ME 598: Schedule

 

Week Monday Tuesday Thursday Web Reference
Material
Homeworks/Labs Project
1
Aug 27:
Intro to orthopedics and
device design
Aug 28:
History of orthopedics
Aug 30:
Anatomical directions, 
Healthy 
cartilage
Intro to Biomechanics
Anatomical terms
  PubMed (for journal articles)    
2 Sep 3:
Labor Day

Sep 4:
Pathological cartilage
Gait mechanics
Patello-femoral
joint function

Sep 6:
Design rationale:
Patellar component

 

Gait cycle  Range of motion

Burden of musculoskeletal disease

  AO page - VERY useful and fun
3 Sep 10

Sep 11:
Patella testing

Sep 13: 
Tibiofemoral joint
function

HipKneeBook

  Ortho bullets
4 Sep 17:
Interactive Medical
Simulation EXPO

Expo page
Sep 18:
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Sep 20: 
Design rationale:
Knee component

Joint loading data

AAOS   FDA page on implants

   
5 Sep 24:
Li Lecture 
Start-up investing

Sep 25:
Healthy vs pathological:
bone 

Sep 27:
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Hipknee replacement

 

 

6

Oct 1:
TKA Lab

Oct 2:
Hip function
and loading

Oct 4:
Design rationale: Hip

     
7 Oct 8:
Implant distribution, logistics, marketing
Oct 9:
Reconstructive techniques:
implant materials

Oct 11:
Reconstructive techniques:
implant fixation

Ortho implant materials    
8 Oct 15:
Operations - from the bench to market
Dr. Kyle Wu, MD, MBA 
Founder and CMO of ekare.ai
Oct 16:
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Oct 18:
Preclinical analysis

     
9 Oct 22:
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Oct 23:
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Oct 25:
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10 Oct 29:
THA Lab
Oct 30:
Design testing using
finite element

Nov 1:Finite element lab

     
11 Nov 5:
Intellectural property: how to get
credit for your design
Prof. Kesan (UIUC Prof of Law
specializing in medical devices)
Nov 6:

Nov 8:
Preclinical testing/approval

 

 

 
12 Nov 12 Nov 13:
Clinical outcomes

Nov 14:
Clinical outcomes

 

 

 
13 Fall break      
14 Nov 26:
Mechanical testing lab
Nov 27:
Mechanical testing lab

Nov 29:
Mechanical testing lab

     
15 Dec 3 Dec 4:
Current topics in orthopedic
research: in vivo techniques

Dec 6:
Current topics in orthopedic
research: in vivo techniques

     
16 Saturday
Dec 8
Shark tank pitch and poster session