Medical Engineering Subject Guide


The Information and Library Service compiles occasional subject guides for engineers and students. The aim is to highlight sources of information available in the library and the Institution itself, along with some useful websites to take you further afield.

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Locating Medical Engineering Information in the IMechE Library

The following is a list of key shelf numbers for the medical subject area. If you are looking for a particular book please check the Library Catalogue .

Topic Shelf Number
Biotechnology research 617.308.4
Hand-arm vibration 614.85
Incontinence engineering 616.62
Joint replacement 617.39
Medical engineering, biomedical, biomechanics, bioengineering, biomaterials 617.3
Musculo-skeletal system 617.47
Ultrasonics 534.55

Useful Books

ASTM Annual book of standards. Volume 13.01 Medical devices Basement
Handbook of biomaterial properties
Black J & Hastings G 		629.43 BLA
Black's medical dictionary 41st ed.
(Marcovitch H) 		403
Directory of the European medical device and biomaterials industry 617.3025
Tribology of natural and artificial joints
(Dumbleton JH) 		617.3 DUM
Introduction to biomedical engineering
(Enderle JD) 		617.3
Ultrasonics: fundamentals, technology and applications
(Ensminger D) 		534.55 ENS
Friction, lubrication and wear of artificial joints
(Hutchings IM) 		617.3 HUT
Diagnostics ultrasonics: principles and use of instruments
(McDicken) 		534.55 MCD
Biosensors
(Scheller F & Schubert F) 		617.3 SCH
Materials for medical engineering
(Stallforth H & Revell P) 		617.3 STA
Handbook of materials for medical devices
(David JR) 		617.3 DAV
Medical polymers 2005. International conference
(RAPRA) 		617.3
Biomaterials in the design and reliability of medical devices
(Helmus,Michael N) 		617.3 HEL

Ebooks

The following ebooks are available via Books24x7 in the IMechE Virtual Library:

Computational bioengineering: current trends, Imperial College, 2004
Engineering materials for biomedical applications, World Scientific publishing, 2004

Recent IMechE Medical Engineering Conferences and Seminars

Please visit Medical Engineering Papers and Presentations (Archive)

Useful Journals

The Library has an extensive collection of journals including:

Biological cybernetics 1988 -
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering Part H: Journal of engineering in medicine 1971 –
Transactions of the ASME: Journal of biomechanical engineering 1996 -

Please check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library subscribes to your required journal.

E-journals

The following titles are available via EBSCO Business Source in the Virtual Library :

Biotech Business
Biotech Equipment Update
Japanese Biotechnology & Medical Technology
Journal of Commercial Biotechnology
Frontiers of Medical & Biological Engineering
Medical Design Technology
Medical Device Technology
Worldwide Biotech

Useful Standards

ASTM Vol 13.01 Medical devices
BS 5724 Medical electrical equipment, Part 2. Particular requirements for safety – specification for oxygen
BS EN 1827 Respiratory protective devices
BS EN ISO 10651-2: 2004 Lung ventilators for medical use-particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance-part 2: home-care ventilators for ventilator-dependent patients.
BS EN ISO 10651-6: 2004 Lung ventilators for medical use-particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance-part 6: home-care ventilatory support devices
BS EN ISO 12870: 2004 Ophthalmic optics-spectacle frames-requirements and test methods
BS EN ISO 14889:2003 Ophthalmic optics – spectacle lenses – fundamental requirements for uncut finished lenses
BS EN ISO 18777: 2005 Transportable liquid oxygen systems for medical use- particular requirements
BS EN ISO 18779: 2005 Medical devices for conserving oxygen an oxygen mixtures- particular requirements
BS EN ISO 21647: 2004 Medical electrical equipment- particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of respiratory gas monitors
BS EN ISO 5356-1: 2004 Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - conical connectors -part 1: cones and sockets
BS EN ISO 8835-4: 2004 Inhalation anaesthesia systems- part 4: Anaesthetic vapour delivery devices
BS EN ISO 8835-5: 2004 Inhalation anaesthesia systems- part 5: anaesthesia ventilators monitors for monitoring patient breathing mixtures

Databases

Please visit the Virtual Library page for information about the library's databases.

Websites

Please visit Medical Engineering Web Links

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