Durability and Reliability of Medical Polymers

Mike Jenkins · Artemis Stamboulis

2012年8月 · Elsevier

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Given the widespread use of polymers in medical devices, the durability and reliability of this material in use is an area of critical importance. Durability and reliability of medical polymers reviews the performance of both bioresorbable and non-bioresorbable medical polymers.Part one provides a review of the types and properties of bioresorbable medical polymers. The effect of molecular structure on properties is discussed, along with the processing of bioresorbable and other polymers for medical applications. Transport phenomena and the degradation of bioresorbable medical polymers are reviewed, before an exploration of synthetic bioresorbable polymers and their use in orthopaedic tissue regeneration. Part two goes on to explore the durability and reliability of non-bioresorbable medical polymers, and wear processes in polymer implants and ageing processes of biomedical polymers in the body are discussed in depth, before an investigation into manufacturing defects and the failure of synthetic polymeric medical devices.With its distinguished editors and international team of expert contributors, Durability and reliability of medical polymers is an essential tool for all materials scientists, researchers and engineers involved in the design, development and application of medical polymers, whilst also providing a helpful overview of the subject for biologists, chemist and clinicians. - Comprehensively examines the performance of both bioresorbable and non-bioresorbable medical polymers - Discusses the processing of bioresorbable and other polymers for medical applications, before reviewing the degradation of bioresorbable medical polymers - Explores the durability and reliability of non-bioresorbable medical polymers and discusses wear processes in polymer implants and ageing processes of biomedical polymers in the body

著者について

Mike Jenkins is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Jenkins has researched and published widely in the field of polymer science and has edited three books on the use of polymers in sport and biomaterials.

Dr. Artemis Stamboulis is a Professor of Biomaterials, at the School of Metallurgy and Materials, the University of Birmingham, UK. She obtained her PhD, from the National Technical University of Athens and TU Berlin, Germany in Polymer Engineering. Following her PhD, she was awarded a prestigious Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowship to work on natural fibre polymer composites in the Department of Materials, Imperial College London followed by two more fellowships at the same University acquiring additional knowledge and expertise in bioactive glasses, biomedical glasses and glass ionomer cements. This opened opportunities for Dr Stamboulis to grow in the field of Biomaterials and continue developing biomedical glasses and glass ceramics as well as working with hydroxyapatite and antimicrobial hydroxyapatite. A prestigious Birmingham Fellowship allowed Dr Stamboulis to start her research group at the University of Birmingham where she is now Professor of Biomaterials currently developing antimicrobial biomaterials based on antimicrobial peptides and nanocoatings for polymer, ceramic and metallic implants.