Biointegration of medical implant materials : Science and design /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros autores o Colaboradores: Sharma, Chandra P. (Editor)
Formato: Libro
Lengua:inglés
Datos de publicación: Boca Ratón : CRC Press, 2010.
Series:Woodhead publishing in materials
Temas:
Resumen:Biointegration: an introduction - Soft tissue biointegration - Replacement materials for facial reconstruction at the soft tissue-bone interface - Corneal tissue engineering - Tissue engineering for small-diameter vascular grafts - Stem cells for organ regeneration - Materials facilitating protein drug delivery and vascularisation - Inorganic nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery - Alginate-based drug delivery devices - Functionalised nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery - Biocompatibility of materials and its relevance to drug delivery and tissue engineering - Mechanisms of failure of medical implants during long-term use - Rapid prototyping in biomedical engineering: structural intricacies of biological materials.
Descripción Física:xv.; 412 p. : figuras, tablas
ISBN:9781845695095