Biocompatiblity Assessment of Medical Devices and Materials [Hardcover]

This book presents both an overview and forward assessment of medical device materials and test methods. Highlighting the complex problem of host responses and related issues which may restrict the accuracy and reliability of existing test methodology, the book provides an unbiased appraisal of the requirements for biocompatibility and the approaches that have been developed to evaluate it.Biocompatibility Standards: An International Overview (D. Marlowe, et al.).

The Role of Material Standardisation and Method Validation in Evaluating Biocompatibility (J. Braybrook).

Biodegradation and Toxicokinetic Studies (D. Gott).

The Surface Analysis of Polymeric Biomaterials (M. Davies, et al.).

Sterilisation Processes and Residuals (V. Dorman-Smith).

Cytotoxicity (M.-F.

Harmand, et al.).

Interactions with Blood (J. Anderson).

Genotoxicity, Carcinogenicity and Reproductive Toxicity (R. Eloy & N. Weill).

Explant Retrieval and Analysis (J. Butany).

Assessment of Biological Safety -
Risk Analysis (J. Tinkler).

Index.

Julian H. Braybrook is the author of Biocompatiblity: Assessment of Medical Devices and Materials, published by Wiley.The Biomaterials Science and Engineering Series is designed to help stimulate further developments in biomaterials science and engineering by disseminating up-to-the-minute, quality information to academic and industrial research and development scientists employed in all areas of the medical, biomedical and bioengineering sciences whether in medical device R&D, pharmaceutical and pharmacological research or materials science, and to clinical specialists in prosthesis and surgery.

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