Robert Samuel Langer Jr. FREng is an American biotechnologist, businessman, chemical engineer, chemist, and inventor. He is one of the nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Langer in 2008
Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications. BME is also traditionally logical sciences to advance health care treatment, including diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Also included under the scope of a biomedical engineer is the management of current medical equipment in hospitals while adhering to relevant industry standards. This involves procurement, routine testing, preventive maintenance, and making equipment recommendations, a role also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) or as a clinical engineer.
Telemedicine system. Federal Center of Neurosurgery in Tyumen, 2013
Hemodialysis, a process of purifying the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally
Data obtained from crash test dummy impacts are integral to the field of biomechanics.
Micromass cultures of C3H-10T1/2 cells at varied oxygen tensions stained with Alcian blue