Biomaterials, an Introduction is intended as a general introduction to the uses of artificial materials in the human body for the purposes of aiding healing, correcting deformities, and restoring lost function.

Enhancing on the field developments since the successful last edition, Biomaterials, an Introduction continues in its tradition as an outgrowth of an undergraduate course for senior students in biomedical engineering developed by the authors With 60 years of combined experience, the authors have emphasized the fundamental materials science, structure-property relationships and biological responses as a foundation for a wide array of biomaterials applications.

Key Features:

• New detailed illustrations

• Example problems to provide the student with hands-on experience with concepts

• Extensive tutorial materials on new developments in spinal implants and fixation techniques and theory, including systematic overage of orthopedic implants, and expanded treatment of ceramic materials and implants

• New topics included on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

• Approximately 1900 references to additional reading,

  Organized as a textbook for the student needing to acquire the core competencies, Biomaterials, an Introduction will meet the demands of advanced undergraduate or graduate coursework in biomaterials, biomedical engineering, and biophysics.

  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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  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

  Klappentext

  With sixty years of combined experience, the authors of this extensively revised book have learned to emphasize the fundamental materials science, structure-property relationships, and biological responses as a foundation for a wide array of biomaterials applications. This 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. It also offers systematic coverage of orthopedic implants, and expanded treatment of ceramic materials and implants.

  Inhalt

  -INTRODUCTION TO BIOMATERIALS. -THE STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS. -CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS-I. -CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS-II: ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL, X-RAY ABSORPTION, ACOUSTIC, ULTRASONIC, ETC.-METALLIC IMPLANT MATERIALS. -CERAMIC IMPLANT MATERIALS. -POLYMERIC IMPLANT MATERIALS. -COMPOSITES AS BIOMATERIALS. -STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS. -TISSUE RESPONSE TO IMPLANTS. -SOFT TISSUE REPLACEMENT I: SUTURES, SKIN, AND MAXILLOFACIAL IMPLANTS. -SOFT TISSUE REPLACEMENT II: BLOOD INTERFACING IMPLANTS. -HARD TISSUE REPLACEMENT I: LONG BONE REPAIR. -HARD TISSUE REPLACEMENT-II: JOINTS AND TEETH. -TRANSPLANTS. -BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING. -APPENDICES.