- Docente: Emanuela Marcelli
- Credits: 1
- SSD: ING-INF/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
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from Jan 14, 2026 to Jan 27, 2026
Learning outcomes
After completing this module, students acquire the knowledge and technical skills and basic computer skills necessary for the use of the main biomedical instrumentation and the main information technology tools.
Course contents
- Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
- Patent; CE Mark;
- Biomaterials;
- Pacemakers; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Heart
valves; Ventricular assist devices; Total artificial heart;
- Implantable earing aids;
- Implantable visual prostheses;
- Dialysis machine;
- Heart-lung machine;
- Liver support systems;
- Tissue engineering.
Readings/Bibliography
Lecture notes provided by the professor. The lecture notes will be made available in IOL.
Teaching methods
Lecture.
Assessment methods
The assessment of learning is done through a one-hour final written examination with multiple choice questions, in which is not allowed the use of books, notes, and computer. The written test seeks to ascertain the knowledge and technical skills and basic computer skills necessary for the use of the main biomedical instrumentation and the main information technology tools.
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Teaching tools
Projector, PC.
Office hours
See the website of Emanuela Marcelli