Full Description
Biomaterials and Materials for Medicine: Innovations in Research, Devices, and Applications provides an application-oriented summary of innovations in this rapidly evolving field, offering a view of various directions in biomaterials and medical materials and their advanced uses.
Highlights vascular, orthopedic, skin tissue engineering, and nerve tissue engineering biomaterials, including the latest research on therapeutic devices and implants
Introduces special stent materials for palliative treatment of esophageal cancer and related technologies of surface modification
Discusses use of biomaterials and related designs in drug targeting and controlled release
Describes wearable biomedical devices, biomimetic materials, and micronscale and nanoscale biomaterials
Details the theoretical calculation and computer simulation of biomaterials as a complementary discipline with physical experimental science
This book is aimed at an interdisciplinary group of researchers working on development and application of biomaterials for medical applications in the fields of materials scientists, biomedical engineering, and medicine.
Contents
Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Therapeutic Devices: Material and Fabrication Progress
Xiao Luo, Dan Zou, and Li Li
Chapter 2 Vascular Patches: Past and Future, Problems, and Solutions
Hualong Bai, Yanhua Xu, Hao He, Xin Li, Chang Shu, Jingan Li, Quancheng Kan, and Alan Dardik
Chapter 3 Biomaterials for Fabricating Vascularized Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering
Yonghong Fan, Yinhua Qin, Xinxin Li, Yuhao Wang, Youqian Xu, and Chuhong Zhu
Chapter 4 Biomaterials and Coatings for Artificial Hip Joints
Y. Ren
Chapter 5 Overview of Polymeric Biomaterials for Dental Applications
Zichen Wu, Xiaoxuan Lu, Xiaowei Wang, Xiangyang Li, and Jialong Chen
Chapter 6 Recent Progress of Hydrogel in Skin Tissue Engineering
Kun Zhang, Shuaimeng Guan, Longlong Cui, Jiankang Li, Jiaheng Liang, and Jingjing Su
Chapter 7 3D Printing in Nerve Regeneration
Guicai Li and Liling Zhang
Chapter 8 Progress in Biomaterials for Application of Esophageal Stents
Yachen Hou, Jingan Li, Aqeela Yasin, and Mujiahid Iqbal
Chapter 9 High-Performance Materials for Targeted and Controlled Drug Delivery Systems
Jinjie Zhang
Chapter 10 Wearable/Attachable Sensors and Biosensors
Jingwen Li, Haiyang Liu, and Yifeng Lei
Chapter 11 Micro/Nanobiomaterials
Shuo Wang
Chapter 12 Bioinspired Design for Medical Applications
Feng Wu
Chapter 13 Modeling and Simulation of Biomaterials
Zhe Fang, Yu Zhao and Hongyan Wang
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