An Introduction to Biomaterials
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An Introduction to Biomaterials

  1. 644 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to Biomaterials

About this book

A practical road map to the key families of biomaterials and their potential applications in clinical therapeutics, Introduction to Biomaterials, Second Edition follows the entire path of development from theory to lab to practical application. It highlights new biocompatibility issues, metrics, and statistics as well as new legislation for intelle

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781439812563
eBook ISBN
9781439812570
Edition
2
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Biotechnology in Medicine

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Editor
  5. Contributors
  6. Chapter 1: Consensus Definitions, Fundamental Concepts, and a Standardized Approach to Applied Biomaterials Sciences
  7. Chapter 2: Cutaneous Wound Pathobiology : Raison dā€™etre for Tissue Engineering
  8. Chapter 3: Osseous Wound Healing
  9. Chapter 4: Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology
  10. Chapter 5: Cellā€“Material Interactions : Fundamental Design Issues for Tissue Engineering and Clinical Considerations
  11. Chapter 6: Host Response to Biomaterials
  12. Chapter 7: Protein Adsorption at the Biomaterialā€“Tissue Interface
  13. Chapter 8: In Vitro Testing of Biomaterials
  14. Chapter 9: Assessment of Biomaterials : Standardized In Vivo Testing
  15. Chapter 10: Basic Principles of Statistics : Considerations for Biomaterials Engineers
  16. Chapter 11: Therapy Development, Animal Testing, and Regulatory Issues
  17. Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Patenting for the Biomaterials Scientist
  18. Chapter 13: Proteins and Amino Acidā€“Derived Polymers
  19. Chapter 14: Three-Dimensional Fibrin Constructs in Tissue Engineering
  20. Chapter 15: The Poly(Ī±-esters)
  21. Chapter 16: Biomedical Polyurethanes
  22. Chapter 17: Polymers Derived from l-Tyrosine
  23. Chapter 18: Poly(Propylene Fumarate)
  24. Chapter 19: Hyaluronan
  25. Chapter 20: Complex Polysaccharides : Chitosan and Alginate
  26. Chapter 21: Collagen : A Natural Biomaterial for Tissue Engineering
  27. Chapter 22: Polyphosphazenes
  28. Chapter 23: Biologically Active Glasses
  29. Chapter 24: Silk-Based Biomaterials : Biology, Properties, and Clinical Applications
  30. Chapter 25: Calcium-Based Bioceramics : Biology, Properties, and Clinical Applications
  31. Chapter 26: Tissue Engineering of Skin
  32. Chapter 27: Polymeric Biomaterials for Drug and Nucleic Acid Delivery
  33. Chapter 28: Orthopedic Prostheses and Joint Implants
  34. Chapter 29: Bone and Biomaterials
  35. Chapter 30: Functional RegenerationĀ of Synovial Joints In Vivo : The Role of Biomaterials and Scaffold Design
  36. Chapter 31: Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, and the Nervous System
  37. Chapter 32: Ligaments, Biomaterials, and Tissue-Engineering Opportunities
  38. Chapter 33: Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
  39. Back Cover