Medical Technology

Basic knowledge of chemistry with models, organic chemistry and basic knowledge of macromolecular chemistry.

The course examines the strains and stresses that form in material areas of loaded components and provides mathematical descriptions for this. With this, strength and stability assessments for components are carried out, as well as the calculation of deformations and forces and moments in overdetermined systems. With the principle of energy methods, an additional possibility is shown to determine forces, moments and deformations in statically determined and overdetermined systems.

The module teaches the basic relationships between the production, structure and properties of materials, their description with subject-specific parameters and various manufacturing methods and processes to influence these.

This module deals with medical terminology, terms in anatomy and the difference between salutogenesis and pathogenesis. In addition, the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system and the cardiovascular and respiratory systems are covered, as well as the symptomatology, diagnosis and therapy of the most common clinical pictures in these organ systems.

Introduction and basics in the description and calculation of biomechanics.

This module deals with important methods of medical diagnostics and the necessary medical devices (medical products). On the one hand, the basic functioning of the devices will be explained and, where possible, the practical application in the laboratory will be demonstrated. The clinical application of the devices in practice is another topic of the module, so that the students understand the application and the clinical background of the respective methods.

Topics include diversity, development and combination of manufacturing processes in the field of medical devices, requirements in the medical sector, interactions between innovative materials, the development of new procedures and material finishing processes as well as business value creation.

The students learn the behaviour of polymeric materials in relation to their application and can explain the resulting properties on the basis of the macromolecular structure.

Within the scope of this module, students learn methods for describing deterministic signals and their transmission behaviour in relation to linear time-invariant systems.

In addition to the anatomy and physiology of the immune system, endocrine system, digestive system and reproductive system, this module also deals with the symptomatology, diagnosis and therapy of the most common clinical pictures in these organ systems.

Students are introduced to the basics of control theory for continuous control loops. This includes, among other things, the description of control loop elements, the essential dynamic properties of control loops and their analysis as well as selected controller design methods. For the implementation of the continuously designed control algorithms on a digitally operating control device, the fundamentals of discrete control loops and the time discretisation of continuous controllers are dealt with.

Programming, numerical calculation and simulation are indispensable tools in industrial practice for solving engineering problems in almost all technical areas. The aim of the module is to prepare students for these tools. The basic module focuses on the necessary basic knowledge and its application with the help of modern engineering software.

During the internship, students carry out engineering-related activities based on concrete tasks in an industrial environment. The intership can be completed in a company in Germany or abroad.

The course serves to learn the basics of technical-scientific documentation as well as to gain a deeper understanding of the diverse application possibilities of presentation techniques. The students present with extended media competence. The students further develop their own speaking and performance skills with the aim of presenting confidently.

Introduction to Business Management

The course serves to learn the basics of project management, with a focus on the application in projects.

This module provides the basic knowledge regarding the development of medical devices. In addition to the special features of medical technology, students learn the basics of the product development process.

Project work in the medical technology environment.

First, the basics of stochastics, deductive, descriptive and inductive statistics are worked out, which are necessary for further understanding. Next, a selection of statistical procedures is developed that play a decisive role in quality management. On the basis of concrete practical experiments, the students learn to apply these procedures to teaching examples. In addition, the most important principles of quality management and a selection of the most common methods and tools are presented

With the Bachelor's thesis, students demonstrate the ability to independently work on the given problem according to scientific methods within the given time limit.

This module deals with the legal basis for an approval as a medical device, its test procedures and the medical device laws.