What is Bioengineering? · Getting a Bioengineering Education • Degrees in Bioengineering Or •...
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What is Bioengineering?
Mark S. Redfern, Ph.D.Professor, BioengineeringVice Provost For Research
Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Science Honors Institute
Bioengineering - Pittsburgh
What is Bioengineering?
• “Applying engineering knowledge and methods to solve biomedical problems.”
• Spans molecular to whole body
– Tissue Engineering
– Artificial Organs
– Medical Instrumentation
– Rehabilitation Engineering
– Imaging
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What is Bioengineering?
• “Advances knowledge in engineering, biology and medicine, and improves human health through cross-disciplinary activities that integrate the engineering sciences with life sciences and clinical practice.”
• [Engineering applied to health]
Professional DisclaimerClinician Life Scientist Engineer
“A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.” - Anonymous
“Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.”– James Michener
What is a Medical Device?
Tongue depressor Heart-lung machine
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Even the iPhone!
Artificial Organs
Completely Artificial
Bio-hybrid Artificial
Organ Regeneration
COMPLEX I TY
SAFETY
EFF I CACY
PAST
PRESENT
FUTURE
What We Need to ProvideCirculatory Assistance
• provide 1.5 gallons per minute of blood flow at physiologic pressures
• non-clotting
• immuno-resistant
• quick, easy to implant
• efficient and reliable
• deliver good quality of life
• affordable
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Total Artificial Heart (TAH)
Cardiosystems Inc (Jarvik TAH)
• recipient’s entire heart, or ventricles are removed and replaced with a mechanical device
Ventricular Assist Device
Ventricular Assist Device
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Berlin Heart Pediatrics
• Started in 1980’s
• External for babies
• Pneumatic, attached to a big machine.
• Pulsatile
• Ventricle empties into the pump
• Pump pushes blood to the ascending aorta
• Used 1 month or less
• Still used today!
Pneumatic – Internal
• Titanium
• For adults
• Pneumatic, attached to a big machine.
• Pulsatile
• Used a couple months month or less
Electronic – Internal
• Pulsatile
• Batteries used
• Patient could go home!
• Clot issues due to bearings and valves.
• Can be used for up to 1 year?
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Continuous – Internal
• Continuous flow
• For adults
• VAD
• Still has bearings that can cause blood clots, but reduced.
• Most popular still!!!!
• Developed in Pittsburgh
• Can be used for 1-2 years
Ventrassist: Continuous – Internal • Continuous flow
• No valves!
• Magnetic drive
• Clots are rare
• Batteries can be used for up to 16 hours.
• Can be used for up to 6 years!!!
• Drive through skin
• Biggest problem (for all VADs still is infection at the drive line.
TandemHeart pVAD
• Continuous (non-pulsatile) flow ventricular assist device
• Short-term support (1-8 days)
Cardiac Assist Inc..
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Ventricular Assist Device
PediaFlowUniversity of Pittsburgh
Artificial Lung
Iron Lung - Polio
Artificial Lung
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Borovetz
Membrane Oxygenation
Implantable Artificial Kidney
Implantable Artificial Kidney
UCSF
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Vision-assist Device
BrainPort Device
Vision-assist Device
Neural Engineering
Neural Motor Lab-Andrew Schwartz, PhD
Rehab Neural Engineering Lab-Doug Weber, PhD
-Michael Boninger, MD
-Jen Collinger, PhD
Neural Tissue Interface Lab-Tracy Cui, PhD
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Neural Prosthetic
Univ of Pittsburgh MotorLab
http://motorlab.neurobio.pitt.edu/multimedia.php
Quadriplegic Stroke Patient
BrainGate, Brown University
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Implementing Human Studies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yff20TlHv34&feature=related
Neural Engineering: What do we need to know to do this?
• Neuroscience (i.e. the brain)• Electrode interface issues:
– Material Science– Bio-compatibility
• Signal & Image Analysis• Computational modeling• Control Systems• Robotics & Mechatronics• Medicine & Surgery• Veterinary Science
Rehabilitation Engineering
• Wheelchair evaluations and upper extremity injuries
Rory Cooper, Michael Boninnger, Alicia Koontz
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Human Engineering Research Laboratory
http://www.herlpitt.org/video.htm
Robotic-assisted Surgery
Biologic Scaffoldsfor Regenerative Medicine
Stephen F. Badylak, DVM, MD, PhD
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Badylak
GORE ALERT!!!!
