MEDITRONICS

VOLUME
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ISSUE 2
MEDITRONICS
“HOD SPEAK”
Bio Medical field develops the problem solving skills in the area of healthcare. It is highly interdisciplinary field having
close connections with many other engineering and medical fields.
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Laboratories are upgraded by several Biomedical Instruments. Department
has published 2 International Journal paper. We are expecting to see excellent performance in in-house Project Exhibition “Tantravihar” and other
state level project competitions.
Faculty Profile Miss. Shruti Chibade
Mrs. Manisha Murkar
Proton Therapy for cancer treatment
31St Dec
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Inside this
Issue
Technology Update–
1st Oct -
Prof. Swapna Jaywant
Dr. Gajanan Nagare
Head of Department
Head of Department
Biomedical
Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Department has taken a successful lead in the
removal of Biology subject for FE (BIOM) admission. This will be helpful
for Biomedical aspirants.
“All the Best for the coming semester “.
Ultrasound Technique Can
Penetrate Bone
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Visit to Global Hospital
Technology Highlight
Electronic aspirin
Know an Alumnus - Priya Thakur
Events organized in the Department-
Visits to Global and KEM Hosp
“Workshop on LabView” by
Prof. Arun Kumar Ram
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Quiz on Electronics
Student Speak
Event Updates
Student
Spotlight
Visit to Global Hospital
A visit to Global Hospital was conducted for the BE Biomedical students in the Installation , maintenance
and servicing. This visit would help the students to better understand the role of a biomedical engineer in
hospital, the hospital and the equipment.
The objective of this visit was to show the students the general hospital layout as well as the equipment
involved in each of the department and to get an insight into the basic biomedical engineer’s role in hospital like troubleshooting, daily maintenance, servicing, planning, etc.
Prof. Neelam Punjabi coordinated this entire event. Doctors from Anatomy & Physiology Department
guided the students in the visit. They explained the students different systems in Human Body. This visit
explored on the biomaterials that are incorporated in the prosthesis and orthotics.
The entire class of 66 BE students was divided into 2 groups. Group I (Batches 1 and 2) had their visit
on Saturday and Group II (Batches 3 and 4) had their visit on Monday. Further the groups were split into
subgroups of 5 to 6 students each allotted with a biomedical engineer as their guide who showed them
in and around the hospital. Most of the equipment in hospital were from GE healthcare and Mindray.
Mr. Anand Panchal from S.E.
Biomed has topped in May 2014
Exams
The students got a clear visualization and understanding of ICU, OT, CATHLAB, Radiology department, cardiac department , diagnostic department etc. Students got to see the live demo while haemodialysis was being performed. which will help them in the preparation of IMS subject studying during
current semester.
Ms. Aishwarya Ambhire from
T.E. Biomed has topped in May
2014 Exams
Security solutions for the hospital, Mortuary, Boiler rooms and the gas supply sections. The students got
a clear visualization and understanding which will help them in the preparation of IMS subject studying
during current semester.
Ms. Kshipra Kapoor From B.E
Biomedi has topped in May
2014 Exams
We congratulate these students on this fantastic achievement.
“It’s important to work hard – there’s no short cut around that. “
~ Sachin Tendulkar ~
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Faculty Profile
Name: Ms. Shruti Chibade
Designation: Dept Executive
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Qualification: MCOM (Pursuing)
Experience : 2 years
Area of Interest: Banking and Finanace
Latest Advances in Medical imaging for revolutionary
proton therapy cancer treatment
Advances in medical imaging technology which
could make proton beam therapy a viable treatment for many more cancer sufferers will be
described on an international stage. Professor
Allinson leads the pioneering PRaVDA (Proton
Radiotherapy Verification and Dosimetry Applications) project. He and his multinational team
are developing one of the most complex medical instruments ever imagined to improve the
delivery of proton beam therapy in the treatment of cancer.Proton beam therapy is a type
of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons
to irradiate diseased tissue. Proton beam therapy has the ability to deliver high doses of radiation directly to a tumor site with very little
radiation being absorbed into healthy tissue.
Proton therapy or proton beam therapy is a
Proton therapy cancer treatment
medical procedure, a type of particle therapy that uses a beam of protons to irradiatediseased tissue, most often in the treatment of cancer. Proton therapy's chief advantage over other types of external beam radiotherapy is that it can more precisely localize the
radiation dose. RaVDA, will provide a unique instrument capable of producing real-time 3D images – a proton
CT - of a patient, drawing data from the same protons used in the treatment itself. The patent-pending technology, will reduce dose uncertainties from several centimetres to just a few millimetres. This promises to make
proton therapy an option for thousands more cancer patients by reducing the risks of healthy tissue being damaged during treatment, particularly in vulnerable parts of the body such as the brain, eye and spinal cord.
