1 Introduction
1 Introduction
Lecture 1 - Introduction
Dr Warren Macdonald
[email protected]
www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/w.macdonald
Department of Bioengineering
Warren Macdonald
PhD, CEng, CSci, FIPEM, FHEA
The cement, approved for elsewhere in the body, was used in the spines
of 200 patients with fractured vertebrae. Three patients died from a rapid
drop in blood pressure during spinal surgeries, prosecutors said.
Medical Device Certification
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in Bone Drug Case
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The cement, approved for elsewhere in the body, was used in the spines
of 200 patients with fractured vertebrae. Three patients died from a rapid
drop in blood pressure during spinal surgeries, prosecutors said.
A unit of Johnson & Johnson, just months after saying it was phasing out
an artificial hip implant because of slowing sales, has warned doctors that
the device appears to have a high early failure rate in some patients.
The action by the company, DePuy Orthopaedics, follows more than two
years of reports that the hip implant, which is known as the ASR, was
failing in patients only a few years after implant, requiring costly and
painful replacement operations.
• Course Description
• Projects List
• Marking Guidelines
• General Feedback (previous years)
• Project Resources Folder
• PEI presentations
• Standards, Guidelines and Regulations
• Example Files
Course Details
• Thursdays 9 – 11 (1.31)
• Group Work (groups allocated next week)
• Assessment by Coursework – one per group
• Peer Assessment of contribution to group
• Chemical Safety Lecture 12th Oct, 2.00 p.m.
SAF Building – G16
• Project Choices on Blackboard
Course Timetable
Wk Time Subject Lecturer
Dr W Macdonald
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 020 7594 6372
Room: Bessemer 3.25
GTAs
Maegan, Spiteri [email protected]
Groups 1 & 2
Xinyue Liu [email protected]
Groups 3 & 4
Hussam El Nashar [email protected]
Groups 5 & 6
Halla Hakami [email protected]
Groups 7 & 8
Natalia Torres Consul [email protected]
Groups 9 & 10
Omer Katirci [email protected]
Groups 11 & 12
20
References
• PIP breast implants:
https://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/27/world/e
urope/pip-breast-implant-scandal-
explained/index.html