2.782J | Spring 2025 | Graduate

Design of Medical Devices and Implants

Lecture Notes and Readings

Chapter 1: Overview; Clinical Problems Requiring Implants for Solution; Defining the Problem (external)

Part I: Principles of Implant Design; Targets for Treatment; Bioactive Agents

Chapter 2: Steps in Design; Make-Up of Tissues-Organs; Unit Cell Processes (external)

Chapter 3: Unit Cell Processes of Wound Healing; Tissue Response to Permanent Implants (external)

Chapter 4: Cell Processes in Repair and Fibrotic Conditions; Treatment Targets; Combating Scar (external)

Chapter 5: Devices to Facilitate Tissue-Organ Regeneration I. Biomaterials (external)

Chapter 6: Regenerative Devices II. Biomaterials + Regulatory Molecules (external)

Chapter 7: Regenerative Devices III. Biomaterials + Cells (Mitochondria, Secretomes) (external)

Part II: Federal Regulation of Medical Devices

Chapter 8: Federal Regulation of Medical Devices (external)

Part III: Medical Problems and Their Solutions

Chapter 9: Devices for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration (external)

Chapter 10: Dental-Maxillofacial Problems and Treatments (external)

Chapter 11: Devices to Facilitate Skin Regeneration (external)

Chapter 12: Devices to Facilitate Nerve Regeneration (external)

Part IV: Commercialization of Medical Devices

Chapter 13: Devices to Treat Vascular Problems (external)

Chapter 14: Devices to Treat Cardiac Problems (external)

Chapter 15: Central Nervous System Therapeutics; Eye-Retina (external)

Chapter 16: Central Nervous System Therapeutics; Spinal Cord (external)

Chapter 17: Central Nervous System Therapeutics; Brain (external)

Chapter 18: Intellectual Property Issues (external)

Chapter 19: Steps to Startup and Funding (external)

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