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Medicine by design : the practice and promise of biomedical engineering /

Annotation A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montaigne, Fen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.