Design of Medical Devices and Implants
2.782J · Health Sciences and Technology, Mechanical Engineering · Graduate · Spring 2025
Prof. Myron Spector, Prof. Ioannis Yannas
This design course teaches a systematic approach for development of an implantable or injectable medical device to treat a specific and well-defined clinical problem, criteria for preparing applications to the US Food and Drug Administration for approval to conduct clinical trials, and the steps to start a company to make it available to the patient. Students work in teams to develop the design for an FDA Class III medical device or combination product (incorporating drugs and/or biologics). Th…
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