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Polymeric Biomaterials for Healthcare Applications details a broad range of polymeric biomaterials, methods of synthesis and preparation, and their various applications in healthcare and biomedicine. The book provides a fundamental overview of polymers and processing technologies to allow clinical scientists to explore the use of these polymers in alternative applications. A wide variety of healthcare applications are covered, including treatment for autoimmune diseases and bacterial infections, tissue engineering, gene delivery, wound dressing, and more. The book provides a core introductory text for clinical and materials scientists new to the area of polymeric biomaterials.
This book will prove useful to academics and researchers in materials science, biomedical engineering, clinical science and pharmaceutical science.
List of contents
1. Introduction to polymers for healthcare applications
2. Polymers importance to the preparation of medical devices for body applications
3. Polymeric beads for targeted drug delivery
4. Polymer nanoparticles for therapeutic applications
5. Green synthesis of polymer nanoparticles in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications
6. Biopolymer based biodegradable biomaterials for in vivo and in vitro applications
7. Polymers for removal of metal and control of bacterial infections
8. Polymers for toxicity control of antibiotics and metal nanoparticles
9. 3D polymeric biomaterials for wound dressing, orthopaedics and tissue engineering
10. Injectable polymeric biomaterials for wound dressing, orthopaedics and tissue engineering
11. Temperature-sensitive polymeric biomaterials for drug delivery, gene delivery and tissue engineering
12. Sterilization and clinical use of medical polymers
13. Polymeric biomaterials for autoimmune diseases
14. Conclusion
About the author
Dr. Kokkarachedu Varaprasad is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Design, San Sebastián University, Chile. He received PhD (2011) in biocidal temperature-sensitive hydrogels from the Department of Polymer Science and Technology, India. He worked as an Investigator at the Advanced Polymer Research Center (CIPA), Chile. He received 3 International Postdoctoral Fellowships at Creighton University, USA, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa, and Concepcion University, Chile. He developed the bioactivity of hybrid nanomaterials for advanced biomedical applications. He has published numerous articles, books, book chapters, and has 2 patents. His name has been listed in the Top 2% of scientists in the world under biomaterials, nanoscience, and nanotechnology in a recent survey conducted by Stanford University. His primary objective is to translate primary nano and polymer technology research results for the next generation of biomedical applications.
