Biomaterials and Materials for Medicine

Biomaterials and Materials for Medicine: Innovations in Research, Devices, and Applications provides an application-oriented summary of innovations in this rapidly evolving field, offering a view of various directions in biomaterials and medical materials and their advanced uses. - Highlights vascular, orthopedic, skin tissue engineering, and nerve tissue engineering biomaterials, including the latest research on therapeutic devices and implants - Introduces special stent materials for palliative treatment of esophageal cancer and related technologies of surface modification - Discusses use of biomaterials and related designs in drug targeting and controlled release - Describes wearable biomedical devices, biomimetic materials, and micronscale and nanoscale biomaterials - Details the theoretical calculation and computer simulation of biomaterials as a complementary discipline with physical experimental science This book is aimed at an interdisciplinary group of researchers working on development and application of biomaterials for medical applications in the fields of materials scientists, biomedical engineering, and medicine.

Jingan Li is Professor, School of Material Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China.

Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Therapeutic Devices: Material and Fabrication Progress Xiao Luo, Dan Zou, and Li Li Chapter 2 Vascular Patches: Past and Future, Problems, and Solutions Hualong Bai, Yanhua Xu, Hao He, Xin Li, Chang Shu, Jingan Li, Quancheng Kan, and Alan Dardik Chapter 3 Biomaterials for Fabricating Vascularized Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Yonghong Fan, Yinhua Qin, Xinxin Li, Yuhao Wang, Youqian Xu, and Chuhong Zhu Chapter 4 Biomaterials and Coatings for Artificial Hip Joints Y. Ren Chapter 5 Overview of Polymeric Biomaterials for Dental Applications Zichen Wu, Xiaoxuan Lu, Xiaowei Wang, Xiangyang Li, and Jialong Chen Chapter 6 Recent Progress of Hydrogel in Skin Tissue Engineering Kun Zhang, Shuaimeng Guan, Longlong Cui, Jiankang Li, Jiaheng Liang, and Jingjing Su Chapter 7 3D Printing in Nerve Regeneration Guicai Li and Liling Zhang Chapter 8 Progress in Biomaterials for Application of Esophageal Stents Yachen Hou, Jingan Li, Aqeela Yasin, and Mujiahid Iqbal Chapter 9 High-Performance Materials for Targeted and Controlled Drug Delivery Systems Jinjie Zhang Chapter 10 Wearable/Attachable Sensors and Biosensors Jingwen Li, Haiyang Liu, and Yifeng Lei Chapter 11 Micro/Nanobiomaterials Shuo Wang Chapter 12 Bioinspired Design for Medical Applications Feng Wu Chapter 13 Modeling and Simulation of Biomaterials Zhe Fang, Yu Zhao and Hongyan Wang Index