Biomaterials

by Wong; Joyce Y.

• ISBN13: 9780849378881
• ISBN10: 0849378885
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-07
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

For medical devices that must be placed inside the body, the right choice of material is the most important aspect of design. To make sure such devices are safe, reliable, economical, and biologically and physiologically compatible, the modern biomedical engineer must have a broad knowledge of currently available materials and the properties that affect their in-service performance. In chapters drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Biomaterials surveys the wide variety of biomaterials in present use as well as materials resulting from novel micro- and nanoscale technologies. In addition to material from the Handbook, nearly one-third of this sharply focused work is new.

Table of Contents

Metallic Biomaterials	p. 1
Ceramic Biomaterials	p. 2
Polymeric Biomaterials	p. 3
Composite Biomaterials	p. 4
Biodegradable Hydrogels: Tailoring Properties and Function through Chemistry and Structure	p. 5
Biodegradable Polymeric Biomaterials: An Updated Overview	p. 6
Biologic Biomaterials: Tissue-Derived Biomaterials (Collagen)	p. 7
Soft Tissue Replacements	p. 8
Hard Tissue Replacements	p. 9
Controlling and Assessing Cell-Biomaterial Interactions at the Micro- and Nanoscale: Applications in Tissue Engineering	p. 10
Index	p. I-1
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