“Pixy Dust” to encourage tissue re-growth
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Sara Doll and Katie O’CallaghanPitt Alumni!
…and…Biomedical Engineers and Scientific
Reviewers@ FDA – Office of Device Evaluation
Off the Beaten Path…working at the FDA
Sara Doll and Katie O’CallaghanPitt Alumni!
…and…Biomedical Engineers and Scientific
Reviewers@ FDA – Office of Device Evaluation
Off the Beaten Path…working at the FDA
Who Are We?
Sara
BS: Bioengineering Systems/Signals
Concen ECMO Tech at
Children’s IAESTE Internship
Minor: Neuroscience NIMH Fellowship
Study AbroadEngineering World
Health
Katie
BS: Bioengineering
Hybrid Concentration
Intramural Internship
Industrial Internship
BA: German
Dual Degree Program
Study Abroad
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Who Are We?
One year after graduation…
• Full-time employees at the FDA
• Sara: Surgical and Neurological devices
• Katie: Cardiovascular devices
ACTIVE Education
• Hybrid Concentration• Minor• Double Major• Double Degree Program• …just take a lot of
interesting classes!
talk to profs, P.I.s, other students
Practical Work Experience
• Internships–Intramural–Industrial–Other: INROADS, NIH, programs through other universities
• Fellowships (NIMH, MDFP)• Co-op• Hospital (ECMO, etc.)
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I’ve got my degree, now what?
Why We Joined FDA
– BROAD perspective (the field, the process, the game)
– RELEVANT Bioengineering experience
– INTERSECTION of medicine, engineering, critical thinking & writing…
– Regulatory knowledge?
– (Not ready to specialize)
– (Not ready to commit)
What is FDA?
United States government regulatory agency
–Our mission is to:»Promote the public health
»Protect the public health
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What is FDA?
• Food and Cosmetics– Labeling, supplements, cosmetic safety
• Veterinary Medicine– Vet drugs, animal feeds
• Biologics – Vaccines, blood supply, human tissues, gene
therapy
• Drugs
• Devices – CDRH
What does CDRH regulate?
We don’t regulate medical procedures.
We regulate the products, but not
how doctors choose to use them.
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Division of Cardiovascular Devices
• Ventricular Assist Devices
• Heart Valves
• Drug Eluting Stents
• PFO Occluders
• Pacemakers
• Defibrillators (External and Implantable)
• Balloon catheters; other percutaneous cardiology devices
Division of General, Restorative, Neurological Devices
• Transcranial magnetic stimulators
• Silicone implants
• Deep brain stimulators for Parkinson’s
• Computer-aided surgery devices
• Orthopaedics
Bioengineering Education @ Pitt
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Getting a Bioengineering Education
• Degrees in Bioengineering
Or
• Degrees in other Engineering Field with application to biomedicine
BioE Educational Objectives
• Fundamentals in Engineering & Biology
• Broad base of knowledge
• Education Beyond the Classroom
• Provide an individualized education for students specific to their post-graduate goals (i.e. industry, graduate school or medical school)
• ….not a terminal degree
B.S. in Bioengineering• Basic Sciences
– Mathematics
– Chemistry
– Physics
• Engineering– Mechanics
– Materials
– Electronics
• Humanities– Literature
– Communication
– Ethics
• Biological Sciences– Biology
– Physiology
• Bioengineering– Core Courses
– Concentration
– Internships
– Design
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Concentration Areas
Biomechanics(R. Cham)
Orthopedic Biomech.Cardiovascular Biomech.
Rehab. EngineeringErgonomics
Biosignals and Imaging
(A. Batista)Signal Processing
BiocontrolImaging
Cellular andTissue
Engineering(L. Davidson)Biomaterials
Tissue Engineering
Medical DeviceEngineering
(J. Patzer)Artificial OrgansNeural Devices
Biomaterials
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