Course Catalog 2009-2010
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Course Catalog 2009-2010

LTT-1156 Medical Therapy Devices, 3 cr

Person responsible

Juha Nousiainen

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1


Per 1 :
Tuesday 10 - 12, SH304
Friday 10 - 12, SH304

 
 


Requirements

Final examination and seminar work.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course, you have got basic knowledge of medical therapy devices and methods. You know the most common physical interactions with tissue on which the therapeutic action of the devices is based. In the exercise work you have studied one medical therapy device.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Electrical stimulation and electrical nerve and muscle stimulators.      
2. Surgical and other operative equipment: electrosurgery, surgical laser, shock waves, radiotherapy devices.     
3. Cardiovascular assisting and supporting devices.     
4. Artificial organ techniques: kidney, liver, pancreas, lung, skin, blood.      
5. Physical therapy devices.     


Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Lecture slides   Medical therapy devices   Juha Nousiainen       On the Internet.      English  
Summary of lectures   Medical therapy devices   Juha Nousiainen       On the Internet.      English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
LTT-1016 Human Anatomy and Physiology Advisable    
LTT-1136 Biomedical Engineering Advisable    

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
LTT-1150 Medical Therapy Devices, 3 cr +
LTT-1156 Medical Therapy Devices, 3 cr
BME-2506 Physics and Engineering in Medical Therapy, 5 cr  
LTT-1156 Medical Therapy Devices, 3 cr LTT-1150 Medical Therapy Devices, 3 cr  

Additional information

LTT-1156 is alternative with LTT-1150.

More precise information per implementation

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 5 %
Self-directed learning: 5 %  


Last modified29.05.2009
ModifierJuha Nousiainen