EDUCATION COURSES

August 4, 2008
Intercontinental Hotel
Course start/end times: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Nitinol for Medical Devices
Instructor: Scott Russell, Founder and President, Benchmark Nitinol Device Technologies, LLC; co-founder and CTO, Confirmd LLC
Overview:
The unique properties of the shape memory alloy Nitinol have led to many transformational medical device innovations, including self-expanding stents, percutaneously delivered heart valves, kink resistant guidewires, and self-locking orthopedic devices. Its superelastic qualities allow the alloy to withstand large amounts of recoverable strain, and its potential for excellent biocompatibility and fatigue resistance make it the material of choice for some of the most demanding medical device applications. However, Nitinol’s unique properties are very dependent upon alloy composition and processing. In this course, you will learn what affects Nitinol’s properties, how to control them, and how its unique properties can be applied in medical devices.
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Stainless Steels, Cobalt-Chromium and Titanium Alloys for Medical Devices
Instructor: Phillip J. Andersen, PhD, Consultant, Andersen Metallurgical LLC
Overview:
Only a limited number of metal alloys have the necessary attributes for successful, long term use in the human body; most implant product development starts with these alloys. This course describes the metallurgical aspects of these materials and focuses on key aspects of their composition, processing and corrosion and mechanical properties.
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Biomedical Microdevices: An Introduction to BioMEMS (NEW)
Instructors:
Shuvo Roy, PhD, Co-Director, BioMEMS Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Colin K. Drummond, Ph.D., MBA, Business Development Director, Emerging Technologies, ASM International, Materials Park, OH
Overview:
Biomedical applications of microsystem (MEMS and Nanotechnology) devices have moved beyond lab-on-a-chip and microarray applications, gaining acceptance for implantable devices and other in-vivo applications. Product application issues for BioMEMS devices are highly interdisciplinary and have very unique materials, process, and application engineering issues not uniquely addressed in either traditional engineering or biological curricula -- basic concepts in microfabrication must be set within the context of medical device development, biocompatibility, system integration, and clinical testing. Join us for an overview of BioMEMS technology and the principal engineering, materials, and clinical challenges in BioMEMS development today.
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