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Informationen zum Autor Martin W. King is Professor of Biotextiles and Textile Technology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, and Chaired Professor of Medical Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai, China Dr Bhupender S. Gupta is Professor of Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science at North Carolina State University, USA. Professor Gupta is internationally renowned for his research in textile science. Robert Guidoin is Professor of Surgery (Biomaterials) working in the CHU Research Centre oriented towards Regenerative Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. Klappentext Textiles play a vital role in the manufacture of various medical implants including the replacement of diseased or non-functioning parts of the body. Biotextiles as medical implants provides an invaluable single source of information on the main types of textile materials and products used for medical implants. Zusammenfassung Textiles play a vital role in the manufacture of various medical implants including the replacement of diseased or non-functioning parts of the body. Biotextiles as medical implants provides an invaluable single source of information on the main types of textile materials and products used for medical implants. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Technologies: Manufacture! types and properties of biotextiles for medical applications; Nanofiber structures for medical biotextiles; Resorbable polymers for medical applications; Shaped biotextiles for medical implants; Surface modification of biotextiles for medical applications; Sterilization techniques for biotextiles for medical applications; Regulation of biotextiles for medical use; Retrieval studies for medical biotextiles. Part 2 Applications: Drug delivery systems using biotextiles; Types and properties of surgical sutures; Materials for absorbable and non-absorbable surgical sutures; Surgical knot performance in sutures; Barbed suture technology; Small-diameter arterial grafts using biotextiles; Vascular prostheses for open surgery; Biotextiles as percutaneous heart valves; Biotextiles as vena cava filters; Biotextiles for atrial septal defect repair; Hemostatic wound dressings; Anterior cruciate ligament prostheses using biotextiles; Endovascular prostheses for aortic aneurysms: A new era for vascular surgery. ...
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"Regenerative Medicine: Biotextiles as Medical Implants. M W King, B S Gupta, and R Guidoin, Eds. Woodhead Publishing. Philadelphia, PA. 2013. 738 pages. $330.00." --Journal of Controlled Release 183, 2014
"A new book from Woodhead Publishing in association with the Textile Institute provides an invaluable source of information on the main types of textile materials and products used for medical implants." --Technical-Textiles.net, February 2014
"Some from medicine and some from textiles, scientists present a textbook for an undergraduate textiles course on textile devices that can be implanted for medical purposes. Covering first technologies then applications, they explore such topics as resorbable polymers for medical applications, surface modification, sterilization techniques, retrieval studies for medical biotextiles, types and properties of surgical sutures, barbed suture technology,." --ProtoView.com, February 2014
