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Paul King

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Emeritus
Professor Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus


Biomedical Engineering


Research Focus

Medical instrumentation, computerized operating room monitoring, expert systems in anesthesiology.

Biography

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND HONORS

ASEE:  New Engineering Educator Delegate, 1970-1971, Member-at-large, BME, Division, 2001-2004. Secretary/Treasurer 2004 – 2008, Life Member 2008, Theo C Pilkington Outstanding Educator Award Winner, 2011.

BMES-IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award, 2011

Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Service award, 2011

IEEE: member since 1987, senior member 1990, Life Senior Member 2015.

BMES: Senior Member, elected Fellow January 2005. Emeritus fellow Nov. 2010.


PATENT S

 "Multi-crystal Tomography" Patent No. 3,591,806, July 6, 1971, with Dr. A. B. Brill, Mr. James Patton, Mr. Jon Erickson. Assigned to the U.S.A.E.C. July 6, 1971.

 “Personal Hygiene Apparatus”, serial number 60/934,363, filed 6/13/2007. Patentees: Jennifer Young, Kristin Duncan, Andrew Carroll, Nina Connell, Mark Richter, Paul H. King


Books Published

 1.     King, Paul H., and Fries, Richard C. Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems, Marcel Dekker Press, New York, 2002, ISBN 0-8247-0889-X. Currently part of Taylor & Francis Group.  Published 2003. Korean translation of the first edition, 2008.

2.     King, Paul H., and Fries, Richard C. Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Second Edition published by CRC Press in 2008, ISBN 978-1-4200-6179-6.

3.     King, Paul H., Fries, Richard C., Johnson, Arthur T. Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Third Edition, CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4665-6913-3.

4.     King, Paul H., Fries, Richard C., Johnson, Arthur T. Design of Biomedical Devices and Systems Fourth Edition, CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-138-73206-1, released ~ Oct 18, 2018.

Other Publications (extended abstracts, proceedings, etc.)

 King, P.H. "Accelerations Made Commensurable," Engineering and Science Review, Case Institute of Technology, January, 1962.

 King, P.H. and Apple, H.P. "Computer Oriented Study of Metabolism, Data Acquisition and Processing in Biology and Medicine," Pergamon Press. Proceedings, Vol. 4, pp. 23-36, 1965.

 King, P.H. "Numerical Analysis and Data Processing in Metabolism Research,” Master’s Thesis, Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, OH, 1965.

 King, P.H. "Engineering Systems Design of Optimal Dialysis Protocols," Presented at 2nd Annual Southeastern Dialysis Conference, Nashville, TN, August 13, 1967. Proceedings, pp. 225-235.

 Lindan, O., Baker, W.R., Day, R.G., Greenway, R.M., King, P.H. and Reswick, J.B. "Research in Biological Rhythms in Quadriplegia," 16th Annual V.A. Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 28, 1967. Proceedings, Transactions, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, 14, pp. 62-68. Code SCIC 10-68-1.

 Baker, W.R., King, P.H., Ginn, H.E. and Frost, A.B. "Computer Optimization of Hemodialysis Dynamics," Sixth Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Computer Science in the Life Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX, March 14, 1968. Abstracts, pp. 20-21.

 King, P.H., Ginn, H.E., Baker, W.R., Frost, A.B. and Matter, B.J. "Computer Optimization of Urea Dynamics During Hemodialysis," Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 1968. Transactions of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Vol. 14, pp. 389-393.

 King, P.H. "A Study of Engineering Optimization of Hemodialysis," Ph.D. dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1968.

 Lindan, O., Greenway, R.M., Reswick, R.M., Apple, H.P., Baker, W.R. and King, P.H. "Engineering Approach to the Study of Short Term Periodicities in Human Metabolism," Proceedings, International Federation of Automatic Control (Erivan), 1968, pp. 124-133.

 Patton, J.A., Brill, A.B. and King, P.H. "A Proposed Method for Quantitative Blood Flow Transverse-Section Scanning." Paper presented at Second Symposium on the Sharing of Computer Programs and Technology in Nuclear Medicine, Oak Ridge, TN, April 21-22, 1972. Published in conference proceedings, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Code CONF-720430, pp. 399-410.

King, P.H., Ginn, H.E., Baker, W.R. and Frost, A.B. "Computer Optimization of Hemodialysis." Paper presented at Conference on Computer Applications in Biomedical Instrumentation at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN, June 5, 1972. Text of conference published by U.T.S.I.

 King, P.H., Brill, A.B., Patton, J.A., Pickens, D.R. and Sweeney, J. "Design of a New Tomographic Scanner." Paper presented at Conference on Computer Applications in Biomedical Instrumentation at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN, June 6, 1972. Text of the conference published by U.T.S.I.

 Patton, J.A., Brill, A.B., and King, P.H. "A New Mode of Collection and Display of Three-Dimensional Data for Static and Dynamic Radiotracer Studies," Medical Radioisotope Scintigraphy, Vol. 1, 1972, IAEA-SM-164/147, pp. 355-368.

