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MIT OpenCourseWare
Design of Medical Devices and Implants
- Instructors
- Prof. Ioannis Yannas, Prof. Myron Spector
- Term
- Spring 2006
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 33 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
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- 2.782J, HST.524J · Spring 2025 · On MIT OCW ↗
- 2.782J · Spring 2006 · Study here (this version)
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Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 2.782J Design of Medical Devices and Implants, Spring 2006, Prof. Ioannis Yannas, Prof. Myron Spector — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Readings
- Chapter 1 Outline TORA. Chapter 1. Download
- Chapter 2 Outline Download
- FDA Guidance for Industry documents: E6 Good Clinical Practice: Consolidated Guidance Download
- E10 Choice of Control Group and Related Issues in Clinical Trials Download
Lecture Notes
19 files
- Overview Slides Download
- Four Design Principles for Medical Devices Download
- The Problem of the Missing Organ Download
- Tissue Engineering I: Overview Download
- Tissue Engineering II: Scaffolds Download
- Tissue Engineering III: Growth Factors and Genes Download
- Tissue Engineering IV: Stem Cells Download
- Design Case Study: Device for Partial Regeneration of Skin Download
- Biomaterials Survey Download
- Implant Fixation, Mechanical Stability and Modulus Matching Download
- Biocompatibility Download
- Scar Formation Around Implants Download
- Degradation of Devices: Corrosion and Wear Download
- Federal Regulation of Medical Devices Download
- Recommended Biocompatibility Testing and Regulation of Tissue Engineered Products Download
- Summary of Federal Regulatory Issues and Clinical Trials Download
- Statistics: Type I and Type II errors Download
- Bone Substitute Materials and Tissue Engineering Download
- Dental Tissue Engineering Download
Assignments
- Homework 1 Download
- Homework 1 Solution Download
- FDA Report: total length 8 pages including all images and references, 1 1/2 line spacing, 12 pt. Times font Download
Other materials from this course
7 files
- ch2_optimize.pdf Download
- This resource contains information on implants to facilitate tissue/organ regeneration (ch3_outline.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on replacing organs with permanent prostheses (ch4_outline.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on tissue engineering (ch5_outline.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on design parameters (ch6_outline.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on biocompatibility: local and systemic effects (ch7_outline.pdf) Download
- This resource contains information on federal regulation of devices 1 (ch9_outline.pdf) Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Principles of Implant Design / Design Parameters: Permanent versus Absorbable Devices
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Lecture 3: The Missing Organ and its Replacement
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Lecture 4: Criteria for Materials Selection
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Lecture 5: Tissue Engineering I: Scaffolds
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Lecture 6: Tissue Engineering II: Cells and Regulators
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Lecture 7: Case Study of Organ Regeneration
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Lecture 8: Design Specifications: Biomaterials Survey
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Lecture 9: Biocompatibility: Local and Systemic Effects
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Lecture 10: Design Specifications: Tissue Bonding and Modulus Matching
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Lecture 11: Degradation of Devices: Natural and Synthetic Polymers
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Lecture 12: Biocompatibility: Scar Formation and Contraction
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Lecture 13: Degradation of Devices: Corrosion and Wear
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Lecture 14: Federal Regulation of Devices I
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Lecture 15: Oral Presentations of Proposals for Design II
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Lecture 16: Federal Regulation of Devices II
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Lecture 17: Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair
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Lecture 18: Implants for Bone
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Lecture 19: Implants for Plastic Surgery
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Lecture 20: Cardiovascular Prostheses: Heart Valves and Blood Vessels
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Lecture 21: Devices for Nerve Regeneration
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Lecture 22: Musculoskeletal Soft Tissues: Meniscus, Intervertebral Disk
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Lecture 23: Dental and Otologic Implants
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Lecture 24: Other Devices: Spinal Cord, Heart Lung
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Lecture 25: Final Oral Presentation of Designs (Mock FDA Panel)
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