Number of hours
- Lectures 10.0
- Projects 0
- Tutorials 10.0
- Internship 0
- Laboratory works 0
- Written tests 0
ECTS
ECTS 2.0
Goal(s)
This course is about materials used to construct medical implants and other devices used to repair, replace or regenerate tissues and organs. This course provides a broad perspective on biomaterials engineering and processing, classes of material used and applications of materials in medicine, biology, and biotechnology.
This course is based on a combination of lectures and student presentations.
Content(s)
The course comprises 5 parts :
(I) Introduction to biomaterial engineering and applications
(II) Concepts of biocompatibility
(III) Biomaterial processing, characterization and testing
(IV) Some concepts on R&D
(V) Biomaterials for orthopaedic applications and tissue engineering.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in cell biology and in physics of materials
Semester 9 - The exam is given in english only
50 % continuous assessment oral + 50% written exam
50% de contrôle continu (oral) + 50% d’examen (écrit)
Modalités examen écrit:
Durée : 2h
Documents autorisés : aucun
Documents interdits : tous
Matériels spécifiques autorisés : non
Calculatrice : non
Possible en distanciel : oui
Commentaire :
Rattrapage: oral
This course brings 3.0 ECTS to students in UE Broadening courses nanomed 1
Semester 9 - This course is given in english only
- Biomaterials : an introduction to materials in Medicine; BD Ratner, S Hoffman, FJ Schoen, JE Lemons,
- Joint European Commission, ETP Nanomedicine, Expert report 2009
- Et de nombreux documents issus du Web (sociétés travaillant dans le domaine des biomatériaux ; articles scientifiques de revues)