Title: Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Tissue Engineering: An Integrated Approach
Description: This text presents a detailed review of the current use of biomaterials, providing an analysis of their short and long term evaluation. After an opening chapter investigating the scope and potential market for medical implants, each subsequent chapter focuses on a separate area of tissue replacement and discusses in depth materials in current clinical use as well as new materials under development.
Subjects: Biochemistry, Surfaces (Physics), Surgery, Biomedical engineering, Engineering