biomaterials Syllabus

1. BIOMATERIALS AND BIOMECHANICS (MLE751)
CONTENTS
Unit – I
Introduction to biomaterial science: Characteristics of biomaterials, Metallic biomaterials,
Ceramic biomaterials, Polymeric biomaterials, Biodegradable polymeric biomaterials,
Biological biomaterials
Unit – II
Tissue replacements: Hard tissue replacements: Bone repair & joint implants, Dental
Implants, Soft tissue replacements: Blood interfacing implants non-blood interfacing implants
Unit – III
Introduction: Substitutive medicine, outlook for organ replacement, design consideration,
evaluation process.
Artificial Heart and Circulatory assist devices: Engineering design, Engineering design of
artificial heart and circulatory assist devices, blood interfacing implants – introduction, total
artificial hearts & ventricular assist devices, vascular prostheses.
Unit IV
Fundamentals of biomechanics and qualitative analysis:
Introduction to Biomechanics of Human Movement, key mechanical concepts, Nine
fundamentals of biomechanics, principles and laws, nine principles for application of
biomechanics, qualitative analysis
Applying biomechanics in sports medicine and rehabilitation: injury mechanisms, exercise
specificity, equipment, Readiness, injury prevention,
Applying Biomechanics in Coaching: qualitative analysis of throwing technique, qualitative
analysis of dribbling technique, qualitative analysis of conditioning, qualitative analysis of
catching
Text Books:
1. Joseph D Bronzino, 'Biomedical Engineering Handbook’, CRC press, 1995
2. Duane Knudson, “Fundamentals of Biomechanics”, 2nd edition, Springer publications.
Reference books:
1. David C Cooney, Marcel Dekker “Biomedical Engineering principles” Publications,1976
2. Lee Waite, Jerry Fine, “Applied Biofluid Mechanics”, McGraw Hill publications, 2007
edition
3. Arthur T Johnson, “Biomechanics & exercise physiology”, John Wiley & Sons publications
2015 edition