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State of the Art and New Trends in Biomedical Engineering

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 3243

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Department of Structural and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Interests: mechanical design; medical devices; ergonomics; dynamics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Biomedical engineering is a multidisciplinary field providing technological solutions and approaches to solve notable problems in biological, medical, and healthcare applications. Research in biomedical engineering is challenging work that brings together fields such as engineering, physics, computation, information technologies, and medicine. This research involves a huge variety of topics and issues in different technological fields. Examples of these topics are the development of new medical devices with applications in surgery and diagnosis, wearable technology for monitoring patients, robotics in different surgical specialties, biomechanical simulation, ergonomic solutions, image or signal processing, and artificial intelligence, to name only a few.

This Special Issue is focused on the state of art and the new trends in biomedical engineering, encompassing a wide range of technologies and approaches from theoretical studies to experimental tests. The Special Issue is dedicated to the achievements made during the last decades in this field and the current state of the technology, showcasing the great variety of the techniques and approaches developed. Review papers are welcome covering the state of art in specifics and relevant matters. The Special Issue will also focus on new trends in research, the application of new technologies, the developing of new methods, or innovative ideas that are expected to be relevant in the future.

Prof. Dr. Ramon Sancibrian
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Keywords

  • medical devices
  • wearable devices
  • robotic surgery
  • tissue engineering
  • rehabilitation systems for patients
  • ergonomics
  • sensing technologies
  • imaging technology
  • rapid prototyping
  • medical diagnosis
  • materials and biomaterial engineering
  • biomechanics
  • patient monitoring

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Modeling Analysis of Thermal Lesion Characteristics of Unipolar/Bipolar Ablation Using Circumferential Multipolar Catheter
by Kaihao Gu, Yiheng Wang, Shengjie Yan and Xiaomei Wu
Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(24), 9081; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10249081 - 18 Dec 2020
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Abstract
The circumferential multipolar catheter (CMC) facilitates pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation by catheter ablation. However, the ablation characteristics of CMC are not well understood. This study uses the finite element method to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the [...] Read more.
The circumferential multipolar catheter (CMC) facilitates pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation by catheter ablation. However, the ablation characteristics of CMC are not well understood. This study uses the finite element method to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the ablation characteristics of multielectrode unipolar/bipolar (MEU/MEB) modes of the CMC. A three-dimensional computational model of the CMC, including blood, myocardium, connective tissue, lung, and muscle, was constructed. The method was validated by comparing the results of an in vitro experiment with the simulation. Both ablation modes could create contiguous effective lesions, but the MEU mode created a deeper and broader lesion volume than the MEB mode. The MEB mode had an overall higher average temperature field and allowed faster formation of the effective contiguous lesion. The lesion shape tended to be symmetric and spread downward and superficially in the MEU mode and MEB mode, respectively. Results from the simulation for validation agreed with the in vitro experiment. Different ablation trends of the MEU and MEB modes provide different solutions for specific ablation requirements in clinical applications. The MEU mode suits transmural lesion in thick tissue around pulmonary veins (PVs). The MEB mode profits fast and durable creation of circumferential PVI. This study provides a detailed performance analysis of CMC, thereby contributing to the theoretical knowledge base of application of PVI with this emerging technology. Full article
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