The important word is engineering. The word biomedical is a modifier of the word engineering, just like the words electrical, mechanical, industrial, computer, architectural, etc.
Engineers take knowledge and make practical use of it.
The engineer converts scientific theory into useful products. The engineer provides for society s material needs and well-being. Most traditional engineering education uses scientific theories from mathematics, physics, chemistry, and social sciences. Engineering education teaches the student how to use scientific theories from mathematics, physics, chemistry, and social sciences to design products and services which meet the material needs and social well-being of society. Biomedical engineers are engineers who add knowledge from the life sciences to the practice of their profession.