Biomaterials and Artificial Organs detail syllabus for Biomedical Engineering (Bme), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17BM82), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other bme 8th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit BME 8th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for biomaterials and artificial organs is as follows.
Module 1
Biomaterials: Introduction to biomaterials, uses of biomaterials, biomaterials in organs & body systems, materials for use in the body, performance of biomaterials. Metallic Biomaterials: Introduction, Stainless steel, Cobalt- Chromium alloy, Titanium alloys, Titanium-Nickel alloys, Dental metals, Corrosion of metallic implants, Manufacturing of implants. Ceramic Biomaterials: Introduction, non-absorbable/relatively bioinert-bioceramics, biodegradable/resorbable ceramics, bioreactive ceramics, deterioration of ceramics, bioceramicmanufacturing techniques
Module 2
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Module 3
Hard Tissue Replacements: Bone repair and joint implants-long bone repair and joint replacements, dental implants- effects of material selection, effects of surface properties, surface chemistry. Preservation Techniques For Biomaterials: Phase behavior, nonfreezing storage-hypothermic, freeze-thaw technology, freezedrying, and vitrification. Artificial Organs: Introduction: Substitutive medicine, outlook for organ replacement, design consideration, evaluation process.
Module 4
Artificial Heart And Circulatory Assist Devices: Engineering design, Engg design of artificial heart and circulatory assist devices, blood interfacing implants – introduction, total artificial hearts & ventricular assist devices, vascular prostheses, Non-blood interfacing implants for soft tissues-sutures and allied augmentation devices, percutaneous and skin implants, maxillofacial implants, eye and ear implants. Cardiac Valve Prostheses: Mechanical valves, tissue valves, current types of prostheses, tissue versus mechanical, engineering concerns and hemodynamic assessment of prosthetic heart valves, implications for thrombus deposition, durability, current trends in valve design, vascular grafts-history, synthetic grafts, regional patency, thrombosis, neointimal hyperplasia, graft infections. Artificial Kidney: Functions of the kidneys, kidney disease, renal failure, renal transplantation, artificial kidney, dialyzers, membranes for haemodialysis, haemodialysis machine, peritoneal dialysis equipment-therapy format, fluid and solute removal.
Module 5
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Course Outcomes:
After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the principle and biology underlying the design of implants and artificial organs.
- Differentiate classes of materials used in medicine.
- Discuss the application of biomaterials in medicine.
- Discuss concept of biocompatibility and the methods of biomaterial testing.
- Discuss the design process in some of the prominent artificial organs.
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have TEN questions.
- Each full question carries 16 marks
- There will be TWO full questions (with maximum of THREE sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer FIVE full questions, selecting ONE full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Biomedical Engineering Handbook-Volume1 (2nd Edition) by J.D.Bronzino (CRC Press / IEEE Press, 2000).
- Biomedical Engineering Handbook-Volume 2 (2nd Edition) by J.D.Bronzino (CRC Press / IEEE Press, 2000)
- Handbook of Biomedical Instrumentation (2nd Edition) by R.S.Khandpur (Tata McGraw Hill, 2003).
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