Biomaterials: An Introduction

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Springer Science & Business Media, Jul 23, 2007 - Technology & Engineering - 562 pages

First published in 1992, this revision of a popular textbook features completely updated coverage. The burgeoning field of biomaterials has become strongly interdisciplinary, encompassing new materials and their interactions with the biochemical environment. With sixty-years of combined experience, the authors have learned to emphasize the fundamental materials science, structure-property relationships, and biological responses as a foundation for a wide array of biomaterials applications.

The extensively rewritten and updated Biomaterials: An Introduction, Third Edition, includes a new chapter on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, approximately 1900 references to additional reading, extensive tutorial materials on new developments in spinal implants and fixation techniques and theory, systematic coverage of orthopedic implants, and expanded treatment of ceramic materials and implants. All figures have been redrawn and more examples and problems have been included to provide the student with hands-on experience with the concepts.

 

Contents

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Characterization of Materials I
41
Characterization of Materials II Electrical Optical XRay
83
Metallic Implant Materials
99
Ceramic Implant Materials
139
Polymeric Implant Materials
173
Composites as Biomaterials
207
StructureProperty Relationships of Biological Materials
225
Soft Tissue Replacement I Sutures Skin
291
Soft Tissue Replacement II Blood Interfacing Implants
331
Hard Tissue Replacement I Long Bone Repair
369
Hard Tissue Replacement II Joints and Teeth
395
Transplants
459
Tissue Engineering Materials and Regeneration
485
Appendices
517
Subject Index
535

Tissue Response to Implants
265

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Page 2 - ... growing chains, initiated by free radical agents. Biocompatibility: Acceptance of an artificial implant by the surrounding tissues and as a whole. The implant should be compatible with tissues in terms of mechanical, chemical, surface, and pharmacological properties. Biomaterials: Synthetic materials used to replace part of a living system or to function in intimate contact with living tissue.

About the author (2007)

Joon Park is Professor, Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Iowa.

Rod Lakes is a Wisconsin Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin, serving both the Department of Engineering Physics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering. More information about Dr. Lakes and his research can be found on his website: http://silver.neep.wisc.edu/~lakes

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