Medical Technology
Prosthetic limbs, plastic heart valves, cochlear ear implant, x-ray, stents, defibrillator, pacemakers, infusion pumps heart lung machine, dialysis machines, artificial organs, implants, artificial limbs, corrective lenses, ocular prosthetics, facial prosthetics, somato prosthetics, dental implants
Click on the W above to download a copy of the research task sheet. Use the library password to access the document.
Medical Technology
Go to the library website, click on 'Secondary', click on 'ebooks', click on World Book ebooks. The useful books are shown below.
Health and Human BodyISBN: 9780716697633Has information on the artificial heart and laser surgery
Leeches to Lasers: A Timeline of Medicine by ISBN: 9780716635512The milestones in the history of medicine
Ted Ed talks
Medical technology
Websites
- Biomedical EngineeringUse the links to explore the options for medical devices that you could research
Database information
Search for 'medicine', select the article titled 'Medicine',
click on 'Related Information' on the tab at the top
select 'Encyclopedia Articles' and scroll down to 'Diagnosis' to find a long list of medical technologies.
Click on the selected title to jump to the article
Sci Show database - search 'health technology innovation devices'. Then use the filter (top right) to select 'this year' and '4 min' to get short clips on medical technologies.
On the library website go to databases, Research in Context, search for 'remote surgery' select the article, Remote Surgery
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