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COURSE DESCRIPTION

BIOMEDICAL TEXTILES/TET 621

Course Title:	BIOMEDICAL TEXTILES
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Semester	1	Compulsory/Elective	Elective

COURSE INFO

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

Assoc. Prof. Banu Hatice GÜRCÜM

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/banugurcum

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

banugurcum@gmail.com

-- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT

List technical textile materials
Comprehend Medical textile materials
Determine suitable fibres materials and textiles structures for medical textiles
Comprehend characteristics of bio-medical textile structure
Choose according to use of appropriate bio-medical textiles
Define bio-medical textile production methods
Make bio-medical textile design.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is face to face

-- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES

There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.

-- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

--COURSE CONTENT
1. Week	Technical textiles definition, classification,
2. Week	The importance of medical textiles and textile materials in general use in the health field,
3. Week	The fibers types and characteristics used in medical textile,
4. Week	Classification of medical textiles,
5. Week	Properties of medical textiles,
6. Week	Wound care products,
7. Week	1st Project presentation
8. Week	Cleaning blood devices outside the body,
9. Week	Operation products
10. Week	Implantable polymers used for medical supplies indwelling into the body
11. Week	Operation yarns
12. Week	Soft tissue implants,
13. Week	Orthopedic Implants,
14. Week	Cardiovascular implants,
15. Week	Chitin and chitosan for use in medicine,
16. Week	2nd Project presentation

-- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING

1-S. Adanur, “Handbook of Industrial Textiles”, Wellington Sears Company, USA, 1995., 2-S. Rajedran, S.C. Anand, “Developments in Medical Textiles”, The Textile Institute, UK, 2002., 3-A.R. Horrocks, S.C. Anand, “Technical Textiles”, Woodhead Publishing Limited, USA, 2000.

-- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration

-- WORK PLACEMENT(S)

N/A

-- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

	Quantity	Percentage
Mid-terms	0	0
Assignment	1	20
Exercises	0	0
Projects	2	80
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade		60

-- WORKLOAD

Efficiency	Total Week Count	Weekly Duration (in hour)	Total Workload in Semester
Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week	14	3	42
Practising Hours of Course Per Week			0
Reading	3	15	45
Searching in Internet and Library	3	15	45
Designing and Applying Materials			0
Preparing Reports	3	10	30
Preparing Presentation	2	8	16
Presentation	2	1	2
Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term			0
Final and Studying for Final			0
Other			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			180
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7.2
ECTS:			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

NO	PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES	1	2	3	4	5
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2						X
3						X
4						X
5						X
6						X
7						X
8			X
9						X
10						X
11						X
12			X
13						X
14			X
15			X

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