Biosystems Approach to Industrial Patient Monitoring and Diagnostic Devices, A

Preface.- Medical Devices.- System Theory.- Patient Monitoring Devices.- Diagnostic Devices.- Conclusion.- Author Biography.

Gail Dawn Baura received a BSEE from Loyola Marymount University in 1984,and an MSEE and MSBME from Drexel University in 1987. She received a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Washington in 1993. Between these graduate degrees, Dr. Baura worked as a loop transmission systems engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories. Since graduation, she has served in a variety of research and development positions at IVAC Corporation, Cardiotronics Systems, Alaris Medical Systems, and VitalWave Corporation (now Tensys Medical). Her most recent industrial position was Vice President of Research and Chief Scientist at CardioDynamics. In 2006, she returned to academia as a Professor at Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences in Claremont, CA. Her textbook, System Theory and Practical Application of Biomedical Signals (Wiley/IEEE Press, 2002), is part of the IEEE Series in Biomedical Engineering. Her textbook, Engineering Ethics: An Industrial Perspective (Academic Press, 2006), was written to provide industrial material for engineering programs wishing to fulfill the accreditation ethics requirement. Dr. Baura is a senior member of IEEE, associate editor of IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, and a biomedical engineering evaluator for the Accredita- tion Board of Engineering Technology. She holds 15 issued and 6 pending U.S. patents. Her research interests are the application of system theory to patient monitoring and other devices.