Metals as Biomaterials / Edition 1

by Jef A. Helsen, H. Jürgen Breme

Overview

Biomaterials is a field that continues to attract a significant amount of attention from researchers, industry, educationalists and regulators. This book is the first to provide readers with an understanding of fundamental theory relating to the use of metals in biomedical applications in addition to comprehensively covering applied aspects encompassing practical and technical advantages and disadvantages. Topics highlighted in the book include guidelines for selecting materials; shape memory alloys; degradation and surface modification; adhesion to ceramics and polymers; biocompartibility and tissue-implant interactions; and European and North American regulatory issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471969358
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/16/1998
Series:	Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Edition description:	Handbook
Pages:	516
Product dimensions:	6.32(w) x 9.47(h) x 1.17(d)

About the Author

Jef A. Helsen and H. Jürgen Breme are the authors of Metals as Biomaterials, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Selection of Materials (H. Breme & J. Helsen).

Metals and Implants (H. Breme, et al.).

Shape Memory Alloys (J. Humbeeck, et al.).

Degradation (in vitro-in vivo Corrosion) (D. Scharnweber).

Surfaces, Surface Modification and Tailoring (H. Breme).

Special Thin Organic Coatings (H. Worch).

Adhesion of Polymers (W. Possart).

Adhesion to Ceramics (H. Breme, et al.).

Biological Response and Biocompatibility (H. Hildebrand & J.-C. Hornez).

Tissue-Implant Interaction (R. Thull).

Cells and Metals (D. Jones).

X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (J. Pireaux & J. Riga).

Atomic Force Microscopy (U. Hartmann).

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Surface Analytical Technique for Biomaterials (J. Hubrecht).

Retrieval Analysis (P. Laffargue, et al.).

Index.

Editorial Reviews

A reference for professionals involved with research and development and clinical aspects of materials engineering for medical applications. Early chapters treat selection of biomaterials and mechanical criteria, numerical data on metal implants, and shape memory alloys. Later chapters deal with intrinsic shortcomings of metals, such as corrosion and wear resistance, and engineering methods to deal with them, including surface treatment, coatings, and polymer- metal macrocomposites. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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