Biomaterials: Principles and Practices

ISBN-13: 9781439872512 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 288 str.

Joyce Y. Wong; Joseph D. Bronzino; Donald R. Peterson

Opis

For medical devices that must be placed inside the body, the right choice of material is the most important aspect of design. In chapters drawn from the third edition of the bestselling "Biomedical Engineering Handbook, Biomaterials" surveys the wide variety of biomaterials in present use as well as materials resulting from novel micro and nanoscale technologies.

Spis treści

Metallic Biomaterials. Ceramic Biomaterials. Polymeric Biomaterials. Composite Biomaterials. Biodegradable Polymeric Biomaterials: An Updated Overview. Biologic Biomaterials: Tissue-Derived Biomaterials (Collagen). Biologic Biomaterials: Silk. Biofunctional Hydrogels. Soft Tissue Replacements. Hard Tissue Replacements. 

O autorze

Joyce Y. Wong, Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson