Medical Electronics

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loosewire

Joined Apr 25, 2008
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Would the new medical electronic curcuits be condsidered counting and
timing machines.Converting a chemical to a number, Comparison of
signals.
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Can you give a real example of the instrument for which you have the question? There certainly are counting and timing instruments used in medicine.

No machine of which I am aware can convert a chemical to a number -- one is a substance; the other is abstract. On the other hand, if you are referring to quantifying various chemicals in the body, that has been done for a very long time, even in the pre-electronics age.

John
 

debjit625

Joined Apr 17, 2010
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Converting a chemical to a number, Comparison of
signals
One of them is ph meter,it measure hydrogen ion concentration in a liquid by generating a voltage directly proportional to the pH solution.
 

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loosewire

Joined Apr 25, 2008
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For research only,I ask a medical examier If he made a test on a body
for a reason that don't appy here.His answer heart failure in most cases
be cause alot of test have to go research labs that take to much time
and the expense is to great for a natural dead,thus most death certificates
say heart failure.If you have a disease,they wait until your heart stops.
My op was to find out how advanced the medical test could be done now.
I think the answer is research hold the key for years to come.Bertus,
does your company design new machines or build by request with plans.
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Hello,

Our company has an instrument for detecting micro-organisms:
http://www.bdal.com/products/software/maldi-biotyper/overview.html

It is done with a mass-spectrometer of the "time of flight" type:
http://www.bdal.com/products/maldi/microflex-series/overview.html

Bertus

Ps this is just to show what electronics is used for medical purposes.
I thought you were talking about "new" techniques. That was done in the early 1970's. Except, we didn't have TOF. We used a primitive, double-focusing MS about the size of a small house. ;)
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
11,087
For research only,I ask a medical examier If he made a test on a body
for a reason that don't appy here.His answer heart failure in most cases
be cause alot of test have to go research labs that take to much time
and the expense is to great for a natural dead,thus most death certificates
say heart failure.If you have a disease,they wait until your heart stops.
My op was to find out how advanced the medical test could be done now.
I think the answer is research hold the key for years to come.Bertus,
does your company design new machines or build by request with plans.
That just doesn't make sense. Please edit it, if you want a rational response. As for death certificates, I have seen quite a few, and I cannot agree with your assertion -- at least as I understand what you are saying.

There are numerous tests for heart failure or more correctly, impending heart failure. Some of the most interesting measure biochemical markers of the relative relative anoxia that occurs in various tissues.

John
 
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