Bio-materials and prototyping applications in medicine / Paolo Bartolo, Bopaya Bidanda (editors).

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biomedical engineering.

Physical Description:

xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Bio-materials & prototyping applications in medicine

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, 2007.

Summary:

Rapid prototyping (RP) technology is becoming more and more prevalent in medicine. RP is used to design, develop and manufacture medical devices and instrumentation, and to fabricate drug dosage forms. This process is also increasingly being used by surgeons to plan complex operations, especially in the craniofacial and maxillofacial areas. Further, RP shows promise in the area of tissue engineering through the use of biomaterials including the direct manufacture of biologically active implants. This book focuses on bio materials and prototyping applications in medical environments. The applications that are discussed integrate bio-materials, CAD, and physical prototyping techniques.

Contents:

1 Metallic and Ceramic Biomaterials: Current and Future Developments / Salil Desai, Bopaya Bidanda, Paulo Bartolo 1

2 Polymers, Composites and Nano Biomaterials: Current and Future Developments / Salil Desai, M. Ravi Shankar 15

3 Polyurethane Based Materials with Applications in Medical Devices / Fred J. Davis, Geoffrey R. Mitchell 27

4 Rapid Prototyping of Hydrogels to Guide Tissue Formation / Jordan S. Miller, Jennifer L. West 49

5 Engineered Scaffold Architecture Influences Soft Tissue Regeneration / Darice Y. Wong, Elly E. Liao, J. C. Leveque, Hunter Brumblay, Chia-Ying Lin, Frank LaMarca, Paul H. Krebsbach, Scott J. Hollister 67

6 Customised Implants for Bone Replacement and Growth / Liang Hao, Russell Harris 79

7 Direct Digital Manufacturing of Complex Dental Prostheses / B. Vandenbroucke, J.-P. Kruth 109

8 Digital Design and Fabrication in Dentistry / Ming C. Leu, Parthiban Delli, Mary P. Walker 125

9 The Development of an Artificial Finger Joint / I. Gibson, S. P. Chow, K. W. Lam, W. W. Lu, A. H. W. Ngan, W. Y. Yip, K. Y. Chiu 157

10 Computer-aided Development of Mega Endo-Prostheses / B. Ravi a, Manish Agarwal 191.

Notes:

State of the art report.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780387476827

0387476822

OCLC:

213489567