University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Advances in Medical Device Technology

ECE 94R Fall 2008

Instructor: Martin Culjat

Schedule:Wednesday 5:00-5:50pm

ECE 94. Advances in Medical Device Technology

(1) Culjat, Lee

Wed 5:00-5:30pm, 1640 Broida Hall

Medical device technologies continue to advance at an extraordinary rate, and may soon enable procedures once thought impossible, such as remote robotic surgery, monitoring of patients via implanted micro- or nano-sensors, and accurate simulation of patient anatomy for treatment planning.  This seminar will highlight many novel and exciting medical devices and systems that have been engineered for a range of medical disciplines, with guest lectures provided each week by clinicians who guide their development or engineers who create them. Topics will include laparoscopic surgery, robot-assisted surgery, telemedicine, medical imaging, tissue ablation, medical simulation, implantable devices and sensors, and medical rehabilitation.

Lectures will be provided on some of the following topics, pending clinical schedules, with guests from UCSB, the UCLA Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology (CASIT), and the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC).

Tentative Schedule:

  1. 10/1 – Course introduction – Martin Culjat, Ph.D., UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CASIT and Hua Lee, Ph.D., UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  2. 10/8 – Advances in minimally invasive surgery – Erik Dutson, M.D., UCLA Department of Surgery, CASIT
  3. 10/15 – MEMS sensors for physiologic monitoring – Peter Schulam, M.D., UCLA Department of Urology, CASIT
  4. 10/22 – Smart materials for artificial heart valves and stents – Daniel Levi, M.D., UCLA Department of Pediatric Cardiology, CASIT
  5. 10/29 – Flexible ultrasound transducers – Martin Culjat, Ph.D., UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CASIT
  6. 11/5 – Eye surgery and engineering – Jean Louis Bourges, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, CASIT, Paris Descartes University, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris
  7. 11/12 – 3D High-Definition Microsurgery – Burton Tripathi, Ph.D., True Vision Systems
  8. 11/19 – Advances in rehabilitation medicine – Todd Sander, P.T, Ph.D., Naval Health Research Center (NHRC)
  9. 11/26 – Canceled (evening before Thanksgiving)
  10. 12/3 – Haptic Feedback Systems / Conclusion – Martin Culjat, Ph.D., UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CASIT and Hua Lee, Ph.D., UCSB Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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