Reliability, Design and Development of Medical Systems

The course is a substitute for:

Construction of Medical Systems (A6M38KLS)

Lecturer:

Jan Holub, Libor Přeučil (gar.)

Tutor:

Jan Holub, Libor Přeučil (gar.), Pavel Fexa, Miroslav Kulich, Jakub Svatoš, Josef Vedral, Vojtěch Vonásek

Supervisor:

Department of Cybernetics

Synopsis:

Probability measures, random processes and random distributions used in diagnostics. Tools for system diagnostics, real process sampling. Reliability of single elements and complex systems. Evaluation of composite reliabilities for complex systems. System backup. Systems with time-dependent failure rates. Systems and tools for quality control.General rules and principles for medical device design. Technology standards and their requirements for design, construction and operation of medical electronic devices. Classification device classes. Electromagnetic compatibility. Contemporary electronic part base. Design and construction of basic medical device blocks and circuits.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introduction, ISO 9000 system, random processes and variables in diagnostics

2.Reliability of complex systems, evaluation of composite reliabilities for complex systems

3.Improving the systems' reliabity, system backup

4.Time domain in system behavior, systems with time-dependent failure rates 5.Total quality management (TQM)

6.TQM systems and tools (targeted on production)

7.Experiment setup, real process sampling, subgroup choice

8.Technology standards and their requirements for design, construction and operation of medical electronic devices, general device structure, parameters and design process

9.Contemporary electronic part base

10.Electromagnetic compatibility

11.Power supply circuits, interconnections, parasitic coupling, shielding

12.Cables, connectors: Types and applications

13.Design and construction of basic medical device blocks and circuits

14.Mechanical construction, design, setup. Device cooling

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Introduction, what is TQM, problem definition, illustrative examples 2.Introduction to mathematical statistics, basic terms and relations, distribution laws

3.Reliability of single components and highly complex systems, composite reliability eval.I

4.Analysis and system design, composite reliability evaluation II

5.Redundancy and backuping

6.Systems with self-recovering components, examples

7.Markov chain application in reliability evaluation

8.Galvanic insulation

9.Biosignal time-continuous filters: design and check

10.Common-mode amplifier disturbance

11.AC disturbance in analogue and digital circuits

12.Insulation amplifier

13.EMC: Disturbance, interference, susceptibility

14.Result evaluation, credit

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1.Starý, I.: Teorie spolehlivosti. Praha: ČVUT, 2002 (in Czech only)

2.Kolarik, W.J.: Creating Quality (Concepts, Systems, Strategies, and Tools). McGraw-Hill Publ. 1995

3.Fries, R.C.: Reliable Design of Medical Devices. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1997

4.Kimmel, W.D., Gerke, D.D.: Electromagnetic Compatibility in Medical Equipment. Piscataway: IEEE Press. 1995

5.Vedral, J., Fischer, J.: Elektronické obvody pro měřicí techniku. ČVUT, Praha 1999 (in Czech only)

Note:

Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Biomedical Engineering- structured studies (compulsory course)