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Medical Implant & Device Design
University of Galway - Direct Enroll Program
Galway, Ireland
Dates: late Aug 2025 - mid Dec 2025
Medical Implant & Device Design
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Galway
Location: Galway, Ireland
Primary Subject Area: Biomedical Engineering
Other Subject Area: Engineering
Instruction in: English
Course Code: BME403
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 2.5
Contact Hours: 36
DESCRIPTION
Learning Outcomes
1.Discuss the functional requirements for the design of medical implants and devices.
2.State the effects of the body on the device (e.g. corrosion, wear) and also the effects of the device on the body (e.g. host response, stress shielding).
3.Derive and apply equations to predict the performance of specific designs of implants and medical devices; load sharing, contact stresses, wear, fatigue failure (S-N curves, Paris equation, Goodman diagrams), volume changes due to thermal expansion.
4.Analyse the design of ballon catheters using analytical techniques (thin walled pressure vessel) to determine the relationship between inflation pressure, material properties and balloon profile
5.Analyse the design of catheters using analytical techniques to determine the relationship between tubing length, rigidity, profile and pushability, trackability and torqueability
6.Analyse the design of mechanical heart valves using analytical techniques (Bernoulli equation, Poiseuille?s Law) to determine the pressure drop across valve, the flow rate through valve, the mean velocity and the effective orifice area
7.Experience the sequence of tasks involved in the conception, planning and mechanical design of a bioreactor for bone tissue engineering applications.
8.Appreciate and discuss the requirements for manufacture, testing and licensing of a medical device according to the associated governing bodies (e.g. U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations; European directives).
9.Prepare technical reports in conventional professional style.
10.Generate professional engineering drawings according to standard conventions.
1.Discuss the functional requirements for the design of medical implants and devices.
2.State the effects of the body on the device (e.g. corrosion, wear) and also the effects of the device on the body (e.g. host response, stress shielding).
3.Derive and apply equations to predict the performance of specific designs of implants and medical devices; load sharing, contact stresses, wear, fatigue failure (S-N curves, Paris equation, Goodman diagrams), volume changes due to thermal expansion.
4.Analyse the design of ballon catheters using analytical techniques (thin walled pressure vessel) to determine the relationship between inflation pressure, material properties and balloon profile
5.Analyse the design of catheters using analytical techniques to determine the relationship between tubing length, rigidity, profile and pushability, trackability and torqueability
6.Analyse the design of mechanical heart valves using analytical techniques (Bernoulli equation, Poiseuille?s Law) to determine the pressure drop across valve, the flow rate through valve, the mean velocity and the effective orifice area
7.Experience the sequence of tasks involved in the conception, planning and mechanical design of a bioreactor for bone tissue engineering applications.
8.Appreciate and discuss the requirements for manufacture, testing and licensing of a medical device according to the associated governing bodies (e.g. U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations; European directives).
9.Prepare technical reports in conventional professional style.
10.Generate professional engineering drawings according to standard conventions.