High-Confidence Medical Devices: Cyber-Physical Systems for 21st Century Health Care
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The U.S. market for medical devices is the largest in the world. At an estimated $83 billion in 2006, this market represents
nearly half the global total and is growing at 6 percent annually ? about double the rate of U.S. GDP. With the advent of
microprocessors, miniaturization of electronic circuits, wired and wireless digital networking, and new materials and manufacturing
processes, older generations of mechanical and analog electromechanical devices used in patient diagnosis, monitoring, and
treatment have largely been replaced by devices and systems based on information technologies across the diverse array of
contemporary medical devices...
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Title High-Confidence Medical Devices: Cyber-Physical Systems for 21st Century Health Care