1. Regulatory requirements for medical devices, including combinations with biological products or drugs as an integral part / Franziska Baumgarten -- 2. Terminal radiation sterilization of combination products / Kristina Kemter -- 3. Polyelectrolyte multilayers as functional coatings for controlled biomolecular interactions / Hanna Hartmann and Burkhard Schlosshauer -- 4. Polyelectrolyte multilayers as functional coatings for controlled biomolecular interactions / Xin Xiong, Susanne Hossfeld, Simona Margutti, and Rumen Krastev -- 5. Surface characteristics and biofilms / Klaus Liefeith, Holger Rothe, Marion Frant, and Ronald Schade -- 6. Antimicrobial implant coating / Klaus-Dieter Kuhn -- 7. Small-angle X-ray spectroscopy as a method to monitor the three-dimensional structure of immobilized biomolecules on medical device scaffolds during production / Rupert Tscheliessnig and Alois Jungbauer -- 8. Aptamers as biomimetic surface coatings for blood-contacting implants / Meltem Avci-Adali, Stefanie Krajewski, Nadja Perle, Nadja Wilhelm, Jan Niederlander, Heidi Stoll, Christian Schlensak, and Hans P. Wendel -- 9. Microneedles and nanopatches for transdermal vaccination / Andreas Muschaweck, Martin Scholz, and Ulrike Protzer -- 10. Autoantibodies as biomarkers for disease diagnosis / Angelika Lueking, Heike Gohler, and Peter Schulz-Knappe -- 11. Biofunctionalized wound dressings for advanced wound care / Martin Scholz -- 12. Circulating tumor cell : trapping devices / Frank A.W. Coumans, Sjoerd T. Ligthart, Joost Swennenhuis, and Leon W.M.M. Terstappen -- 13. Evidence generation for medical devices : the case of cemented joint replacement surgery in arthroplasty registries / Antonis Kontekakis, Mareike Berghaus, Sebastian Gaiser, and Klaus-Dieter Kuhn.