By combining biology and medicine with engineering, biomedical engineers
develop devices and procedures that solve medical and health-related problems.
Biomedical engineers design devices used in various medical procedures,
such as the computers used to analyze blood or the laser systems used
in corrective eye surgery. They develop artificial organs, imaging systems
such as magnetic resonance, ultrasound, and x-ray, and devices for automating
insulin injections or controlling body functions.
They also do research, along with life scientists, chemists, and medical
scientists, to develop and evaluate systems and products such as artificial
organs, prostheses (artificial devices that replace missing body parts),
instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and
care delivery systems. Biomedical engineers may also design devices used
in various medical procedures, imaging systems such as magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI), and devices for automating insulin injections or controlling
body functions.