Study Programmes 2015-2016
| SBIM0463-1 | ||||||||
| Biocompatibility of implants and biomaterials | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 10h Th | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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 combined with 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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| Various book references are given at the beginning of 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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| This lecture is typically combined with BIOC0430-1, given in Applied Sciences 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 | ||||||||