New Course Proposal

 

ENSC 378-3  Medical Device Development and Standards

Jim Cavers, Engineering Science, Bruno Jaggi, BCIT

 

 

Calendar Information

Course Number: ENSC 378-2

Course Title: Medical Device Development and Standards

Credit Hours: 2       Vector: 1-2-0 (lecture-tutorial-lab)

Course Description:

Standards play a critical role in biomedical engineering, and they affect design even at early stages.  This course introduces students to a systematic approach in medical device design/development, istandards and regulations. The course emphasizes engineering/design methodology.  It consists of three modules.  The first module provides an overview and compares medical device regulations and standards applicable in Canada, the US and Europe. In the second module students will focus on design control.  Topics include design input/output, verification/validation and hazard analysis. The discussion will be reinforced with medical device design examples. The third module is an overview of the Medical Electrical Equipment (IEC60601.1) and the Medical Electromagnetic Compatibility (IEC60601.1.2) standards.  Specific emphasis will be on how these standards relate to medical device design.

Prerequisite: ENSC 372-4 Biomedical Instrumentation, ENSC 340-4 Engineering Science Project

Recommended: ENSC 330-4 Engineering Materials

Corequisite: None

Special Instructions: This course mirrors the BCIT course BMET 7102 Medical Device Development and Standards.  It will be taught by a senior member of BCIT’s Biomedical Electronics Technology program for the foreseeable future.

Course(s) to be dropped if this course is approved:

None.

Rationale for Introduction of this Course

Regulatory approval plays a huge role in the biomedical industry, and compliance issues must be considered even at an early stage in design.  An additional factor is that many biomed companies are small, so that engineers are engaged in all stages of development, from early design to production.  The importance of such a course is a common theme in most of our interviews with industrial figures. 

 

This course introduces design practices that are essential to engineers and technologists working in the biomedical area.  It mirrors the course BMET 7102 Medical Device Development and Standards from the BCIT curriculum of the BC Institute of Technology and, for the foreseeable future, it will be taught by a senior member of that institution.

 

Why BCIT and not SFU?  (a)  They have the course already.  (b)  The instructor (Bruno Jaggi) is widely respected.  (c) It would be hard for us to teach this material as credibly.  (d) Cooperation, rather than duplication, conserves resources across the post-secondary system.  (e)  But if BCIT changes it, or our view of the course changes, we can put on our own version.  NOTE re CEAB accreditation calculations: 12 week semester, not 13, at BCIT.

Will this be a required or elective course in the curriculum; probable enrolment when offered?

This is a required course for all biomedical engineering students.  Probable enrolment 30.

 

Scheduling and Registration Information

Indicate Semester and Year this course would be first offered and planned frequency of offering thereafter.

First offering Fall 2008.  Semesterly thereafter.

Which of your present CFL faculty have the expertise to offer this course? Will the course be taught by sessional or limited term faculty?

No current CFL faculty have the expertise.  It will be taught by Bruno Jaggi, a senior instructor at BCIT.

Are there any proposed student fees associated with this course other than tuition fees?

No.

Is this course considered a ‘duplicate’ of any current or prior course under the University's duplicate course policy? Specify, as appropriate.

No.

 

Resource Implications

Note: Senate has approved (S.93-11) that no new course should be approved by Senate until funding has been committed for necessary library materials. Each new course proposal must be accompanied by a library report and, if appropriate, confirmation that funding arrangements have been addressed.

Provide details on how existing instructional resources will be redistributed to accommodate this new course. For instance, will another course be eliminated or will the frequency of offering of other courses be reduced; are there changes in pedagogical style or class sizes that allow for this additional course offering.

We do not have to redistribute anything, since it will be taught in foreseeable future by BCIT.  However, that institution has already put this course on the Web, including distribution of all materials and the course coordination.  It is well set up for distance learning – even across Burnaby.

Does the course require specialized space or equipment not readily available in the department or university, and if so, how will these resources be provided?

No.

Does this course require computing resources (e.g. hardware, software, network wiring, use of computer laboratory space) and if so, describe how they will be provided.

No.

 

Course Outline

Course Objectives

Introduces students to a systematic approach in medical device design/development, standards and regulations. The course emphasizes engineering/design methodology.  Objectives:

  • To develop a general understanding of medical device regulations.
  • To be able to classify a medical device in Canada, the US and Europe and standards are applicable.
  • To be able to discuss, analyze and apply design control to a medical device
  • To be able to carry out a medical device development that is compliant with standards.
  • To develop a general understanding of the IEC60601.1 Medical Electrical the IEC60601.1.2 Medical Electromagnetic Compatibility standard.

 

Outline

 

It consists of three modules.  The first module provides an overview and compares medical device regulations and standards applicable in Canada, the US and Europe. In the second module students will focus on design control.  Topics include design input/output, verification/validation and hazard analysis. The discussion will be reinforced with medical device design examples. The third module is an overview of the Medical Electrical Equipment (IEC60601.1) and the Medical Electromagnetic Compatibility (IEC60601.1.2) standards.  Specific emphasis will be on how these standards relate to medical device design.

 

Topics

 

1.Course Objective

2.Course Outline

3.Overview of Medical Device Development

4.Basis and Types of Regulation & Standards

5. Classification

6. Canadian Health Product and Food Branch Regulation, Medical Device Bureau

7.US Food and Drug Regulation, Center for Devices and Radiological Health

8.European Medical Device Directives

9.Basics of ISO13485/88

10. Rationale of Design Control

11. Elements of Design Control

12. Example of a Medical Device Development

DESIGN INPUT:

13. Product Definition and Device Requirement Specification

14. Architectural Design

DESIGN OUTPUT:

15. Hardware Detailed Design

16. Software Detailed Design

VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

17.Test Plan

18.Test Report

HAZARD ANALYSIS:

19.Hazard Analysis and mitigation

MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT (IEC60601-1):

20.Overview , Definitions and Rationale

21.General Requirements

MEDICAL ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (IEC60601-1-2):

22.Scope, Definition

23.Emission Radiated and Conducted CISPR11

24.Susceptibility Radiated and Conducted IEC801

 

Grading

10 substantial assignments, no final examination.

Projects

None.

Laboratories

None.

Recommended Texts and References

Handbook of Medical Device Design: Richard C. Fries, Marcel Dekker, New York 2000, ISBN: 0-8247-0399-5

Product Development Planning for Health Care Products Regulated by the FDA: Elaine Whitmore, ASQC Quality Press, Wisconsin 1997, ISBN: 0-87389-416-2

The FDA and Worldwide Quality System Requirements Guidebook for Medical Devices: Kimberly A. Trautman, ASQC Quality Press, Wisconsin 1997, ISBN: 0-87389-377-8

Canadian Medical Devices Regulations: Department of Health, Extract Canadian Gazette, Part I, May 27th, 1998.

US Code of Federal Regulations 2001: Title 21 – Food and Drugs, Chapter I – Subchapter H Medical Devices.

Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 1 General Requirements for Safety: IEC 60601-1, 3rd edition 2000.

Medical Electrical Equipment – Part 1 General Requirements for Safety Section 1.2 Collateral Standard:

Electromagnetic Compatibility: IEC 60601-1-2, 1993.

 

 

 

Expanded Description

 

The full outline of BMET 7102 and selected assignments from its module 2.