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BMET1960 - Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
BMET1960 - Mind Map
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Nanoparticles
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Chemotherapy - wiping out all cells, not just harmful cells, causes damages to the entire body
Radiotherapy - radiation is more specific, but when giving radiation there is involuntary movement such as breathing
Using coding to customise codes and radiation machine to move with the breathing and eliminate that risk
Interesting point: Very early research in nanoparticles being used for diagnosis rather than treatment.
Cancerous, unhealthy tissues have larger gaps than healthy tissues, this allows nanoparticles to go through only these tissues and diagnose cancer or tumours much earlier than is currently possible
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Fluid dynamics
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Aortic stenosis
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Treatment through medications to alleviate symptoms and in severe cases, aortic valve replacement
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Literature Review
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Things to look out for
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Rank quality of papers - reliability, relevance
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Biomedical design
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concept drawings
labels, different views, defined features, key, units and scale
Regulatory affairs
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regulatory documents
manufacturer + critical suppliers, conformity, device classification statement, product history, essential requirements check list
Careers
Industry
Cochlear, Corin, ResMed, AbilityMade, Invicta Medical
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AbilityMade and Invicta Medical are startups - employees may need a more diverse range of skills and do a more diverse range of jobs
Larger companies have good company culture, e.g company tennis during lunch
Larger companies have extensive training programs and rotations to allow graduate engineers to discover different areas and expertise in the company
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Academia
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Different PhD projects: toys for cerebral palsy, hemoglobin count, kidney
Medical imaging
PET scanner
Building a scanner that moves with the rat, allowing imaging of animals while awake
Complexities of the apparatus - heaviness, comfortability, heat, impact on the animal's health and emotional wellbeing
Challenges of increasing stress levels in an unfamiliar environment, pain involved with the apparatus, consequences of screwing into the brain (subsequent euthanasia)
Interesting point: how transport of the rat prior to experiment can increase stress levels, e.g moving the rat to another room 30 minutes before the experiment increases stress levels compared to a rat that remained in the same place, something I have never considered before
Bioprinting
Research into suitable bioinks that can be biocompatible and withstand stress from the printing techniques
Stem cells
Interesting point: current technology is in 2D stem cell printing but 3D printing has been in development
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