Drug-device combinations for chronic diseases / edited by Suping Lyu, PhD., Ronald Siegel, SC.D.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyu, SuPing, editor.

Siegel, Ronald Alan, editor.

Series:

Wiley-Society for Biomaterials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronic diseases--Treatment.

Chronic diseases.

Drug delivery systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book covers two areas, the first detailing the concepts and technologies of drug-device combination products. The second area includes case studies of important products that either significantly shape our technologies and thinking, or contribute to current healthcare practice. The book: * Discusses where drugs and devices work, where they fail, and when they need to work with each other * Reviews interactions betweenhuman bodies and the drug-device combination productsthe measurements of these interactions * Covers how a drug-device combination product is developed, tested, and regulated * Includes case studies of steroid releasing leads, AOA treated tissue heart valves, intrathecal drug delivery pumps, infuse bone grafts, drug eluting stents, and antimicrobial meshes

Contents:

Addressing medical device challenges with drug/device combinations

Historical survey of drug delivery devices

Development of combination product drug delivery systems

Drug-material interactions, materials selection, and manufacturing methods

Steroid releasing lead

Thromboresistant vascular graft

Device-enabled drug infusion therapies

Promus element plus, a drug eluting stent

Infuse bone graft.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781119002970

1119002974

9781119003007

1119003008