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The field of interest of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is the application of the concepts and methods of the physical and engineering sciences in biology and medicine. This covers a very broad spectrum ranging from formalized mathematical theory through experimental science and technological development to practical clinical applications. It includes support of scientific, technological, and educational activities.
Next Event
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Tuesday November 10, 2009: Medical Device Design at Minnetronix |
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Minnetronix is a
medical device outsourcing company, specializing in the design, manufacturing
and support of electronics-based medical devices. Minnetronix’ has worked on
many medical device programs including equipment such as cardiovascular
systems, point-of-care diagnostic instruments, therapeutic devices,
implantable devices, and monitoring equipment. In this talk, Minnetronix will
discuss the challenges of medical device development based on several actual
examples. These challenges include the transition of a device from a
research environment to a commercial environment, the need for fast
development of complex devices, and meeting design challenges in a regulated
market. |
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About the speakers: Lori Lucke - Lori has over 15
years of medical device design experience and has particular expertise in
system engineering, motor control, physiologic sensors and signal processing.
She has worked on a wide variety of medical devices including a
low-resolution prostate imaging system, a cardiopulmonary bypass machine,
infusion pumps, numerous physiologic sensors, laser ablation systems,
extracorporeal blood pumps, and neurostimulator products. Dr. Lucke is
named inventor on two issued and three pending US patents. Lori joined
Minnetronix in 1997. David Anderson - Dave graduated from Iowa State University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Dave has over 20 years experience in medical device development, including over ten years in electronics and systems engineering and ten years in project management and business development. He has worked on numerous devices and instruments including electrochemical sensors, spectrometers, DNA analyzers, ultrasonic surgical devices, imaging systems, and ventricular assist devices. Dave has two medical device patents. |
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DATE:
Tuesday November 10, 2009
6:00 Talk “Medical Device Design
at Minnetronix” 6:45 Questions COST: FREE. Pizza and pop will be available for
$5 – Please mention in your RSVP if you are interested. LOCATION: Minnetronix Inc, 1635 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108 Directions and further info: www.minnetronix.com
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Upcoming Events (See Past Events at the bottom of this page)
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Past Events
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Friday, February 27, 2009:
Neural Sensing and Imaging, and IEEE-EMBC09 |
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Dr. Bin He, Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Neuroscience at the
University of Minnesota Electrophysiological signals
contain rich information about neural activation and pathology. Sensing and
imaging of such neural signals represent significant information which may
better our understanding of neural systems, better our design of neuromodulation
systems, and aid in clinical diagnosis and management of neurological
disorders. In this presentation, Dr. He will first introduce research on
neural sensing and imaging in his lab at the University of Minnesota. These
efforts include brain-computer interface based on a set of sensing
electrodes, and functional neuro-imaging from an array of electrodes which
may aid optimizing the design of neuromodulation systems or clinical
management of neurological or mental disorders. Also under active investigation
is simultaneous EEG-fMRI recording and multimodal neuroimaging integrating
functional MRI with EEG. Dr. He will also introduce
the planning of the 31st Annual International Conference of IEEE Engineering
in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC09) which will be held in Hilton
Minneapolis from September 2-6, 2009. EMBC09 is a major international
conference of over 2000 participants and contributions from industry are
particularly welcome. Further information can be found at http://www.embc09.org/ |
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About the speaker: Dr. Bin He is a Professor of
Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Neuroscience at the
University of Minnesota, and currently serves as the Director of Center for Neuroengineering.
