Bibliograph

Medicine by design, the practice and promise of biomedical engineering, Fen Montaigne

Type

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Medicine by design, the practice and promise of biomedical engineering, Fen Montaigne

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medicine by design

Oclc number

61167755

Responsibility statement

Fen Montaigne

Review

"Through the stories of patients whose lives have been saved and improved by biomedical devices, Montaigne reveals the marriage of medicine and engineering to be one of society's greatest advances."--Jacket

Sub title

the practice and promise of biomedical engineering

Table Of Contents

The rise of a new field -- The new generation -- Beyond the artificial heart -- The pump and its pipes -- To breathe again -- The wires -- Moving into the brain -- The da Vinci -- The virtual surgeon -- Bones -- The pictures -- Seeing the unseen -- The business -- Weng's wars -- Tissues -- Body builders -- The road ahead

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