 5215A pulse oximeter;
• the Minolta Pulsox-7 pulse oximeter; from Datex,
• the Cardiocap II and Capnomac Ultima series of monitors;
• the Vitalograph Compact II spirometer;
• and the Dräger Evita intensive care ventilator.

For each instrument, the basic interface capability and hardware is described, down to the type and location of the connectors. The handshaking and data formats are detailed, followed by example programs to access these data.

Understanding Electrosurgery

Principles of Electrosurgery

• Current, Voltage
• Resistance, Power
• Capacitance
• Inductance

Waveforms produced by Electrosurgical Generators

• Cut waveforms
• Cut and COAG waveforms
• COAG waveforms
• Monopolar
• Bipolar

Electrosurgical Systems

• Grounded Unit
• Isolated Unit
• Balanced Unit
• Return Electromonitoring Unit

Electrosurgical Safety

• Understanding the Electrosurgical Generator
• Accidental Burns
• The Dispersive Plate
• High Frequency Current Leakage
• Stimulation of Muscle and Nerves
• Preventive Maintenance Program

Audiology - The Fundamentals

Contents:

• Audiology as profession
• The nature of sound
• The auditory system
• Audilogis measurements
• Pathology of the audiology system
• Screening auditory functions
• Rahabilitation and education of the hearing impaired

The Biomedical Engineering Handbook 1995

• Artificial intelligence
• Bioelectric phenomena
• Biological effects of nonionizing electromagnetic fields
• Biomaterials
• Biomechanics
• Biomedical signal analysis
• Biosensors
• Biotechnology
• Clinical engineering
• Human performance engineering
• Imaging
• Medical informatics
• Medical instruments and devices
• Physiological modeling
• Prostheses and artificial organs
• Rehabilitation engineering, and
• Tissue engineering.

• Complete coverage of every aspect of biomedical engineering in one volume
• Expert contributions by biomedical professionals from all over the world, presenting a global perspective of the field
• Thorough reviews of the major physiological systems
• Complete state-of-the-art sections on biotechnology (11 chapters) and tissue engineering (17 chapters)
• Over 1,000 figures and tables throughout the approximately 2,500 pages of text
• Coverage of regulations affecting technological innovations
• Historical perspectives on the development of cardiac pacemakers, the electrocardiograph, the recording of action potentials, the electromyograph, and the electroencephalograph.