 Smith, R.F., Stanton, K., Stoop, D., Brown, D. and King, P.H. "Quantitative Electrocardiography During Extended Spaceflight." Proceedings of Fifth International Symposium on Basic Environmental Problems of Man in Space, A. Graybiel (ed.) Pergamon Press, p. 89 (1976).

Smith, R.F., Stanton, K., Stoop, D., Brown, D., Janusz, W. and King, P.H. "Vectorcardiographic Changes During Extended Spaceflight (M093): Observations at Rest and During Exercise." Biomedical Results from Skylab. NASA SP-377, pp. 339-350, 1977.

Wieland, B.W., Highfill, R.R. and King, P.H. "Proton Accelerator Targets for the Production of 11C, 13N, 150, and 18F." IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, February 1979, pp. 1713-1717.

Hubner, K.F., King, P., Gibbs, W.D., Partain, C.L., Washburn, L.C., Hayes, R.L. and Holloway, E. "Clinical Investigations with 11C-Labeled Amino Acids Using Positron Emission Computerized Tomography in Patients with Neoplastic Diseases." Proceedings of the IAEA International Symposium on Medical Radionuclide Imaging, Heidelberg, Germany, 1980, pp. 515-529.

Hubner, K.F., King, P., Gibbs, W.D., Washburn, L.C. and Hayes, R.L. "Positron Emission Computerized Tomography: A Potential Tool for In Vivo Quantitation of the Distribution of Radiopharmaceuticals." Proceedings of the Third International Radiopharmaceutical Dosimetry Symposium, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1980, ed. E.E. Watson, A. Schlafke-Stelson, J.L. Coffey, and R.J. Cloutier. Rockville, Maryland: HSS Publication FDA 81-8166, U.S. Bureau of Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 1981, pp. 77-87.

King, P.H., Higgins, S., Hathaway, W. and Smith, B.E. A Computerized OR Monitoring System." Proceedings: Microcomputers in Anesthesia III and IV, pp. 146-153. University of Iowa Press. 1985.

King, P.H., Dean, G.E., Maurer, C.R. "The Use of a Personal Computer in a Biomedical Instrumentation Course." Vol. 2, pp. 1053-1055. Proceedings of the 1985 Annual ASEE Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 16-20, 1985, 2, pp. 1053-1055.

Smith, B.E., Higgins, S.B., King, P.H. and Hathaway, W.H. "A Multi-location Computerized Anesthesia Monitoring System." Collected papers from the 3rd International Conference, Measurement In Clinical Medicine, Edinburgh, U.K., Sept 9-11, 1986, pp. 331-336.

King, P.H., Higgins, S.B., Hathaway, W.E. and Smith, B.E. "A Semi-Automated Record Keeping System: Status, Future Directions." Collected papers from the 3rd International Conference, Measurement In Clinical Medicine, Edinburgh, U.K., Sept 9-11, 1986, pp. 303-308.

King, P. H. “Design in Biomedical Engineering”, pages numbered Session#335 - 1 to -20, Medical Design & Manufacturing 1999 Proceedings III, Jan 27, 1999, Anaheim CA. Sponsored by Canon Communications.

Smith, B. E., Patel, N., King, P. H., Flanagan, J. F., Automated End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring in the Postoperative Patient, presentation at the 18th annual International Conference of the Society for Computers in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu, Japan, March 18-21, 1998.

http://shr.hama-med.ac.jp/iscaic18/AbstractSymposium/Smith-CO2.htm

King, P. H., Clayton, F. P., "Software Aids for Biomedical Engineering Design Courses", July 2000 meeting "World Congress 2000", Chicago, Proceedings CD, both abstract and long (3 page) publication. (Proceedings 4, 2940-2941) DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901492

Clayton, FP, King, PH, Johnson, BW, "Medical Records Data Analysis Tools for the Vanderbilt Pain Clinic", July 2000 meeting "World Congress 2000", Chicago, Proceedings CD, both abstract and long (3 page) publication. (Proceedings 1, 278-279) DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900729 (?)

Temple, JD, Frias, PA, Kuperschmidt, S, Gbadebo, TD, Zhang, W, King, PH, Roden, DM. "Spontaneous and Induced Atrial Fibrillation in MinK (-/-) Mice", AHA abstract #107570 at 73rd Scientific Session, Nov 12-15, 2000, New Orleans LA.   Circulation 102 (18):735 Suppl. S Oct 31, 2000.

ASEE/SEFI meeting poster and CD publication in Berlin, September 18, 2001, “Biomedical Engineering Design Course Content” Not presented due to 9/11/01 events.

Waitman LR, Fisher DH, King PH, “Bootstrapping Rule Induction”, Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining, November 19-22, 2003, Melbourne, FL pgs. 677-680.