Polymers for Biomedical Applications - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0841239665 ISBN 13: 9780841239661

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2008

Riassunto

The aging of the "baby boomers" population and the focus on health issues continues to drive the demand for better medical devices and health care solutions. Significant developments over the last two decades particularly in the field of biomaterials have revolutionized the biomaterials-based health care industry. Polymers represent the largest and most promising class of biomaterials based on their wide spread use in various medical applications. A large number of polymeric biomaterials have been developed and new developments continue to appear in journals and patent literatures. Although several excellent books and reviews cover specific areas in this interdisciplinary field; not many books strive to cover a comprehensive overview to the wide applications of polymers in the medical industry. Also, due to the significant growth of research and new technological advancements in biomaterials, this creates a need for updated and revised books within few years. This book covers some of the recent research developments in the field of polymeric biomaterials and their biomedical applications with a particular emphasis on work presented in the symposium entitled "Polymers for Biomedical Applications". The Book starts with a review of the synthesis of new and improved biomaterials and continues with a survey of the various tools and characterization techniques that are being used to characterize the polymeric biomaterials. Later, specific applications are discussed; such as applications of polymers for controlled release of bioactive agents, reactive coatings for biological applications, scaffolds for tissue engineering and as a base material for development of medical devices and biosensors.

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Contenuti

• 1: Polymers for biomedical applications: Introduction
• Synthesis of Biomaterials
• 2: From Drug-Eluting Stents to Biopharmaceuticals: Poly(Ester Amide) a Versatile New Bioabsorbable Biopolymer
• 3: Chitosan Water-Soluble System: An Approach to Prepare Superabsorbent Gel
• 4: The Cyclization and Functionalization of Styrenic Polymers
• 5: High strength, melt processable, aromatic poly(anhydride)s
• 6: Fluorescently labeled Protein-Polymer Bioconjugates using Protein derived Macroinitiators from Living Radical Polymerization
• 7: Adapting Polymeric Metal Complexes for Biomedical Applications Characterization of Polymeric Biomaterials
• 8: Beyond Trial and Error: Tools to Advance the Engineering of Biomaterials
• 9: Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopic Characterization of the Hydrolytic Degradation of Hydroxyl-terminated Poly(D, L-Lactide) Materials
• 10: The Expanding Role of Mass Spectrometry as a Tool for Polymer Chemistry Polymers for Drug Delivery
• 11: Synthesis and properties of functional poly(vinylpyrrolidinone) hydrogels for drug delivery
• 12: Enzymatically Synthesized Pegylated Polymers as Nano-Micellar Drug Delivery Systems
• 13: Novel two-photon activated photodynamic therapy agents-design, synthesis and preclinical studies on subcutaneous cancerous tumor
• 14: Synthesis and Characterization of Carborane Functionalized Dendronized Polymers as Potential BNCT Agents
• 15: Biodegradable Ionomers for the Loading and Release of Proteins Formation, Characterization, Mechanism, and Consequence of Water Uptake
• Polymeric Surfaces
• 16: An Overview of biocompatibility of polymeric surfaces
• 17: Reactive Polymer Coatings for Biological Applications
• 18: Optimization of Microdomain Structure to Control Osteoblast Attachment on PEG-PCL Polyurethanes Other Biomedical Applications
• 19: Polymers for Tissue Engineering
• 20: Cell-Container Prepared with Cytocompatible Phospholipid Polymers for Cell and Tisuue Engineering
• 21: Evaluation of a Bioabsorbable Polyester Blend for use in Medical Devices: CRANIOSORBTM, a Novel Cranial Fixation System
• 22: Biopolymers for Biosensors: Polypeptide Nanotubes for Optical Biosensing

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0841239665
• ISBN 13: 9780841239661
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Redattore: Mahapatro Anil
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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