Who defined Medical Technology as the application of principles of natural physical and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases?

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This item tests who provided the formal definition of Medical Technology. Ruth Heinemann in 1963 defined Medical Technology as the application of principles of natural physical and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This definition foregrounds the scientific foundation of the field and its practical role in the clinical laboratory, linking basic science to patient care. The other figures are important in medical history but did not coin this modern definition: Hippocrates and Galen are ancient physicians known for ethics and medical theory, not for defining the discipline, and Walters is not recognized for defining Medical Technology in this way.