Biomaterials detailed syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (BME) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the BME students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit BME 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-I scheme and its subjects refer to BME Professional Elective-I syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of biomaterials is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO BIO-MATERIALS
Definition and classification of bio-materials, mechanical properties, visco elasticity, biomaterial performance, body response to implants, wound healing, blood compatibility, Nano scale phenomena.
Unit II
METALLIC AND CERAMIC MATERIALS
Metallic implants – Stainless steels, co-based alloys, Ti-based alloys, shape memory alloy, nanostructured metallic implants, degradation and corrosion, ceramic implant – bio inert, biodegradable or bioresorbable, bioactive ceramics, nanostructured bio ceramics.
Unit III
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Unit IV
TISSUE REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS
Small intestinal sub mucosa and other decullarized matrix biomaterials for tissue repair: Extra cellular Matrix. Softtissue replacements, sutures, surgical tapes, adhesive, Percutaneous and skin implants, maxillofacial augmentation, Vascular grafts, hard tissue replacement Implants, joint replacements, tissue scaffolding and engineering using Nano biomaterials.
Unit V
TESTING OF BIOMATERIALS
Biocompatibility, blood compatibility and tissue compatibility tests, Toxicity tests, sensitization, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity and special tests, Invitro and Invivo testing; Sterilisation of implants and devices: ETO, gamma radiation, autoclaving. Effects of sterilization.
Course Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
- Analyze different types of Biomaterials and its classification and apply the concept of nanotechnology towards biomaterials use.
- Identify significant gap required to overcome challenges and further development in metallic and ceramic materials
- Identify significant gap required to overcome challenges and further development in polymeric materials
- Create combinations of materials that could be used as a tissue replacement implant.
- Understand the testing standards applied for biomaterials.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Sreeram Ramakrishna, MuruganRamalingam, T. S. Sampath Kumar, and Winston O. Soboyejo, “Biomaterials: A Nano Approach”, CRC Press, 2010.
- Monika Saini, Yashpal Singh, Pooja Arora, Vipin Arora, and KratiJain. “Implant biomaterials: A comprehensive review”, World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2015.
- Biomaterials- Basic Theory with Engineering Applications C.Mauli Agarwal, Joo L.Ong, Mark R. Appleford, Gopinath Mani. Cambrige University Press, New York- 2016.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Biomedical Engineering 5th Sem, visit BME 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
For all Biomedical Engineering results, visit Anna University BME all semester results direct link.