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Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial spare parts' has significantly improved our quality of life. These spare parts have to meet a wide spectrum of mechanical, chemical and design requirements. In this book, the properties and selection of materials for such `spare parts' are deduced from case studies at the start of each chapter. Hard tissue replacements (joints, long bones, dental), soft tissue (heart valves) and tissue engineering are included. The chapters also detail the three generic classes of materials: alloys (including shape memory alloys), ceramics & glasses and polymers. Separate chapters are devoted to the toxicity of implants, the metals zirconium(-zirconium oxide), tantalum, niobium and metallic glasses, soluble metals and Rapid Prototyping techniques for the fabrication of custom made prostheses. The book concludes by a chapter on water as water is always there' and conditions the interaction between body and implant. Water is the very matrix of life on earth. A peculiarity of the book is its perspective view', meaning that the authors looked behind the present biomaterials' décor and included historical backgrounds (real and mythological), future developments, and the relation to nature (plants and geology).
Physics. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Biomaterials. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Orthopedics. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Life sciences. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Physique --- Orthopédie --- Sciences de la vie --- Génie biomédical --- Physics --- Orthopedics --- Life sciences --- Biomedical engineering --- Biomaterials --- 62-039.1 --- Biomedical materials --- Tissue engineering --- Biocompatible materials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Regenerative medicine --- Tissue culture --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)
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For the first time in a single volume, the design, characterisation and operation of the bioreactor system in which the tissue is grown is detailed. Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering presents an overall picture of the current state of knowledge in the engineering of bioreactors for several tissue types (bone, cartilage, vascular), addresses the issue of mechanical conditioning of the tissue, and describes the use of techniques such as MRI for monitoring tissue growth. This unique volume is dedicated to the fundamentals and application of bioreactor technology to tissue engineering products. Not only will it appeal to graduate students and experienced researchers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, but also to tissue engineers and culture technologists, academic and industrial chemical engineers, biochemical engineers and cell biologists who wish to understand the criteria used to design and develop novel systems for tissue growth in vitro.
Tissue engineering. --- Biomedical materials. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Bioreactors. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Regenerative medicine --- Tissue culture --- Biochemical reactors --- Reactors, Biochemical --- Biochemical engineering --- Chemical reactors --- Equipment and supplies --- Medicine. --- Cytology. --- Biochemical engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Biomedicine general. --- Cell Biology. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Biochemical Engineering. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Bio-process engineering --- Bioprocess engineering --- Biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Cell biology. --- Biomedicine, general. --- Biomedical Research. --- Chemical Bioengineering. --- Research. --- Biological research --- Biomedical research
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