Life-Enhancing Plastics: Plastics and Other Materials in Medical Applications - Couverture rigide

Holmes-walker, W Anthony

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1860944620 ISBN 13 : 9781860944628

Editeur : Imperial College Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book enables readers without specialist knowledge to understand the ways in which materials can be used to enhance people's lives. The range is vast -- from simple contact uses, through artificial limbs, to permanently implanted devices.To appreciate the medical applications of materials, it is necessary to understand why they are used. Therefore, a discussion on the nature and behaviour of materials is preceded by a survey of the evolution of modern surgical techniques. The effect of "foreign" materials on the body's immune system is then considered, followed by a study of specific uses of materials, including extra-corporeal machines and implanted devices.The last chapter deals with new and highly sophisticated techniques -- including minimal access surgery, robotics, nanotechnology, natural polymers, and the growth of "artificial" organs -- and concludes with a look at the future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Imperial College Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1860944620
• ISBN 13: 9781860944628
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible