B.E / B.TECH.

DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL - 2012

Seventh Semester
Biomedical Engineering
ASSIST DEVICES
Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 marks
Answer ALL questions.
PART A – (10 X 2 = 20 marks)
1. Write the advantages of EECP.
2. Write the major classification of Heart valves.
3. What is artificial kidney?
4. Define ultrafiltration rate.
5. Differentiate between air conduction and bone conduction.
6. List out the drawbacks of conventional hearing aids.
7. What do you mean by orthopedic prosthesis?
8. What is amputation?
9. What is biofeedback?
10. Write different types of biofeedback.

PART B – (5 X 16 = 80 marks)
11. (a) Discuss the working principle of Enhanced External Counter pulsation technique.
(Or)
(b) Describe the various prosthetic heart valves.

12. (a) Explain the principle of dialysis in the artificial kidney

(Or)
(b) Describe working principle of hemodialyser with neat diagram.

13. (a) Explain the working of audiometer with neat diagram.

(Or)
(b)Discuss the operation of DSP based hearing aids.

14. (a) Explain in detail about externally powered limb prosthesis.

(Or)
(b) Explain in detail about Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES).

15. (a) Explain in detail about biofeedback instrumentation.

(Or)
(b) Discuss the operation of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator (TENS).