BioEngineering/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Professor Lisa Pruitt This course provides an overview of medical devices, FDA regulatory issues, biocompatibility and sterilization technology. It examines biomechanical properties: isotropy/anisotropy, stiffness, bending stresses, contact stresses, multiaxial loading, plasticity, fatigue, fracture, wear, corrosion, design issues.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Society For Biomaterials
The Society For Biomaterials is a professional society which promotes advances in biomedical materials research and development by encouragement of cooperative educational programs, clinical applications, and professional standards in the biomaterials field. Biomaterials scientists and engineers study cells, their
Subjects integral to biomaterials science
Toxicology
A material should not be toxic, unless specifically engineered to be so (for example “smart” drug delivery systems that target cancer cells and destroy them).
Biocompatibility
Biocompatibility is difficult to measure, it is defined in terms of success at a specific task.
Functional Tissue structure and pathobiology
Understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the action site is essential for a biomaterial to be effective.
A material should not be toxic, unless specifically engineered to be so (for example “smart” drug delivery systems that target cancer cells and destroy them).
Biocompatibility
Biocompatibility is difficult to measure, it is defined in terms of success at a specific task.
Functional Tissue structure and pathobiology
Understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the action site is essential for a biomaterial to be effective.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)