Human Biomaterials Applications
By: edited by Donald L. Wise, Debra J. Trantolo, David E. Altobelli, Michael J. Yaszemski, Joseph D. Gresser
Contributors: Trantolo, Debra J., editor; Altobelli, David E., editor; Yaszemski, Michael J., editor; Gresser, Joseph D., editor; SpringerLink (Online service)
Published: 1996
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 462
ISBN-13: 9781475724875
Subjects: Biomedical materials; Materials science
Description: Nineteen cutting-edge articles by leading practitioners review critical issues concerning biocompatible materials-polymers, metals, and other materials-used in or on the human body. Topics range from biopolymers used in controlled release drug delivery systems and synthetic burn-wound dressings to specific orthopedic devices. Each application-oriented article integrates basic science, engineering and medical experience with discussions of quality control. The contributors offer a wealth of valuable data and experience to materials scientists, research engineers, and academic physicians and surgeons. Their many examples provide rich insights into our experience today with a broad spectrum of modern biomaterials applications.
Table of contents: title: I. Biomaterials and Biocompatibility Studies; title: 1 Biomaterials and Their Biocompatibilities; title: 2 Bacterial Adhesion to Biomaterial Surfaces; title: 3 Fine Structure—Property Relationships of Biomedical Ion-Containing Polymers; title: II. Case Studies of Orthopedic Biomaterials; title: 4 Bone-Inducing Factors in Osteoinductive Implants; title: 5 Biopolymer Alloy for Surgical Plates; title: 6 Biological Response to Particulate Debris from Nonmetallic Orthopedic Implants; title: 7 Calcium Hydroxyapatite in Total Joint Arthroplasty; title: 8 Bone Cement, Part 1: Biopolymer for Avulsive Maxillofacial Repair; title: 9 Bone Cement, Part 2: Biomaterials to Restore Function in People with Physical Disabilities; title: III. Biomedical Applications of Biomaterials; title: 10 Biomaterial Considerations for Cardiac Prostheses; title: 11 Plastic Materials for External Prostheses and Orthoses; title: 12 Biomaterials in Vascular Surgery; title: 13 Biomaterials in Ophthalmology; title: 14 Multiphasic or “Pulsatile” Controlled Release System for the Delivery of Vaccines; title: IV. Functional Biomaterials; title: 15 Skin Repair with Cultured Cells and Biopolymers; title: 16 Slow Release of an LHRH Analog to Reduce Serum Testosterone; title: 17 Regulation of Vascular Graft Healing by Induction of Tissue Incorporation; title: 18 Tissue Regeneration by Use of Analogs of Extracellular Matrix; title: 19 In Vitro and In Vivo Release of Naltrexone from Two Types of Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Matrices.