Biomedical devices represent a wide variety of implements that are beneficial for human health and welfare. Some well-known examples are contact lenses, hip implants, pace makers, artificial heart valves, stents, catheters, and breast implants. A wide variety of exciting new devices are continuously being developed, including neurostimulators, applications of nanotechnology and nanoparticles for therapeutic effects, new generation coatings for improved biocompatibility of implants, artificial skin and tissues, and many others. The field is constantly evolving as new concepts and technologies are integrated.
The Biomedical Device concentration is an interdisciplinary field of study aimed at providing the student with the knowledge necessary to function effectively, and be successful, in the biomedical device industry. The design, development and ultimate market release of a product will involve a team that includes scientists, engineers, technologists, manufacturing specialists, legal professionals, business and financial professionals, regulatory affairs professionals, and physicians, all able to communicate effectively with each other.
The program has been designed to (a) educate students with a background in engineering and the physical sciences and prepare them to enter the biomedical devices industry, and (b) provide engineers in the biomedical devices industry with continued education and professional development. Detailed information about the Biomedical Devices Program can be found at:
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/bioengineering/BiomedicalDevices/
Biomedical Devices Program of Study Form
