Title :
Biomedical Engineering and the Obesity Epidemic: Treatments for Weight Reduction
Author :
Rutherford, Jesse Jayne
Author_Institution :
Freelance writer. San Diego, California. E-mail: stilljesse@yahoo.com
Abstract :
This paper was focused on obesity solutions. The obesity solutions were primarily in three areas: devices, materials, and information management. Biomedical engineering community developed devices for minimally invasive surgery for laproscopy to implantation and endoscopy with suturing device for gastric treatment and related applications. Signalling devices, implantable and wearable devices for monitoring purposes was also developed.
Keywords :
biomedical engineering; biomedical materials; endoscopes; medical information systems; patient monitoring; prosthetics; surgery; biomedical engineering; endoscopy; gastric treatment; implantable devices; implantation; information management; laproscopy; obesity epidemic; signalling devices; surgery; suturing device; wearable devices; weight reduction treatments; Absorption; Biomedical engineering; Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Joining processes; Laparoscopes; Medical treatment; Minimally invasive surgery; Statistics; Biomedical Engineering; Equipment Design; Equipment and Supplies; Humans; Obesity; Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Weight Loss;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2009.935469