Ultrasound Technique Can Penetrate Bone
Researchers recently developed a technique that
enables ultrasound to infiltrate both bone and
metal, using custom structures that offset distortion usually caused by the “aberrating layers.” In
the future, researchers may be able to eliminate
ultrasound image distorting when bone or metal
interferes or blocks the waves creating the image, according to a news release from North
Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC). Tarry
Chen Shen, a PhD student at NC State and lead
author of the paper detailing the work. Ultrasound imaging essentially works by emitting high
‘Ultrasound could see through bones thanks to
frequency acoustic waves that, when bounced off of
novel metamaterials.
an object, will return to the ultrasound equipment that
translates the waves into images. Unfortunately, some materials such as bone or metal can block or distort the
acoustic waves from the ultrasound. These obstructive materials are known asaberrating layers, and can
cause all sorts of problems for medical professionals when trying to image and diagnose patients. Researchers
decided to address this problem by designing custom metamaterial structures that take into account the acoustic properties of the aberrating layer before offsetting them.
Name: Ms. Manisha Murkar
Designation: Lab Assistant
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Qualification: B.E (Electrical)
Teaching Experience : 8 years
The metamaterial structure uses a series of membranes and small tubes to achieve the desired acoustic characteristics that will help produce a more clear, undistorted image. Manipulating sound waves has long been a
method to help work around aberrating layers, in an effort to help consistently produce clear ultrasound images. Most EEGs are large, expensive, complicated-to-use, mains-powered devices. Whereas Alpha-Active's
range of product builds on patented and proprietary technology and techniques to provide a pocket-sized, robust, cost-effective, simple-to-use laptop-powered product which can work in the sports field even when athletes are moving about because the software is more robust to the movement of the user. Sophisticated userfriendly software allows sports coaches, practitioners, therapists, etc.
Areas of Interest: Analog and digital
electronics, Principles of communication.
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
― Paulo Coelho
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Know an Alumnus
Electronic Aspirin
In Healthcare industry, there come more intensive technology inventions that are uniquely helps to improve the service rendered to the patients. The advancement in
the Healthcare technology industry will not only just helps
in the repair of physical disadvantages but also helps in
creation of superhuman powers. One of such pillar of
health reforming technology based invention is Electronic
Aspirin.
There are people who are experiencing migraines, distinct
causes of chronic, cluster headaches, facial pain or painful
head will take aspirin tablets which are useless. Doctors
believed that the foremost fact that is associated with severe kinds of headache is sphenopalatine neural structure
(SPG) which is a facial bundle.
Electronic Aspirin
But, nevertheless, there are no treatments are found working against it. An innovative technology that was found out
after ample clinical investigation is Electronic aspirin at Autonomic Technologies.Inc. It is a powerful tool for patients for interfacing with SPG signals at the prime stage of the headache.
Name of Alumnus: Priya Thakur
Priya Thakur an alumnus of VIT ,
passed out in the year 2011 from
the Biomedical branch.
Where are you doing currently?
Working in IGATE Global Solutions
as a Technical Lead on an assignment with
Synchrony Financial
(erstwhile GE CRB). The project
deals with developing solutions for
retail card users in USA.
Under this system, a little nerve stimulating device is firmly implanted within the higher gum on the facet of the top
littered with headache. The pointed tip edge of the insert connects with the SPG bundle and once when the patient sense the inception of head pain, then they can place the hand held remote on the cheek which is close to
the implant. Thus the SPG nerve will get stimulated by the signals passed by the device and thus block the ache
causing neurotransmitters.
Thus, electronic aspirin is a great creative tool that is created with the help of latest technological aid and to those
people who suffer with pro-longed headaches and migraines can get relaxed out of its inconvenience and consequences so easily with this milestone technology creation.
For people who suffer from migraines, cluster headaches, and other causes of chronic, excruciating head or facial
pain, the "take two aspirins and call me in the morning" method is useless. Doctors have long associated the
most severe, chronic forms of headache with the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG), a facial nerve bundle, but haven't yet found a treatment that works on the SPG long-term.
How has VIT helped you?
The system involves the permanent implant of a small nerve stimulating device in the upper gum on the side of
the head normally affected by headache. The lead tip of the implant connects with the SPG bundle, and when a
patient senses the onset of a headache, he or she places a handheld remote controller on the cheek nearest the
implant. The resulting signals stimulate the SPG nerves and block the pain-causing neurotransmitters.
We all attend college with a primary
intent of acquiring technical knowledge, but the course structure
through its various subjects has not
only provided technical expertise but
also made me a confident individual,
efficient team member, innovative
thinker and an capable leader. .
