Main description:

Biomaterials: A Systems Approach to Engineering Concepts provides readers with a systems approach to biomaterials and materials engineering. By focusing on the mechanical needs of implants, disease states, and current clinical needs, readers are encouraged to design materials and systems targeted at specific conditions, and to identify the impact of their proposed solutions.

This inventive text is a useful resource for researchers, students, and course providers of biomaterials and biomedical engineering.

Contents:

1. Cell Biology Principles 2. Cell Expression: Proteins and their characterization 3. Bones and Mineralized Tissues 4. Connective and Soft Tissues 5. Property Assessments ot Tissues 6. Environmental and Aging Effects on Tissues 7. Metallic Biomaterials 8. Ceramic Biomaterials 9. Polymeric Biomaterials 10. Nanomaterials and Phase Contrast Imaging Agents 11. Orthopaedic Biomaterials and Strategies 12. Neural Engineered Biomaterials and Strategies 13. Cardiovascular Engineered Biomaterials and Strategies 14. Artificial Organs: Engineering and Strategies 15. Special topics: Assays applied to both health and sports