Instrumentation & Design Course Content
Summary
This module covers fundamental principles of the design and instrumentation processes typically required to develop medical devices. Based around a clinical scenario of enteral feeding, where liquid nutrients are pumped into a patients’ stomach or intestine via a tube, participants construct a peristaltic pump similar to those currently used. This includes mechanical, electronic and software elements to yield a computer controlled pump.
Each day consists of short seminars followed practical sessions covering the following topics.
Day 1-2
Design and Manufacturing
Awareness of design and development process from concept to completion, cost, time and regulatory constraints, and the effect of materials and fabrication methods on design options.
- Defining design briefs (customer and user requirements).
- Mechanical design fundamentals.
- Industrial design concepts.
- Material types, selection and uses.
- Standard components.
- Regulations and Standards.
- Computer aided drawing (CAD) to computer aided machining (CAM) processes.
- Fabrication methods.
- Test and Measurement.
- Design reviews.
- Health and Safety
Day 3
Electronics
Understand the tools and processes to develop and manufacture electronic systems
- Basic electronics and components.
- Circuit design and fabrication processes.
- Component selection and suppliers.
- Soldering skills, component handling.
- Test equipment use.
Day 4
Data Acquisition & Control
Understand hardware and systems to acquire physical measurements and control processes
- Sensors and Actuators.
- Equipment to acquire and control physical parameters.
- Analogue to Digital, Digital to Analogue concepts.
- Signal Filtering.
- Feedback control and tuning.
- Software, acquisition and control with LabVIEW.
- Embedded software.
Day 5
Optics
Overview of optical systems
- Fundamental optical principles.
- Image acquisition (ISO, Aperture, Shutter speed).