His major research interests include functional neuroimaging, neural
interfacing, cardiac functional imaging, and bioelectromagnetism. Dr. He has
published over 300 peer-reviewed journal and conference proceedings articles,
and delivered over 150 plenary, keynote, and invited talks. Dr. He is the
editor / associate editor of several technical books and journals. Dr. He was
the recipient of NSF CAREER Award, American Heart Association Established
Investigator Award, among others. He was elected as the President of
International Society of Bioelectromagnetism, President of International
Society of Functional Source Imaging, and is the 2009-2010 President of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Dr. He is a Fellow of IEEE
and AIMBE. |
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DATE: Friday, February 27,
2009
COST: FREE. Pizza and pop will be available for
$5 – Please mention in your RSVP if you are interested. LOCATION: Medtronic Neuromodulation Griffin
Auditorium, Rice Creek West building 7000
Central Ave. NE Fridley,
MN 55432 |
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Monday, July 14, 2008: The
University of Minnesota Visible Heart® Laboratory |
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Abstract: The Visible Heart® Laboratory
was established at the University of Minnesota in collaboration with Medtronic
as a design tool for engineers and researchers. In his presentation, Dr. Paul
Iaizzo will present the methodologies of the Visible Heart® Laboratory: An isolated heart preparation
in which essentially normal pumping activity of all four chambers of the
heart is preserved, allowing for the use of the preparation in conjunction
with investigations of electrode leads, catheters, cardiac implants and other
medical devices intended to be used in or on a beating heart. The preparation
may also be employed to investigate heart functions, in the presence or
absence of such medical devices. In order to allow for visualization of heart
structures and devices located within the chambers of the heart, a clear
perfusate such as a modified Krebs buffer solution with oxygenation is
circulated through all four chambers of the heart and the coronary
vasculature. The preparation and recordings of the preparation may be used in
conjunction with the design, development and evaluation of devices for use in
or on the heart, as well as for use as an investigational and teaching aid to
assist physicians and students in understanding the operation of the heart. |
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About the speaker: Dr. Paul Iaizzo is Professor
of Surgery, Integrative Biology and Physiology, and Anesthesiology at the
University of Minnesota. He received
his Ph.D. in Physiology (Neurophysiology) from the University of
Minnesota. Dr. Iaizzo is a recognized
leader in cardiac physiology research and his vast research interests
include: * The physiology of skeletal and cardiac
muscle (studied in vivo, insitu and in vitro). * The pathophysiology of human skeletal
muscle (disorders include:malignant hyperthermia, myotonic dystrophy,
recessive generalized myotonia, myotonia congenita, Schwartz-Jampel syndrome,
paramyotonia, hyperkalemicperiodic paralysis, and hypokalemic periodic
paralysis). * The development of novel instrumentation
and biomedical devices forphysiological monitoring, clinical evaluation
and/or therapeutic use. Among Dr. Iaizzo's numerous
appointments and activities include the Medtronic Professorship in Visible
Heart® Research. In 1997, Dr. Iaizzo
and his coworkers began working on large mammalian isolated heart models, and
thus the Visible Heart® laboratory was created in collaboration with
Medtronic, Inc. Today, this lab is a
premiere place to perform translational systems physiology research which
ranges from cellular and tissue studies to organ and whole body investigations.
The Visible Heart® lab embodies a creative atmosphere which is energized by
some of the best and brightest students at the University. |
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008:
Integrated Circuits for Brain Machine Interfaces |
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Abstract: This talk will provide a
survey of the latest IC technology being developed for brain-machine
interfaces (BMIs). The first part of
the talk will cover the applications that are being pursued with BMIs, from
videogames to closed loop clinical studies to treat epilepsy. The second part of the talk will introduce
the different modalities of sensing brain activity, with a discussion of the
pros and cons of each technique. The
final part of the talk will then discuss recent publications in circuit
design that are enabling BMIs in practice. |
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About the speakers: Tim Denison received his S.M.
