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HST.524

Design of Medical Devices and Implants

3-0-9 units · Graduate

See description under subject 2.782[J] .

Spring 2025

This design course teaches a systematic approach for development of an implantable or injectable medical device to treat a specific and well-defined clinical problem, criteria for preparing applications to the US Food and Drug Administration for approval to conduct clinical trials, and the steps to start a company to make it available to the patient. Students work in teams to develop the design for an FDA Class III medical device or combination product (incorporating drugs and/or biologics). The emphasis is on the science and engineering underlying the design of novel treatments for problems in any one of the 78 organs of the body.

Spring 2006

This design course targets the solution of clinical problems by use of implants and other medical devices. Topics include the systematic use of cell-matrix control volumes; the role of stress analysis in the design process; anatomic fit, shape and size of implants; selection of biomaterials; instrumentation for surgical implantation procedures; preclinical testing for safety and efficacy, including risk/benefit ratio assessment evaluation of clinical performance and design of clinical trials. Student project materials are drawn from orthopedic devices, soft tissue implants, artificial organs, and dental implants.

Readings

  • A textbook for the course, known as TORA, is:
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  • Yannas, I. V. Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Adults . New York, NY: Springer, 2001. ISBN: 9780387952147.
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  • This page presents various outlines, notes, textbook selections, and journal articles assigned for some class sessions.
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  • TORA = Yannas, I. V. Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Adults . New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 2001. ISBN: 9780387952147.
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  • Chapter 1 Outline ( PDF ) ↗
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  • TORA. Chapter 1.
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  • LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Principles of Implant Design / Design Parameters: Permanent versus Absorbable Devices · READINGS: Chapter 2 Outline ( PDF ) ↗
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  • LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: The Missing Organ and its Replacement · READINGS: TORA. Chapter 1.
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  • LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Criteria for Materials Selection · READINGS: TORA. Chapter 1.
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  • LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Tissue Engineering I: Scaffolds · READINGS: Langer, Robert, and Joseph P. Vacanti. “Tissue Engineering.” Science, New Series 260, no. 5110 (May 14, 1993): 920-926.
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  • TORA. Chapters 6, 7, and 10.
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  • Yannas, I. V., et al. “Wound Tissue Can Utilize a Polymeric Template to Synthesize a Functional Extension of Skin.” Science, New Series 215, no. 4529 (January 8, 1982): 174-176.
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  • LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: Degradation of Devices: Natural and Synthetic Polymers · READINGS: Spector, Myron. “Biomaterials.” Chapter 19 in Plastic Surgery . Vol. 1. Edited by B. M. Achauer, et al. Mosby: St. Louis, 2000. ISBN: 9780815110194.
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  • LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Biocompatibility: Scar Formation and Contraction · READINGS: TORA. Chapters 1, 2, and 4.
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  • LEC #: 16 · TOPICS: Federal Regulation of Devices II · READINGS: What is CE Marking? ↗
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  • Mitchell, L. Shannon, and Laura E. Niklason. “Requirements for Growing Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts.” Cardiovascular Pathology 12 (2003): 59-64.
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  • Niklason, L. E., J. Gao, W. M. Abbot, K. K. Hirschi, S. Houser, R. Marini, and R. Langer. “Functional Arteries Grown in Vitro.” Science 284 (April 16, 1999): 489-493.
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  • Schoen, Frederick J., and Robert J. Levy. “Tissue Heart Valves: Current Challenges and Future Research Perspectives.” Founder’s Award, 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, Providence, RI, April 28-May 2, 1999.
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  • Rabkin, Elena, and Frederick J. Schoen. “Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering.” Cardiovascular Pathology II (2002): 305-317.
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  • LEC #: 21 · TOPICS: Devices for Nerve Regeneration · READINGS: TORA. Chapter 6.
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Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as 2.782[J] Prereq: ( Biology (GIR) , Chemistry (GIR) , and Physics I (GIR) ) or permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-9 units

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