BIOE 5850 — Design of Implants
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/WBostonTraditional
Utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to evaluate how a team designs medical implants to meet unmet clinical needs. Covers bioelectronic medicine, optogenetics, lymphatic system, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative mitigation, tissue engineering, orthopedics, failed medical device implants case studies, ASTM medical device standards, and human factors. Presents exogenous factors, including intellectual property, regulatory requirements, affordability, and bioethics. The class is divided into teams that design proprietary implantable medical devices. Presents case studies by experts with firsthand experience in meeting unmet market needs.
Prerequisites
- one of:
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 19 | 49 | 39% | 30.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 25 | 30 | 83% | 5.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 48% | 13.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 27 | 30 | 90% | 3.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 33% | 20.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 53% | 14.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: MW (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Sumner Barenberg (100% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Sumner Barenberg (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (BIOE course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BIOE courses · Plan it at numap.app