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A Guide to Biomedical Engineering and Medical Device Design Research: Patents and Theses

A research guide for faculty and students in Biomedical Engineering or Medical Device Design.

Obtaining Theses and Dissertations

-Theses and dissertations of CSU students are available online.

-For online theses and dissertations from other Ohio universities, use the ETDC database.

-Proquest Dissertations & Theses (North America and Europe) provides only the first 26 or so pages of the paper. To borrow the full text (in print format), make an Interlibrary Loan request.

Patent Databases

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Basic patent search

Derwent Innovations Index
Patent searching through Web of Knowledge

Espacenet
Worldwide patent search from the European patent office (full text)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Theses and Dissertation Databases

Dissertations & Theses @ Cleveland State University
Full-text Master's theses and Doctoral dissertations published by Cleveland State University, 1978-present
Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center (2001-)
Online theses and dissertations from Ohio graduate students
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A & I
(1861-): Index to doctoral dissertations and master's theses from North America and Europe

Subject Guide

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Last Updated: Dec 5, 2025 5:06 PM
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Subjects: Biomedical Engineering, Engineering

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