Biomaterials A Basic Introduction

Explores Biomedical Science from a Unique Perspective

Biomaterials: A Basic Introduction is a definitive resource for students entering biomedical or bioengineering disciplines. This text offers a detailed exploration of engineering and materials science, and examines the boundary and relationship between the two. Based on the author?s course lecture notes and many years of research, it presents students with the knowledge needed to select and design biomaterials used in medical devices. Placing special emphasis on metallic, ceramic, polymeric, and composite biomaterials, it explains the difference between materials science and materials engineering, introduces basic concepts and principles, and analyzes the critically important properties of biomaterials.

Explains Complex Theories Using Aspects of Daily Life

This text provides an appropriate balance between depth and broadness of coverage, and offers an understanding of the most important concepts and principles to students from a wide academic spectrum. It delivers the science of biomaterials in laymen terms, from a material standpoint, as well as a clinical applications point of view. It equips students majoring in materials science/engineering with knowledge on the fundamentals of how biomaterials behave at a biological level, and provides students majoring in medicine with information that is generally unavailable in traditional medical courses. The authors incorporate learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, as well as chapter highlights, problems, and exercises at the end of each chapter. In addition, they present objectives, suggested activities, and reference material for further reading.

• Contains an overview of medical science vis-à-vis materials science, describes anatomy, histology, and cell biology
• Highlights health issues and diseases where biomaterials can easily find medical applications
• Presents knowledge of the relationship between the biomaterials and the living body
• Evaluates medical devices and looks into their respective regulations

Biomaterials: A Basic Introduction contains an overview of basic biomaterials and concepts, and is written for upper-division students in the US/Canada, and second-level students in universities worldwide.

Part I. Biomaterials Science. Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Toxicity and Corrosion. Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials. Metallic Biomaterials in Orthopedic Implants. Metallic Biomaterials: Miscellaneous Others. Bioinert Ceramics. Bioactive and Bioresorbable Ceramics. Polymeric Biomaterials: Fundamentals. Bioinert Polymers. Bioresorbable Polymers. Composite Biomaterials. Part II. Medical Science. Medicine and Medical Science. Human Anatomy And Diseases I: Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, and Endocrine Systems. Human Anatomy And Diseases II: Cardiovascular System. Human Anatomy And Diseases III : Respiratory, Lymphatic, Digestive, Urinary, and Reproductive Systems. Cells and Biomolecules. Histology and Tissue Properties I: Epithelial, Neuronal, and Muscle Tissue. Histology and Tissue Properties II: Connective Tissues. Immune System and Body Responses to Biomaterials. Evaluation of Biomaterials. Regulation of Medical Devices. Activities. Simple Questions in Class. Problems and Exercises. Bibliography. Index.

Qi-Zhi Chen earned her PhD in biomaterials from Imperial College London in 2007. She was previously an academic at Monash University. She was also formerly with the National Heart and Lung Institute London and the University of Cambridge. She has produced more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Chen’s research interests broadly cover polymeric, ceramic, metallic, and composite biomaterials for application in biomedical engineering. Her teaching interests include physics and various topics of materials science and engineering, in addition to biomaterials.

George Thouas