Full Description
Advances in Polyurethane Biomaterials brings together a thorough review of advances in the properties and applications of polyurethanes for biomedical applications. The first set of chapters in the book provides an important overview of the fundamentals of this material with chapters on properties and processing methods for polyurethane. Further sections cover significant uses such as their tissue engineering and vascular and drug delivery applications
Written by an international team of leading authors, the book is a comprehensive and essential reference on this important biomaterial.
Contents
Part One: Chemistry, Processing and Applications of Polyurethane Biomaterials
1. Hierarchical Structure-Property Relationships of Segmented Polyurethanes
2. Surface Characterization Techniques for Polyurethane Biomaterials
3. Design of Biodegradable Polyurethanes and the Interaction of the Polymers and their Degradation By-Products within in vitro and in vivo environments
4. Biodegradable Elastomers using Urethane Chemistry
5. 3 D Printing of Polyurethane Biomaterials
6. Nanoparticle Induced Phenomena in Polyurethanes
7. Polyurethane Nanoparticles, a New Tool for Biomedical Applications?, Polyurethane Nanoparticles, a New Tool for Biomedical Applications?
8. Polyurethanes for Controlled Drug Delivery
9. Antibacterial Polyurethanes
Part Two: Polyurethanes for Vascular Applications
10. Regulating Blood Cell Adhesion via Surface Modification of Polyurethanes
11. Enhancing Polyurethane Blood Compatibility
12. Antimicrobial Polyurethanes for Intravascular Medical Devices
13. Polyurethanes for Cardiac Applicantions
14. Nitric Oxide Releasing Polyurethanes
15. Mechanical properties of polyurethane-based small-diameter vascular grafts
Part Three: Polyurethane Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
16. Polyurethanes for Bone Tissue Engineering
17. Antimicrobial Polyurethane Scaffolds
18. Interaction of Stem Cells with Polyurethane Scaffolds
19. Fibrous Polyurethane Scaffolds
20. Embolic Applications of Shape Memory Polyurethane Scaffolds
21. Scaffolds of Biodegradable Block Polyurethanes for Nerve Regeneration
22. Biodegradable Polyurethane Dermal Scaffolds
