Applications of Reverse Engineering in the Life Science and Medical Device Industries

2 Applications of Reverse Engineering in the Life Science and Medical Device Industries 

The physiological characteristics of living cells, human organs, and the interactions among them form the baseline requirements for reverse engineering in life science and medical devices. Some success has been reported from 

The applications of reverse engineering to orthopedics, such as the knee, hip, or spine implantation, are very challenging, partially due to the complex motions of the knees, hips, or spine. A proper function of these implants manufactured by reverse engineering requires them to sustain multiaxial statistic stresses and various modes of dynamic loads. They are also expected to have sufficient wear and impact resistance. Several institutes, such as ASTM International, originally known as American Society for Testing and Materials, have published various standards on the testing of these implants. For 

Standard test methods for spinal implant constructs in a vertebretomy model. 

Guidelines for verifying and validating software requirements and design specifications. In Euro IFIP 79, ed. P. A. Samet, 711-719. Amsterdam North-Holland Publishing Company. 

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