Features:
- Covers the latest developments in bioabsorbable polymer research
- Reviews new and emerging compositions and applications for absorbable polymers, including those that are actively involved in treating and/or regenerating tissue
- Contains contributions from top experts in industry and academia
- Provides examples of developing and applying a new absorbable system referencing clinical studies
- Presents creative approaches to customize fiber-forming materials for unique applications
Absorbable and Biodegradable Polymers illustrates creative approaches to custom designing unique, fiber-forming materials for equally unique applications. It includes an example of the development and application of a new absorbable system, a condensed encyclopedia on novel PEG-based copolyesters, and the first comprehensive discussion of a novel class of absorbable tissue adhesives.
The book also provides up-to-date information on important tissue engineering technologies and approaches to utilizing these technologies for long awaited practical applications.
Contents
1. Introduction Notes
- Absorbable/Biodegradable Polymers
- Technology Evolution
2. Development and Application of New Systems
- Segmented Copolyesters with Prolonged Strength Retention Profiles
- Polyaxial Crystalline Fiber-Forming Copolyester
- Polyethylene Glycol-Based Copolyesters
- Cyanoacrylate-Based Systems as Tissue Adhesives
- Chitosan-Based Systems. Hyaluronic Acid-Based Systems
3. Developments in Preparative, Processing, and Evaluation Methods
- New Approaches to the Synthesis of Crystalline
- Fiber-Forming Aliphatic Copolyesters. Advances in Morphological Development to Tailor the Performance of Medical Devices
- Polymer Biocompatibility and Toxicity
4. Growing and Newly Sought Applications
- Tissue Engineering Systems
- Synthetic Vascular Constructs
- Postoperative Adhesion Prevention
- Implantable Insulin Controlled Release Systems
- Treating Diabetes Mellitus
- Absorbable Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy
- Tumor Immunotherapeutic Systems
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