BMET5907 Concise Summary

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Can't make it to the lectures? Thesis stressing you out? Take these concise cheap notes to ensure that you smash out any quiz that he throws at you! Week 1 Course overview, anatomy review, bone and joints. Week 2 Principles of artificial joint replacement, specifics of knee and hip implants. Week 3 Implant design and manufacturing. Week 4 Design Control and Regulatory aspects of Orthopaedic Innovation. Week 5 Statics, principles of biocompatibility, biomaterials, metals, polymers, ceramics. Week 6 Joint Loads, muscles and gait analysis. Fixation with bone cement, biological fixation, implant stiffness, stress shielding, bone remodeling. Week 7 Casting Technologies in Orthopaedics. Week 9 Ceramics in Orthopaedics, Coatings – DLC and HA Week 10 FEA in Orthopaedics Week 11 Engineering and cardiovascular surgery Week 12 Engineering in other areas of surgery.