Emerging Technology Design Mastertrack Biomedical Engineering

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Emerging Technology DesignMastertrack
Biomedical Engineering
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Outline

• Courses
• Example of Masters-thesis
• Examples of research Biomech. Engr./UT

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Courses
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Elective Courses
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Master Assignments

• Design a consumer product which enables home
  treatment of migraine
• Design an orthosis which enables more
  energy-efficient walking
• Design a suit for inertial motion capturing
• Develop a design manual for sterilisation-friendly
  designing
• Design a specific type of leg prosthesis

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Example Master assignment

• Assignment
• Design a consumer product which enables home
  treatment of migraine
• Emerging Technology
• Pulsating ElectroMagnetic Fields

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Emergence of Magnetism in medical treatment

• AD 1520 Paracelsus
• magnets to treat epilepsy, diarrhea, and
  hemorrhage
• AD 1898 Tesla
• Coils up to three feet in diameter were used for
  magnetically treating the body without contact,
  the after effect of which treatment was
  certainly beneficial
• AD 1940-1990 ??
• Permanent magnets in sports
• AD 1974 Basset
• FDA approval PEMF for fracture treatment

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PEMF what is it?

• Pulsating Electromagnetic Fields

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PEMF what is it good for?

• AIDS
• Acne
• Allergies
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Anaemia
• Aneurysm
• Angina Pectoris
• Apoplexy
• Arrhythmia
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arthritis
• Arthrosis
• Artificial Joints
• Back Pain
• Bekhterev's Disease - refer also to
• "Rheumatic Diseases"
• Blood Parameters
• Blood Pressure

• Fibromyalgia
• Gastritis, Gastroenteritis and Peptic Ulcer
• Gastroenterology - Intestinal Disease, Gastric
  Mucosa
• Injuries
• Gout
• Haemorrhage
• Hair Loss
• Headache - Migraine
• Hearing Loss
• Heel Spur
• Hematomas
• Herpes
• Hydrarthrosis
• Impotency
• Influenza, Viral Infections
• Injuries and Injury Rehabilitation
• Insomnia
• Kidney Disease
• Knee Injuries

• Osteochondrosis
• Osteomyelitis
• Osteoporosis
• Ovarian Inflammations and Cysts
• Pain
• Pancreatitis with PERT
• Paralysis
• Parkinson's Disease
• Peripheral Occlusive Vascular Disease
• Perthes' Disease
• Phantom Pain
• Polyneuropathy
• Prolapsed Disk
• Prostate
• Psoriasis
• Psychological Disease
• Rheumatic Diseases - See also Arthritis,
  Arthrosis, Fibromyalgia.
• Scoliosis
• Shingles

Headache - Migraine
Headache - Migraine
Headache - Migraine
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PEMF - assignment

• Design a consumer product, based on PEMF, for the
  home treatment of migraine

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PEMF - Migraine

• Symptoms
• Physiology
• Current treatment methods
• . . . .

• Migraine

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PEMF technology overview

• PEMF for treating Migraine
• How effective is it
• Health / safety hazards
• Optimum parameters
• Reported clinical experiments
• Reported clinical use
• FDA-approval

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PEMF - market

• Trends in consumer healthcare market
• What types of product exist? -gtMoodboard
• Gross turnover medication? 2 billion US/year
• Migraine prevalence? 30 million patients

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PEMF - design

• Usage scenarios
• Stakeholders
• Function analysis
• Product requirements
• Ergonomics
• Model and experiment

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PEMF - concepts

• Confidential

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PEMF - conclusion
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Research Biomechanical Engineering UT LOPES

• LOKOMAT treatment of spinal leasion

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Research Biomechanical Engineering UT LOPES

• UT LOPES treatment of CVA

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Research Biomechanical Engineering UT DAMPACE

• DAMPACE arm rehabilitation for CVA-patients

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Conclusions

• Courses mixture of design, biomedics and
  biomechanics
• Masters Project design of a product, given a
  technology
• Location Masters Project - company or university.