ABSTRACT

This text is designed to cover the design of biomedical engineering devices and/or systems. It is intended as a reference to guide your and your classmates’ thoughts and actions in design. It is based upon the authors’ experiences in industry with the practice of engineering design and the authors’ experiences and those of their students (both undergraduate and graduate) in the learning of design and the initiation of design projects from a multitude of sources. Also covered will be topics of relevance from the authors’ experiences in court with device and process failures. With your prior instruction in engineering, with your projects of interest, it is anticipated that this text will be of value to you in the initiation and potential completion of a design project relevant to this field.