Solving Medical Problems with BioMEMS

Author

Seker, Erkin ; Sung, Jong Hwan ; Shuler, Michael L. ; Yarmush, Martin L.

Author_Institution

Center for Eng. in Med., Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA, USA

Volume

2

Issue

6

fYear

2011

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

59

Abstract

A routine laboratory exercise for an undergraduate electrical engineering student is to build a simple electronic filter circuit and determine its frequency and transient response. During the exercise, the student exposes the circuit to a range of electrical signals and captures the voltage and current characteristics. The relationship between what the circuit is exposed to and how it responds allows for developing a transfer function that provides insight into how the circuit operates.

Keywords

bioMEMS; bioelectric phenomena; biomedical equipment; transfer functions; transient response; bioMEMS; electrical signals; simple electronic filter circuit; transfer function; voltage characteristics; Biomedical monitoring; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrical engineering education; Engineering education; Microfluidics; Optical pulses; Animals; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Cell Culture Techniques; Cell Separation; Cytological Techniques; Electric Stimulation; Humans; Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems; Models, Biological; Tissue Engineering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Pulse, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

2154-2287

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPUL.2011.942928

Filename

6088924