Injectable biomaterials science and applications /
Provides comprehensive coverage of injectable biomaterials. This title discusses materials and mechanical properties of this important technology. It also covers clinical applications such as drug delivery. It analyses technologies and developments. Novel injectable materials for non-invasive surgic...
| Other Authors: | Vernon, Brent., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Woodhead Pub.,
2011.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 410 pages) : illustrations. |
| Series: |
Woodhead Publishing in materials.
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1 Materials and properties: Designing clinically useful substitutes for the extracellular matrix
- Designing ceramics for injectable bone graft substitutes
- Rheological properties of injectable biomaterials
- Improving mechanical properties of injectable polymers and composites. Part 2 Clinical applications: Drug delivery applications of injectable biomaterials
- Tissue engineering applications of injectable biomaterials
- Vascular applications of injectable biomaterials
- Orthopaedic applications of injectable biomaterials
- Dental applications of injectable biomaterials
- Injectable polymeric carriers for gene delivery systems. Part 3 Technologies and developments: Environmentally responsive injectable materials
- Injectable nanotechnology
- Injectable biodegradable materials
- Troubleshooting and hurdles to development of biomaterials
- Biocompatibility of injectable materials
- Future applications of injectable biomaterials: The use of microgels as modular injectable scaffolds.