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| BIOC0430-1 | Interaction of living material
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| Duration : | 25h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Christian Grandfils |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| It's just impossible to imagine any clinical activities without all medical devices supporting the daily life of the physician (catheters, prosthesis, pace-maker, lens, artificial teeth, dressing, suture, dialysis membrane, ...)
The optimisation of all these multifunctional biomaterials requires to have a in-depth understanding of the molecular and cellular events which will occur at the interphase between the implants and the surrounding biological medium. This short and long-term interplay will indeed determine the biocompatibility of all these devices. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - Medical devices and implants : clinical importance, nature, functions, evolution, regulatory aspect.
- Biocompatibility : definitions, actual limits
- Interfaces and biocompatibility of implants.
- Principal polymers adopted in medical and pharmaceutical sectors
- Specificities of polymers for biomedical applications. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Basic knowledge in chemistry, biochemistry, physics and cell biology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Theoretical lectures including questions/answers |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Book refrences are given at the first lecture. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination (20 min) after 10 minutes of preparation. A particular attention is paid to the integration of knowledge between disciplines. |
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Work placement(s) :
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| Not foreseen (but possible if special interest) |
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Organizational remarks :
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| Typically this lecture is combined with a lecture SBIM0463-1 given in Master of Biomedical Sciences biomédicales, during the first quadrimester.
By preference, the lecture is proposed to be given in english. |
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Contacts :
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| Christian GRANDFILS
Centre Interfacultaire des Biomatériaux (CEIB)
Institut de Chimie, B6c, Allée du 6 août 11
4000 LIEGE (Sart-Tilman)
email : C.Grandfils@ulg.ac.be
www.ceib.ulg.ac.be
Tél : 04/366.34.16
Fax : 04/366.36.23
To fix an appointment please use email / phone |
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