and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT, and his A.B. in Physics from
the Dave Carlson received an MS
in Electrical Engineering from the |
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NOVEMBER 15, 2007: Extracting
Behavior Patterns from Videos by Dr. Chih Lai |
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Automatically
extracting previously unknown behavior patterns from videos that track animals
with various physical conditions can accelerate our understanding of animal
behaviors and their influential factors, resulting in major medical and
economic benefits. Unfortunately, extracting behavior patterns from videos
recordings remains as a very challenging task due to their extensive duration
and the unstructured natures. This task is further complicated in a
completely darken animal cage with inconsistent infrared lighting, moving
reflections, or other cage debris such as the cage bedding. In this research,
we propose a new motion model that enables us to measure the similarities
among different animal movements in high precision so a clustering method can
correctly separate recurring movements from infrequent random movements. More
specifically, our model first transforms the spatial and temporal features of
animal movements into a sequence of color images, referred to as color motion
maps (CMMs). The task of mining recurring behavior patterns is then reduced
to clustering similar color images in a database. We will use a real infrared
video to demonstrate the capability of our model in capturing distinguished
but brief animal movements that are embedded within a sequence of other
animal movements. |
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September 6, 2007: Short-Range Wireless Communications for
Medical Devices by Dr. Harjani The desire for pervasive and untethered connectivity
has increased the interest in short-range wireless radios. There are a number
of bio-related applications for such radios including wireless hearing aids
and body area networks. The performance limit of wireless communication
systems is usually set by the RF front-ends. In particular, portable wireless
medical devices require high performance compact designs that consume minimum
power. In this talk we will first provide an overview of some of the system
level design constraints and discuss their impact on circuit design. We then
describe some new designs developed at the Ramesh Harjani is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is a
Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and a
Graduate Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the
University of Minnesota . He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
from |
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July 10, 2007: DNA Sequencing: Which Kind of Sequencing We
Need by Tarmo Puurand DNA sequencing is the method for getting the
blueprint information for living organism genetic makeup. There are several
methods for sequencing. The most known of them are based on the Sangers
method. From a biologist perspective a question remains: does the existing
sequencing technology fulfill researchers today’s needs? In the seminar, the presenter will describe today’s
instruments of whole genome analysis of human genomic data including
sequencing methods, human sequence variations and corresponding markers,
association studies, trace data, and Hapmap data. Due to the complexity of
the questions biologists are asking of DNA data, there is a need for better
method. Tarmo Puurand is a PhD student in |
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June 20, 2007: MEMS-based
Magnetic Devices for Biosensor Applications by Dr. Mark Tondra Micro-scale magnetic sensors and actuators,
generically called “magnetic MEMS”, can be applied to many biosensing
applications. Magnetic nanoparticles
are commonly attached to biomolecules through a specifically designed linkage
in order to make the analyte of interest “magnetic”. Then, magnetic sensors can detect the
presence and quantity of the magnetic labels.
Also, magnetic forces can be applied, on a micrometer scale, to
separate, direct, and concentrate the analytes. This presentation will start with examples of
magnetic tagging and detection using magnetoresistive sensor chips for DNA
and immunoassays. A magnetically based
hand-held flow cytometer, whose development is in progress, will be described. And then some of the practical
manufacturing challenges in combining microfluidic sample handling cartridges
with microelectronic sensors will be presented. The ultimate goal of much of this development work is
to have high performance biosensors in a cheap and easy-to-use format. Mark Tondra is the founder and Chief Scientist at
Diagnostic Biosensors, LLC ( |
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May 24, 2007: Open Source
Medical Device Development by the Phoenix Group The The PowerPoint Presentations can be found at: |
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April 19, 2007: Pulse Oximeter
Fundamentals by Jim Whittier |
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March 15, 2007: Darrel Gubrud – MN Nano Hear a broad technical overview of nanotechnology
research in
Nanomaterials are already impacting the consumer in
many ways. Understanding and control of
material properties on the nanoscale provide new benefits in products in
various market segments and these materials will continue to move into
consumer markets. 3M Nanotechnology
expert, Dr. Frank Armatis, will describe how nanotechnology migrates into
consumer apps. Mark Obrovac – 3M Company Battery expert, Dr. Mark Obrovac, will present the
technology and materials of Li Ion batteries. Under certain conditions, such as when a
battery is overcharged, overheated, or has an internal short circuit caused
by damage or manufacturing problems, the electrolyte can chemically react
with materials in the battery electrodes.
Hear about advances in new electrolytes and electrode materials to
address the battery safety issues and the ever growing need for increased
capacity will be discussed. |