The Biomedical Devices and Technologies Course Module will be held in Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, from 30 of January to 10 of February 2012. This is an elective course that unfolds under the key area of Bioengineering Systems of the MIT-Portugal Program (MPP). The course will bring together experts from Academia, Medicine and Industry with the objective of providing an integrated and comprehensive perspective of the addressed topics:
- Human Movement Simulation and Analysis - M. T. Silva, IST, MIT
- The Impact of a Bioengineer in the Orthopaedic Field - Manuel Cassiano Neves, CUF Descobertas
- Conservative Hip Surgery: Present and Future Challenges - Paulo Rego, HL
- Computational Modelling of Orthopaedic Devices - P. Fernandes, IST
- Prosthetic Devices for the Lower and Upper Limbs: Present and Future - R. Marcelino, Otto Bock
- Tissue Characterization by Image Analysis for Diagnostic Purposes -J. Sanches, IST
- Neuroimaging: from methods to applications - P. Figueiredo, IST
- Human Factors of Biomedical Devices - L. Young, MIT
- Powered Leg Prostheses and Orthoses - M. Williams, MIT; H. Herr, MIT
- Hybrid Human - D. Newman, MIT
- Towards more natural Human-Robot Interaction - E. Bicho, UMinho
- Microsystems Technologies for Implantable Devices - L. Rocha, UMinho
This is a public session (registration is free but mandatory). Visit the website for registration and more information: