Eden Prairie, Minn. — DDL founder and COO Patrick J. Nolan is among contributing authors of the new Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering and Design.
The 1,500-page hard-cover reference book was published by McGraw-Hill Professional Book in September 2002.
The Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering and Design focuses on engineering design informed by description and analysis using engineering language and methodology. Nolan is one of more than 40 contributors from industry, universities and medical centers throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and Israel who have produced a practical reference for the biomedical professional who is seeking to solve a wide range of engineering and design problems, whether to enhance a diagnostic or therapeutic technique, reduce the cost of manufacturing a medical instrument or a prosthetic device, improve the daily life of a patient with a disability, or increase the effectiveness of a hospital department. The handbook is edited by Myer Kutz
The handbook is heavily illustrated with tables, charts, diagrams, and photographs, most of them original, and filled with equations and useful references. According to its editor, it speaks directly to all practitioners involved in biomedical engineering, whatever their training and areas of specialization. Coverage includes not only fundamental principles, but also numerous recent advances in this fast moving discipline. Major sections include:
• Biomedical Systems Analysis
• Mechanics of the Human Body
• Biomaterials
• Bioelectricity
• Design of Medical Devices and Diagnostic Instrumentation
• Engineering Aspects of Surgery
• Rehabilitation Engineering
• Clinical Engineering
Nolan contributed the book’s chapter on developing packaging for sterile medical devices. It includes an overview of regulatory history, along with a comprehensive discussion of package types and materials, common testing methods and the package validation process.
Nolan, who chairs ASTM’s committee D-10
on packaging in Division II, has 26 years of experience in the
testing, analysis and validation of packages, products and materials.
He co-founded DDL Inc. in 1990 after nearly 10 years with
MTS Systems’ Shock and Vibration Division and 6 years at
Ecolab, Inc., both in the Twin Cities.
He is a graduate of Michigan State University and serves on the University of Wisconsin-Stout Packaging Advisory Committee, along with regional and national industry associations.
For more information, contact Packaging Engineer Patrick Nolan by e-mail or toll-free telephone call: 1.800.229.4235.
The Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering and Design is available from Amazon.
