The medical devices industry is booming. Growth in the industry has not stopped despite globally fluctuating economies. The main reason for this success is probably the self-sustaining nature of health care. In essence, the same technology that makes it possible for people to live longer engenders the need for more health-care technologies to enhance the quality of an extended lifetime. It comes as no surprise, then, that the demand for trained medical-device designers has increased tremendously over the past few years. Unfortunately, college courses and textbooks most often provide only a cursory view of the technology behind medical instrumentation. This book supplements the existing literature by providing background.
