Medical Device Accidents
With Illustrative Cases
1st Edition
Published in 1998
Book
Hardback
255 pages
978-0-8493-9236-8 (ISBN)
Description
This publication explores accidents that occur through the use of medical devices, providing critical information for attorneys, expert witnesses, clinical engineers, nurses, physicians, manufacturers, and designers of new medical devices. Each chapter follows the same format: a presentation of basic principles of a device or procedure, followed by accidents that take place as a result of misuse or malfunction.
Reviews / Votes
"In summary...it is a lively read in terms of general introductions to a variety of medical technologies, and a litany of things that can go wrong during their use and, more to the point, have gone wrong during their use. This is a perspective that all biomedical engineers involved in design must have..."-Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol.27
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bosa Roca
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional
Illustrations
1 s/w Photographie bzw. Rasterbild, 23 s/w Tabellen
23 Tables, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8493-9236-8 (9780849392368)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction * Medical Technology * Product Liability * Medical Device Reports * The Incident Report * Minimum Product Liability World * References * Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) * Introduction * Sources of EMI * Frequency, Wavelength and Antenna Effect * Skin Depth * Modulation * Examples of Malfunction due to EMI * Cardiac Pacemakers * Automatic Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) * References * Electrosurgery * Introduction * Electrodes * Dispersive Electrodes * Types of Current * Isolated Output Electrosurgical Unit * Tissue Responses * Complications with Electrosurgery * Muscle Contraction * Anesthesia * Introduction * Anesthesia Machine * Endotracheal Tube * Auxiliary Equipment * Monitoring Equipment * Anesthesia Machine Mishaps * Pulse Oximeter * Impedance Cardiography * Burns from Warming Devices * Fire * Catheter Accidents * Introduction * Intravascular Catheter Incidents * Direct-Current Injury * Introduction * Iontophoresis * Complications with Iontophoresis * Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation * Introduction * Mechanisms of Pain Inhibition * Current-Pulse Characteristics of TENS Units * The Stimulator * Electrode Placement * Electrode Types * Standards of Performance * Complications with Tens Units * Tissue Injury * Introduction * Ischemic Injury * Experiences That May Help Technical Experts * Introduction * The Technical Expert * Attorneys * Discovery * The Report * The Deposition * The Courtroom * Payment for Services.