Jörg Mayer-Spetzler: Katalogdaten im Frühjahrssemester 2023 |
| Name | Herr Dr. Jörg Mayer-Spetzler |
| joerg.mayerspetzler@hest.ethz.ch | |
| Departement | Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie |
| Beziehung | Dozent |
| Nummer | Titel | ECTS | Umfang | Dozierende | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 376-1308-00L | Development Strategies for Medical Implants  | 3 KP | 2V + 1U | J. Mayer-Spetzler, N. Mathavan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kurzbeschreibung | Introduction to development strategies for implantable devices considering the interdependencies of biocompatibility, clinical, regulatory, and economical requirements; discussion of state of the art and actual trends in orthopedics, sports medicine, cardiovascular surgery, and regenerative medicine (tissue engineering). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lernziel | Primary considerations in implant development. Concept of structural and surface biocompatibility and its relevance for implant design and surgical technique. Understanding conflicting factors, e.g., clinical need, economics, and regulatory requirements. Tissue engineering concepts, their strengths, and weaknesses as current and future clinical solutions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inhalt | Understanding of clinical and economic needs as guidelines for the development of medical implants; implant and implantation-related tissue reactions, biocompatible materials, and material processing technologies; implant testing and regulatory procedures; discussion of state-of-the-art and actual trends in implant development in sports medicine, spinal and cardio-vascular surgery; introduction to tissue engineering. Commented movies from surgeries will further illustrate selected topics. Seminar: Group seminars on selected controversial topics in implant development. Participation is mandatory. Planned excursions (limited availability, not mandatory, to be confirmed): Participation (as a visitor) in a life surgery (travel at own expense) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skript | Script (electronically available): - presented slides - selected scientific papers for further reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literatur | Reference to key papers will be provided during the lectures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | Only Master's students; achieved Bachelor's degree is a pre-condition Admission to the lecture is based on a letter of motivation to the lecturer J. Mayer. The number of participants in the course is limited to 30 students in total. Students will be exposed to surgical movies which may cause emotional reactions. The viewing of the surgical movies is voluntary and is the student's responsibility. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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