| Date |
Reading Assignment |
Instructor |
Topic |
| 12 Jan |
BS: 1-11; 37(2.1); 133 (3.1); 165 (4.1); 215 (5.1);
243 (6.1); 283 (7.1); 389 (8.1) |
Tresco |
Introduction |
| 14 Jan |
BS: 11-21 |
Tresco |
Overview |
| 16 Jan |
BS: 11-21 |
Tresco |
Classes of Materials Used in Medicine |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 19 Jan |
oo |
oo |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - Holiday |
| 21 Jan |
BS: 50-64, 73-94 |
Tresco |
Polymeric Materials - Part I |
| 23 Jan |
BS: 94-105; 118-124 |
Tresco |
Polymeric Materials - Part II |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 26 Jan |
BS: 165-173 |
Tresco |
Acute Wound Healing |
| 28 Jan |
BS: 193-200 |
Tresco |
Blood Clotting |
| 30 Jan |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Chronic Wound Healing and Foreign Body Response |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 2 Feb |
BS: 21-37; Handout-see website for details |
Wright |
Surface Properties of Biomaterials |
| 4 Feb |
BS:133-147; Handout-see website for details |
Wright |
Surface Characterization |
| 6 Feb |
Handout-see website for details |
Wright |
Surface & Protein Interactions |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 9 Feb |
BS: 173-188 |
Biran |
Inflammation: Part I |
| 11 Feb |
BS: 188-193; 243-272 |
Biran |
Inflammation: Part II-Degradation of Implanted Materials |
| 13 Feb |
oo |
Tresco |
Exam I |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
|
16 Feb
|
oo |
oo |
President's Day - Holiday |
| 18 Feb |
Handout-see website for details |
Triolo |
Device Regulation |
|
20 Feb
|
BS: 457-465 |
Hitchcock |
Device Development |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 23 Feb |
BS: 205-215; 415-420 |
Tresco |
Sterilization and Related Infections |
| 25 Feb |
BS: 105-118 |
Tresco |
Surface Coatings |
| 27 Feb |
BS: 215-243 |
Tresco |
Biomaterials Testing |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 1 Mar |
BS: 356-360; 360-371; Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Wound Dressings and Sutures |
| 3 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Elastomers |
| 5 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Intravenous Catheters |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 8 Mar |
BS: 283-308 |
Tresco |
Applications in Cardiology |
| 10 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Hollow Fiber Membranes |
| 12 Mar |
oo |
oo |
Exam II |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 15 Mar |
oo |
oo |
Spring Break |
| 17 Mar |
oo |
oo |
Spring Break |
| 19 Mar |
oo |
oo |
Spring Break |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 22 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Applications in Nephrology |
| 24 Mar |
BS: 60-64; Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Hydrogels |
| 26 Mar |
BS: 335-346; Handout-see website for details |
Mamalis |
Applications in Ophthalmology |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 29 Mar |
BS: 37-50 |
Tresco |
Metals-Part I |
| 31 Mar |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Metals- Part II |
| 2 Apr |
BS: 335-346 |
Tresco |
Applications in Orthopedics |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 5 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Ceramics and Bioglasses |
| 7 Apr |
BS: 319-328 |
Tresco |
Adhesives and Sealents |
| 9 Apr |
BS: 308-319 |
oo |
Applications in Dentistry |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 12 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Degradable Materials-Part I |
| 14 Apr |
Handout-see website for details |
Tresco |
Degradable Materials-Part II |
| 16 Apr |
BS: 346-356 |
Tresco |
Project Presentations |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 19 Apr |
oo |
Tresco |
Project Presenations |
| 21 Apr |
oo |
Tresco |
Project Presentations |
| 23 Apr |
oo |
Tresco |
Project Presentations |
| oo |
oo |
oo |
oo |
| 26 Apr |
oo |
Tresco |
Exam III |
