Biomedical Devices and Their Applications (Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering) （2004. XIV, 201 p. w. 89 figs.）

Ed. by D. Shi

SPRINGER, BERLIN（2004発売）

SPRINGER, BERLIN（2004発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 201 p., 89 illus.
• 商品コード 9783540222040

Full Description

Biomedical devices that contact with blood or tissue represent a wide range of products. Depending on their potential harm to a body, medical devices are categorized according to the degree, so their safety can be assured. All biomaterials are by definition designed to contact with a body for a certain period of time. The nature of the body contact, as well as the duration a material contacts with the body may initiate unwanted biological In comparison with invasive devices Oike catheters and medical responses. implants contact directly with tissue or with the circulating blood) non­ invasive devices (like wound-dressings and contact lenses contact with the skin, the sclera, and the mucosa or with open wounds) have a lesser risk of hurting a patient. When blood contacts with a foreign material, plasma proteins become absorpted to the surface within a few seconds. The reactions that follow, the so-called intrinsic pathway lead to the formation of fibrin and activation of platelets and white blood cells, result in blood clot formation.

Contents

1 Biomaterials in Drug Delivery.- 2 Drug Delivery Systems for Localized Treatment of Disease.- 3 Application of Protein Electrophoresis Techniques.- 4 Xenoestrogens as Endocrine Disrupters.- 5 Medical Devices.