Biomedical Engineering |
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AEROSPACE AMPLITUDE ADJUSTING POTENTIOMETER aorta aortic valve application of engineering artificial heart artificial kidney artificial organ artificial ventricle atrial pressure automatic average flow rate beat biological research BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Kirby blood leaves blood pressure body causes blood chambers control system cryogenic probe D. C. Miller depolarization developed device diagnostics diastole disease drive line effective surface area electrocardiogram EKG engineering equipment engineering principles field fluid heart assist pump heart-lung machine Human circulatory system INFERIOR VENA CAVA inflow valve instantaneous flow rate laser left and right left atrium left heart left ventricle liters per minute liters qt lungs m² ft² mitral valve motion muscle myopotential NASA nervous impulse numbers outflow valve oxygenation patient peak instantaneous flow pneumatic pressure PRESSURE SERVOMECHANISM prosthetics PULMONARY VEIN pulsatile pulse rate right atrium RIGHT PRESSURE right ventricle ROCKET semipermeable membrane servo shown in figure SUPERIOR VENA CAVA surgery systole tissue ventricular pressure exceeds voltages X-ray