Professor Neil W Bressloff BA Hons Oxon, MSc, PhD, DIC
Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Design, Head of Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering Unit
Professor Neil W Bressloff is Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Design within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Current position
As Professor of Biomedical Engineering & Design, Neil Bressloff works closely with clinicians and industry seeking to better understand a range of human diseases, particularly those in the cardiovascular system, and to design devices for treatment.
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Career history
| 2013- | Faculty of Engineering & the Environment, Southampton University: Professor |
| 2009-2013 | School of Engineering Sciences, Southampton University: Senior Lecturer |
| 1999-2009 | Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Southampton University: Senior Research Fellow. |
| 1996-1999 | Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Southampton University: Research Fellow - manager of the Computational Engineering and Design Centre (CEDC) |
| 1993-1996 | School of Mechanical Engineering, Cranfield University: Research Assistant (PhD) |
| 1991-1992 | MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College |
Feature
Nowadays, it is very common for people suffering from blocked arteries in their heart, to have them opened by the minimally invasive procedure of coronary stenting. Whilst this procedure is very effective, one can't escape the fact that the metallic stent remains in place permanently. It is not surprising, therefore, that the emergence of biodegradable coronary stents is being heralded as the next revolution in interventional cardiology. Biodegradable stents (or scaffolds) are strong enough to re-open diseased arteries but which then naturally break down in the body and disappear once the artery has recovered its function. Professor Bressloff is working with a device company, Arterius Ltd , to design and develop a new biodegradable polymer device.
