DESCRIPTION:
Going far beyond the coverage in most standard books on the subject, Biomaterials Science: An Integrated Clinical and Engineering Approach offers a solid overview of the use of biomaterials in medical devices, drug delivery, and tissue engineering.
Combining discussion of materials science and engineering perspectives with clinical aspects, this book emphasizes integration of clinical and engineering approaches. In particular, it explores various applications of biomaterials in fields including tissue engineering, neurosurgery, hemocompatibility, BioMEMS, nanoparticle-based drug delivery, dental implants, and obstetrics/gynecology.
The book engages those engineers and physicians who are applying biomaterials at various levels to:
- Increase the rate of successful deployment of biomaterials in humans
- Lower the side-effects of such a deployment in humans
- Accumulate knowledge and experience for improving current methodologies
- Incorporate information and understanding relevant to future challenges, such as permanent artificial organ transplants
Using a variety of contributors from both the clinical and engineering sides of the fields mentioned above, this book stands apart by emphasizing a need for the often lacking approach that integrates these two equally important aspects.
CONTENTS:
1. Introduction
2. Principles of Clinical and Engineering Integration in Hemocompatibility
3. Medical Applications of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) Technology
4. Nanoparticles to Cross Biological Barriers
5. Biomaterials, Dental Materials, and Device Retrieval and Analysis
6. Biomaterials and the Central Nervous System: Neurosurgical Applications of Materials Science
7. Biomaterials in Obstetrics and Gynecology
8. Tissue Engineering: Focus on the Cardiovascular System
9. Tissue Engineering: Focus on the Musculoskeletal System
10. Regulatory Challenges in Biomaterials: Focus on Medical Devices
11. Innovative Product Development and Technology Adoption for Medical Applications
12. Appendix: Some Examples of FDA-Approved Products
