Virtual Bio-Instrumentation: Biomedical, Clinical, and Healthcare Applications in LabVIEW

7 Medical Device Testing

The EndoTester™—A Virtual Instrument-Based Quality Control and Technology Assessment System for Surgical Video Systems

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Endoscope Tests

Results

Discussion

FluidSense Innovative IV Pump Testing

Introduction

The Test System

Training Emulator

Summary

Over the past 15 years, virtual instrumentation in general, and LabVIEW™ in particular, have provided medical device manufacturers, biomedical engineers, researchers, and clinicians with an array of powerful software applications and integrated test systems to ensure the safety and efficacy of medical devices. Chapter 8, LabVIEW in a Regulated Environment, which discusses FDA certification, will detail how virtual instrumentation tools ...