Biomedical Device and Instrumentation

Definition

• Using lasers for surgery and diagnostics
• micro electrical machines for surgery
• sensors that detect and monitor disease
• microfluidic systems for cell based diagnostics
• tool dev for basic and applied life science
• controlled drug delivery devices

Treatments for Lung Cancer

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222301689X

1. Surgical resection
2. chemotherapy
3. targeted therapy
   1. NANOMEDICINE (molecular targeted therapy), because it is able to target site-specific delivery of anticancer drugs. (Appears to be a very promising and crucial treatment strategy for NSCLC.
   2. Drug resistance often occurs and the therapeutic efficacy is limited. Developing novel molecular targets for therapy is vital.
   3. Immunotherapy
      1. Safe, effective, universal treatment method. Extending patients’ survival, yet primary and secondary drug resistance is still prevalent. As a solution, biomarkers need to be identified.
   4. Photothermal therapy
      1. Noninvasive and minimal side effects, yet has shortcomings of incomplete tumor eradication and high recurrence rates and ineffectiveness against distant lesions.
4. radiotherapy

However, a truly effective treatment remains elusive. Many limitations of traditional lung cancer chemotherapy regimens pose a persistent challenge to the medical field.

Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8395394/