Calendar

DAY # TOPICS LECTURER LECTURE NOTES READINGS
I.  Principles of Implant Design (Working Paradigms)
1 Clinical Problems Requiring Implants for Solution I. V. Yannas Ch. 1 (PDF), Ch. 3 (PDF) IVY: Ch. 1, Ch. 2
2 Conceptual Framework for Organ Regeneration I. V. Yannas Ch. 3 (PDF) IVY: Ch. 3, Ch. 7
3 Case Study: Skin Regeneration I. V. Yannas Ch. 4 (PDF) IVY: Ch. 6
4 Principles of Implant Design/Design Parameters/Permanent Prostheses M. Spector Ch. 2 (PDF), Ch. 5 (PDF), Ch. 6 (PDF)
5 Implants for Plastic Surgery D. P. Orgill Ch. 5 (PDF)
6 Tissue Engineering I M. Spector Ch. 7 (PDF)
7 Tissue Engineering II M. Spector Ch. 7 (PDF)
8 Quiz
II.  Design Parameters
9 Design Specifications: Biomaterials Survey
Final composition of design team/Final choice of topic
M. Spector Ch. 8 (PDF)
10 Design Specifications: Tissue Bonding and Modulus Matching M. Spector Ch. 8 (PDF)
11 Degradation of Devices: Corrosion and Wear M. Spector Ch. 10 (PDF)
12 Degradation of Devices: Natural and Synthetic Polymers I. V. Yannas Ch. 10  (PDF)
13 Biocompatibility: Scar Formation and Contraction I. V. Yannas Ch. 9 (PDF) IVY: Ch. 4
14 Biocompatibility: Local and Systemic Effects M. Spector Ch. 9 (PDF)
15 Oral Presentations of Proposals for Design Yannas/Spector
16 Federal Regulation of Devices; FDA I M. Spector Ch. 11 (PDF)
17 FDA II/Clinical Trial Design/Outcome Studies
Risk - Benefit Ratio
M. Spector Ch. 11 (PDF)
III.  Design Solutions in Use
18 Joint Replacement Prostheses M. Spector Ch. 17
19 Implants for Musculoskeletal Soft Tissues M. Spector Ch. 13
20 FDA REPORT Due; Devices for Nerve Regeneration I. V. Yannas Ch. 14
21 Dental and Otologic Implants M. Spector Ch. 12
22 Opportunities and Traps in the Biotech Industry D. Freeman Ch. 16
23 Vascular Prostheses M. Spector Ch. 15
24 Cardiovascular Prostheses: Heart Valves
Design Report due
F. J. Schoen
25 Smart Devices: Wireless Sensing of Strains in Implants N. Elvin
26 Final Oral Presentations of Designs (Mock FDA Panel)


LN: Lecture Notes
IVY: Chapters in the book, Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Adults. by I. V. Yannas.