Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical

In 1983, the first patient underwent artificial heart transplantation and survived for 192 days. In 1988, the heart-regulating pump was invented, and in 1993, the first electric foot was designed and produced; a foot that, using pneumatic systems and microprocessor-based controls, detects the walking speed of the individual, adjusts the pneumatic chambers, produces natural movement, and prevents the patient from limping.

Today, biomedical engineers, in collaboration with specialists from related fields, are striving to develop more advanced artificial organs such as artificial eyes, artificial kidneys, and artificial blood vessels. Biomedical engineering, however, is not limited to mechanical or electrical artificial organs, but encompasses a wide and diverse range of sciences and technologies.

In analyzing living medical and dental systems, issues such as biocompatibility of materials, design and composition of implantable components, testing new materials, and selecting suitable materials for implants require deep familiarity with the principles and laws of materials engineering. Understanding the physiological characteristics of living organisms is one of the most important foundations in designing replacement materials.

One of the most challenging issues in medical applications of materials engineering is choosing a material compatible with the human body for implantation. Today, there is a need to produce diverse engineering components from various metals and alloys, polymers, and ceramics that are directly used in the body. Prostheses, implants, and artificial heart valves are examples of such applications, requiring combined knowledge of materials engineering and medicine.

Razi Metallurgy Research Center, by providing specialized laboratory services, has extensive activities in examining and quality-controlling components used in biomedical engineering. These services include evaluating prostheses used in orthopedics and dentistry, examining dental filling alloys and orthodontic wires. Additionally, multiple PhD-level projects in the field of biomedical engineering have been carried out at this center.

In the medical field, examining conditions such as kidney stones