“Workshop on Arduino” by BMESI committee
What advice would you give to all
the juniors?
Take up as many projects and internships during the course as you can,
nothing prepares one for the real
world better than the real world itself.
Do not let academics overshadow
your other interests/hobbies. As you
get into the grind of long working
hours these hobbies will keep you
sane and motivated to keep delivering your best.
All the best for future....!
Publications And Achievements by Faculty
Prof. Arun Kumar Ram and Prof.
Komal lawand Published paper In
IJARSE .
Prof. Gajanan Nagre –
Editor for IJARSE (Impact Factor
1.142) and Reviewer for IJERT
(Impact Factor 1.76)
“Workshop on Arduino” by BMESI committee
The workshop was conducted by the BMESI commitee. The total number of participants were 33 which included
students from B.E and T.E of all streams. Arduino is an open-source platform used for building electronics projects.
Arduino consists of both a physical programmable circuit board and a piece of software that runs on our computer,
used to write and upload computer code to the physical board.
A brief introduction of Arduino – UNO was given to the students by the speaker Dattaraj Sansgiri. The seminar was
conducted by giving a power-point presentation along with a demo of a basic circuit working of arduino. The lecture
was interactive and was well received by the students. The event was FREE of cost since it was only a seminar.
The further scope for this activity would be to give training on how to utilize the software practically with hands on
experience on the original Arduino – Uno kit.
“See the good in people and help them.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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Upcoming Events
Quiz on Electronics
Q1) _____________________ is an example of primary active transport mechanism.
Tantravihar
A) Sodium potassium pump
B) Sodium calcium pump
C) Sodium phosphates pump
D) Calcium potassium pump
About: TANTRAVIHAR is been organized in VIT. The exhibition of BE Biomedical Projects will be held in VIT in
the month of April. The Industry Experts, respective guides and the other
professors will give their views on the
project and also on the advancements
that could be incorporated in the project
Q2) The minimum number of flip-flops required to construct a mod-75 counter is
A)
assembly language
B)
firmware
Organizer: VIT
C)
machine language code
D)
BASIC interpreter instructions
A)
5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Q3) The software used to drive microprocessor-based systems is called:
Q4) The commutative law of Boolean addition states that A + B = A × B.
Where: VIT
A)
True
B)
False
When: April, 2015
Student Speak
Hands on Training
on the Arduino kit
About: Hands on Training on Arduino
kit is organized by BMESA committee.
The workshop is organized for TE & BE
students to impart them knowledge
about Hardware and its various tools &
functions.
Organizer: BMESI
Where: VIT
When: March 2014
Seminar on industrial view of Biomedical engineering
About: A Seminar is held in the month
of March on “Industrial view of Biomedical engineering” The conference will
provide a forum for interaction, exchange of ideas and exposure of knowledge among industry and research
personnel.
Organizer: BMESI
Where: VIT
As a famous quote states ‘Ambition is Innate, but the journey needs
insight’, here in my third year at VIT, I completely patronize this
thought. The passion to become a successful Biomedical Engineer
was innate, but the VIT campus triggered the correct insight to approach my goals in a seamless yet diligent manner.
Right since its inception, VIT has grown by leaps and bounds by
taking up many unconventional endeavors for its students. With its
elite architectural design, the campus truly brings the corporate feel
to the engineering campus. VIT grooms us right from the first year,
for the corporate job market, we all are headed for.
With its excellent teaching faculty, VIT has always brought out the
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best in its students. With its association with a large number of
highly ranked international universities ,VIT has indeed set a high
benchmark for colleges across the city. Specifically , VIT has been one of the only six colleges in Mumbai to
have integrated the Biomedical Engineering course, that too so extensively.
Go The Distance
International Conference on Electrical,
Electronics & Communication Engineering
International Conference On Biomedical and In(ICEECE)
strumentation Engineering (ICBMIE)
The aim objective of ICEECE is to present the latest
research and results of scientists related to Electrical,
Electronics & Electronics & Communication Engineering . The conference will be held at Pune on
February 1st, 2015. .
This conference provides opportunities for the different areas delegates to exchange new ideas and
application experiences face to face, to establish
business or research relations and to find global
partners for future collaboration.
Website:
ICEECE1/
http://iraj.in/Conference/2015/Pune/
International Conference On Biomedical and Instrumentation Engineering (ICBMIE). The conference will
be held at Bangkok on February 22nd, 2015. The
aim objective of ICBMIE is to present the latest research and results of scientists related to Biomedical
and Instrumentation Engineering . This conference
provides opportunities for the different areas delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research
relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.
Website: http://iraj.in/Conference/2015/Bangkok/
Editorial Team
Prof. Komal Lawand and Team
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