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Science-Based Assessment:

Science-Based Assessment:

Accelerating Product Development of Combination Medical Devices

 

The Roundtable on Biomedical Engineering Materials and Applications (BEMA) is an activity of the National Research Council (NRC) convened with the objective of bringing together government officials, industry representatives, academics, and others to discuss research, development, applications, and regulation of biomedical materials and devices. On April 22-23, 2003, a workshop titled “Science-Based Assessment: Accelerating Product Development of Combination Medical Devices” was held at the National Academies’ Constitution Avenue building in Washington, D.C., to discuss how science-based assessment can be used effectively to evaluate biomedical materials and combination devices.

 

This CD contains the viewgraphs (reproduced as originally supplied) presented by the speakers at the workshop, with the exception of a small number of slides that were deleted due to copyright issues, proprietary business issues, and/or ethical issues; a list of previously published figures for which permission to reprint was obtained; and the text of the booklet that accompanies this CD, Proceedings from the Workshop on Science-Based Assessment: Accelerating Product Development of Combination Medical Devices, which contains abstracts of the presentations given at the workshop.

 

Booklet of Abstracts from the Science-Based Assessment Workshop

 

Presentations:

 

Setting the Context

       Use of Science-Based Assessment in the Development of Standards

            John T. Watson, National Institutes of Health

       Setting the Context: Clinician

            Renu Virmani, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

       Science-Based Testing: Balancing Risk and Reward

            Paul Citron, Medtronic, Inc.

       Biofilms and Medical Devices

            William Costerton, Montana State University

       Testing for Safety and Efficacy: An Ethicist’s Perspective

            Leonard J. Weber, University of Detroit Mercy

 

Science-Based Assessment and Experimental Design

       Science-Based Testing for Combination Devices

            Aric Kaiser, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

       Science-Based Testing for Biologics

            Darin J. Weber, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

       Using Design of Experiment Methods in the Innovation Process

            James Rutledge, DataVision Statistical Consulting and Training, LLC

       Making It Fly: Current Boeing Certification Processes

            Stephen G. LaRiviere, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

 

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and Orthopedic Repair

       The Basic Science of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and the Importance of Test Methods

            Barbara D. Boyan, Georgia Institute of Technology

       Bone Morphogenetic Protein Combination Products and Orthopedic Repair

            Amy J. LaForte, Stryker Biotech

       Product Development Process for a Bone Morphogenetic Protein Combination Product

            William McKay, Medtronic Sofamor Danek

 

Drug-Eluting Stents

       Drug-Eluting Stents: Current Clinical Status

            Robert S. Schwartz, Minneapolis Heart Institute

       Drug-Eluting Stents: Preclinical Testing Challenges

            H. Semih Oktay, CardioMed Device Consultants, LLC

       TAXUS: A Polymer-Based Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent

            Ronald A. Sahatjian, Boston Scientific Corporation

 

Cell-Matrix Cartilage Implants

       Cell-Matrix Cartilage Implants: A Clinician’s Perspective

            Richard D. Coutts, University of California at San Diego

       Cell Therapy for Cartilage Repair: Present and Future

            James W. Burns, Genzyme

       Cell-Matrix Cartilage Implants for Articular Repair and Replacement

            Anthony Ratcliffe, Synthasome, Inc.

 

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