Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

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This group covers biomedical engineering.
It includes:

• development of implants and prosthetics;
• development of surgical equipment and medical instrumentation; and
• development of biomaterials.

090301 Biomaterials
090302 Biomechanical Engineering
090303 Biomedical Instrumentation
090304 Medical Devices
090305 Rehabilitation Engineering
090399 Biomedical Engineering not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:
a) Medical biotechnology is included in Group 1004 Medical Biotechnology.
b) Other material sciences are included in Groups 0204 Condensed Matter Physics, 0302 Inorganic Chemistry, 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 0912 Materials Engineering, and 0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy.
c) Materials used in dentistry are included in Group 1105 Dentistry.