From Signals to Systems: Biomedical Instrumentation Complete Course
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. The “Certification in Biomedical Instrumentation” is a comprehensive program designed to bridge engineering principles with medical applications, equipping learners with the skills to understand, design, and evaluate modern biomedical devices and systems. The course begins by introducing the fundamental purpose and significance of biomedical instrumentation, highlighting its critical role in clinical diagnostics and therapeutic procedures. Students will explore the core architecture of bioinstrumentation systems—spanning from sensors and transducers to signal conditioners and display modules—to grasp the data flow from physiological signals to readable formats.
What you’ll learn
- Understand the purpose and scope of biomedical instrumentation in clinical and research environments.
- Differentiate biomedical vs clinical engineering roles in real-world healthcare settings.
- Classify physiological measurements: biochemical, bioelectrical, and biomechanical.
- Interpret signals like ECG, EEG, EMG and link them to clinical diagnoses.
- Explore components of instrumentation systems: sensors, transducers, conditioners, displays.
- Learn biosensor technologies including enzymatic, immunological, and optical types.
- Analyze wearable, flexible, and nano-enabled biosensors for modern healthcare.
- Master signal conditioning: operational amplifiers, filters, analog vs digital systems.
- Understand telemetry fundamentals and compare wired vs wireless patient monitoring.
- Apply safety practices: isolation techniques, leakage testing, IEC/NFPA standards.
- Identify biomedical hazards: macroshock, microshock, burns, and leakage risks.
- Use A/D & D/A converters, sampling, and multichannel data acquisition systems (DAQs).
- Design integrated systems for anesthesia, ICU, or ambulatory monitoring.
- Calibrate sensors accurately using one-point, two-point, and NIST references.
- Mitigate errors due to drift, hysteresis, or non-linearity in instrumentation.
- Understand sensors used in pressure, flow, pH, CO₂, and oxygen detection.
- Study real case studies: Holter monitors, glucose biosensors, ICU isolation, wearable ECG.
- Apply quality assurance and maintenance protocols for clinical instrumentation.
Course Content
- Introduction to Biomedical Instrumentation –> 5 lectures • 20min.
- Transducers and Biosensors in Healthcare –> 6 lectures • 24min.
- Measurement of Biopotentials (ECG, EEG, EMG) –> 6 lectures • 20min.
- Biomedical Signal Conditioning Techniques –> 6 lectures • 19min.
- Electrical Safety in Biomedical Instrumentation –> 6 lectures • 18min.
- Telemetry and Wireless Biomedical Systems –> 5 lectures • 15min.
- Data Acquisition and Digital Conversion –> 5 lectures • 14min.
- System Integration and Calibration in Biomedical Devices –> 5 lectures • 16min.
- Specialized Biomedical Sensors –> 5 lectures • 15min.
Requirements
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. The “Certification in Biomedical Instrumentation” is a comprehensive program designed to bridge engineering principles with medical applications, equipping learners with the skills to understand, design, and evaluate modern biomedical devices and systems. The course begins by introducing the fundamental purpose and significance of biomedical instrumentation, highlighting its critical role in clinical diagnostics and therapeutic procedures. Students will explore the core architecture of bioinstrumentation systems—spanning from sensors and transducers to signal conditioners and display modules—to grasp the data flow from physiological signals to readable formats.
Through detailed modules on transducer classifications, biosensor components, and real-world case studies like Holter monitors and glucose sensors, learners gain insight into how biosensors operate across enzymatic, immunological, and optical domains. Advanced topics include the electrical origins of bio-signals, such as ECG, EEG, and EMG, emphasizing electrode types, lead configurations, and clinical interpretation of waveforms. The course also covers signal conditioning, including operational amplifiers, filtering techniques, and analog-to-digital conversion—essential for clean, interpretable outputs.
Participants will delve into safety engineering, understanding shock hazards, isolation techniques, regulatory standards (IEC 60601, AAMI, NFPA 99), and grounding protocols, all of which ensure patient and operator protection. With the rise of telemetry and wireless systems, the curriculum explores RF, Bluetooth, and Zigbee standards, battery life trade-offs, and wearable ECG case studies. Modules on DAQ systems, calibration, modular design, and error sources provide learners with the tools to maintain clinical accuracy and reliability.
Finally, the course concludes with sensor technology deep-dives, including pressure, flow, chemical, and optical sensors, all illustrated through case examples in anesthesia and respiratory care. This program is ideal for biomedical engineers, clinical technologists, and healthcare innovators aiming to specialize in safe, effective, and forward-thinking medical device systems.