Research Guide on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Resources

Books on Medical Devices

To find  books on ‘Medical Devices’, search in our online catalog using Advanced Keyword searching and using the term ‘Medical Device*‘.

See also:

• Medical Instruments And Apparatus Safety Regulations United States
• Medical Instruments And Apparatus Standards
• Biocompatible Materials
• Biomedical materials

Using Summon:

Try Summon to find books, articles and more. See also What is Summon? How can I use it?

• Click on Articles & More Tab in the Library Home page
• For example, type ‘Stem Cells’ and click on Search Library link.
• Refine your search results by selecting an option from the left column. For example, select ‘ebook’ option. You will see a listing with links to  electronic books.
• Try Summon for quick search. For more in depth search, explore the resources below.

Patent Searching

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
  The USPTO offers web access to bibliographic and full-text patent databases. These databases provide full-text of patents from 1976 to the present and full page images from 1790 to the present.

• See What is a Patent?

• See Anatomy of a U.S. patent

• See Patent Searching Tips.

• See ‘What is Intellectual Property?’ in Frequently Asked Questions for Inventors

• See ‘Manual of Patent Classification’

• Fresh Patents
  Provides access to the latest published US patent applications each week BEFORE the USPTO decision to
  grant/deny.

• pat2pdf.org
  Given a patent number, pat2pdf.org will return a free, pdf formated version of the patent.

• The Google Patent Search covers the entire collection of patents made available by the USPTO—from patents issued in the 1790s to present.

• Medical Device Manufacturers Association – Patent Issues

• How do I find International patents?

• The Intellectual Property Digital Library- WIPO GOLD-IP Reference Resource

• WIPO GOLD is a free public resource which provides a one-stop gateway to WIPO’s global collections of searchable IP data. It aims to facilitate universal access to IP information

• See Technology Commercialization at Drexel and See Patent Policy (Re: Intellectual Property) from the Office of the Provost at Drexel University.

• The Top 10 Biosimilar Players:  (Note: Search in ‘Business Insights’ database and use keyword ‘patent’ to locate this and other reports on patents)

Nanotechnology related initiatives

• FDA’s Nanotechnology Task Force
• National Nanotechnology Initiative
• Nanomedicine from NIH

Biomedical Devices

• FDA documents for regulated industry
• FDA’s Search Guidance Database
• Latest FDA Medical Devices approvals
• FDA Medwatch-Medical Product Safety Information
• FDA Medical Devices – Stent
• FDA – Center for Devices and Radiological Health – Index of Consumer Topics
• 510(K) overview
• FDA Device Advice
• FDA Approval Process
• FDA Drug Approval Process
• A Roadmap to Medical Device and Instrumentation Pedigree
• FDA – Search Medical Devices in releasable 501(k) database
• Cardiovascular Device Liability week
• Medical Device Law Weekly
• Devices@FDA – a catalog of approved medical devices
• Medical Device safety Guidelines
• Testimony on FDA’s Medical Device Program by Michael Friedman
• Medical Device Reporting
• FDA-Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device (OIVD) Evaluation
• Medical Devices Directive
  

Drexel University Resources

• Drexel Biomedical Technology Entrepreneurship
• Drexel Biomed Technology Portfolio
• Drexel Biomed Translational Research Program
• Technology Commercialization at Drexel
  

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