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Introduction to Medical Electronics

Charles J. Lord -
May 6,
2013
Executive Overview: Introduction to Medical Electronics
A brief overview of the unique characteristics of medical electronics, concentrating on the sensing and measuring of biometric values. We will look at the different types and classes of medical instrumentation and what regulations and challenges apply.
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May 7,
2013
Medical Device Safety, Reliability & Regulatory Issues
We will discuss the safety issues of using electronics in medical devices (non-life-support), and examine the reliability and regulatory needs (which go hand-in-hand) that must be met.
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May 8,
2013
Medical Device Communications, Part 1
Much is being said about the need for communications between medical instrumentation and the patient/consumer, as well as to caregivers. We will look at some of the major communication protocols and their implementation.
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May 9,
2013
Medical Device Communications, Part 2
We continue our look at communications and data storage by examining two major standards in more detail: the Continua standard (and some of the underlying standards), and the ZigBee Heathcare Profile.
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May 10,
2013
Medical Data Storage
With the sensitivities of medical data storage and retrieval by unauthorized persons, regulations such as the US HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) require data encryption and retrieval controls. We will look at repositories such as Health Vault and some of the issues that may affect embedded systems developers and how these may be approached.
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Charles J. Lord

Charles J. Lord, PE is an embedded systems consultant and trainer with over 40 years' experience in system design and development in medical, military, and industrial applications. For the last twelve years, he has specialized in the integration of communication protocols into clients' products, including USB, Ethernet, and low-power wireless including ZigBee, 6LoWPAN, LoRa, and Thread. He has taught classes in these protocols for Freescale, Renesas, various universities and conferences including ESC and Arm TechCon. He has been a design partner with Freescale/NXP, Microchip, and Renesas. He also teaches webinars for various clients on IoT and embedded systems topics. He earned his BS in electrical engineering from N.C. State University in Raleigh, N.C. and provides training and consulting services through his company, Blue Ridge Advanced Design, in Asheville, N.C. He is a licensed professional engineer in NC and a senior member of the IEEE. In his volunteer work at the IEEE, he has served at many levels from local to regional to board committees. He is currently the chair of the IEEE Western NC Section, NC Council and was general chair of IEEE SoutheastCon 1995 and 2017