SCTIMST Clinical Engineering

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology (SCTIMST), Trivandrum, is an Institution of National Importance established by an Act of Parliament in 1980. It is under the aegis of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, with an Institute Body and a Governing Body constituted as per the provisions of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum, Act, 1980. The Institute presents a unique model by connecting the different strands of Biomedical Technology ,Clinical Medicine (Cardiac and Neurosciences)and Public Health to produce a seamless continuum of indisputable relevance to society. The human system has been deeply studied by medical people and a vast amount of knowledge has been accumulated. Studying the human system as an electromechanical system and related inter-disciplinary research have resulted in development of a new branch in engineering technology - the Biomedical Engineering. Biomedical Engineering (BME) is the application of engineering principles and techniques to the medical field. This branch incorporates study of the engineering aspects of human body as well as the study of sophisticated equipments used by the modern medical science. The discipline of biomedical engineering is the integrating medium for the two great dynamic professions; Medicine and Engineering. It combines the design and problem solving skills of engineering with medical and biological sciences to help improve patient healthcare and quality of life of individuals. Clinical engineering is a subset of Biomedical engineering. It is a branch of biomedical engineering related to the operation of medical equipment in a hospital setting. Whereas, biomedical engineering is practiced primarily in academic institutions, research laboratories, and manufacturing setups clinical engineering is practiced in hospitals and other environments where medical device technologies are actually utilized. .