Microcomputer-based medical instrument

The progress in desktop and portable computing in the past decade has provided the means with the PC or customized microcomputer-based instrumentation to develop solutions to biomedical problems that could not be approached before. One of my interests has been the design of portable instruments that are light, compact, and battery powered. A typical instrument of this type is truly a personal computer since it is programmed to monitor signals from transducers or electrodes mounted on the person who is carrying it around. As we look to the future, we see the possibility of developing instruments to address problems that could not be previously approached because of considerations of size, cost, or power consumption.