Life-enhancing Plastics: Plastics And Other Materials In Medical Applications
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Series On Biomaterials And Bioengineering
ISBN-10
1860944620
ISBN-13
9781860944628
Publisher
Imperial College Press
Imprint
Imperial College Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 11th, 2004
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
450 grams
Dimensions
23.70 x 15.80 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Biomedical engineeringPlastics & polymers technology
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This book enables readers without specialist knowledge to understand the ways in which materials can be used to enhance people's lives. The range is vast — from simple contact uses, through artificial limbs, to permanently implanted devices.To appreciate the medical applications of materials, it is necessary to understand why they are used. Therefore, a discussion on the nature and behaviour of materials is preceded by a survey of the evolution of modern surgical techniques. The effect of “foreign” materials on the body's immune system is then considered, followed by a study of specific uses of materials, including extra-corporeal machines and implanted devices.The last chapter deals with new and highly sophisticated techniques — including minimal access surgery, robotics, nanotechnology, natural polymers, and the growth of “artificial” organs — and concludes with a look at the future.
This book enables readers without specialist knowledge to understand the ways in which materials can be used to enhance people''s lives. The range is vast — from simple contact uses, through artificial limbs, to permanently implanted devices.To appreciate the medical applications of materials, it is necessary to understand why they are used. Therefore, a discussion on the nature and behaviour of materials is preceded by a survey of the evolution of modern surgical techniques. The effect of “foreign” materials on the body''s immune system is then considered, followed by a study of specific uses of materials, including extra-corporeal machines and implanted devices.The last chapter deals with new and highly sophisticated techniques — including minimal access surgery, robotics, nanotechnology, natural polymers, and the growth of “artificial” organs — and concludes with a look at the future.
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