- Docente: Emanuele Gruppioni
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics Techniques (cod. 5915)
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from Dec 09, 2025 to Jan 19, 2026
Learning outcomes
At the end of the teaching module the student possesses the basic knowledge relating to high-tech medical devices for the treatment of pathologies, particularly of a neurological nature, as well as the ability to plan their study and development through methodologies, work tools and production techniques, even to the preparation of the documentation required for carrying out clinical evaluation studies.
Course contents
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the methodologies and tools needed to develop medical devices for the treatment of orthopedic and neurological conditions.
The following topics will be explored in depth:
- Approach to the design of advanced technical devices: design workflow, methods, and tools
- Advanced technical devices for the treatment of neurological patients and amputees
- Device subsystems: top-down and bottom-up design approaches
- Prototyping equipment
- Notes on device validation procedures (clinical studies on medical devices) and regulatory aspects
Readings/Bibliography
Course slides
Teaching methods
Classroom lessons
Assessment methods
Mixed written exam with multiple choice questions and open-ended questions.
Office hours
See the website of Emanuele Gruppioni