Polymeric Materials for Biomedical Implants. Characterization, Properties, and Applications. Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to polymer materials for implants
2. Characterization of polymers in biomedical implants
3. Polymer nanocomposites in biomedical implants
4. Introduction to inflammation and other foreign body response to medical implants
5. Polymer implants for gene and drug delivery
6. Polymers in wound dressing
7. Polymers as medical adhesives and sutures
8. Polymeric nanoparticles in cancer therapy
9. Polymers in dentistry
10. Polymers for IOL systems
11. Polymer implants for cardiovascular application
12. Polymers in maxillofacial prosthodontics
13. Polymers for burn dressings and skin substitutes
14. Polymers for implantable bioartificial pancreas
15. Polymers and composites for peripheral nerve repair
16. Polymers and blood interactions
17. The medical device market and ethical issues of implants
18. Additive manufacturing of polymeric implants
19. Sterilization of polymeric biomaterials
20. Toxicity and degradation of polymeric implants

Authors

Sabu Thomas International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Energy Materials, and School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas is the Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala, India. He also serves as the Chairman of Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK) in Kerala, India. Formerly, he was the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. His ground-breaking research has covered the areas of polymer science and engineering, polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites and nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received several national and international awards in recognition for his work and recently received Honoris Causa (DSc) from the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France, in recognition for his contributions to polymer science and engineering. Prof. Thomas has published more than 1400 peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index stands at 139, accompanied by a citation count of 43,000. Abhimanyu Tharayil Postdoc Researcher, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. Abhimanyu Tharayil completed his Ph. D from IIT Kanpur, India in the field of medical implants. Prior to his doctoral studies he worked on electrospinning of polymers in his Master's. He has published research articles, review articles in peer reviewed journals and book chapters with reputed publishers. He has given invited lectures in the field of biomaterials and has conducted and attended conferences in that field. He is also an independent and certified operator of SEM, XRD, DMA, Micro injection molding, UTM, Electrospinning apparatus etc. He has served as the student president of Indian Institute of metals, Kanpur chapter during his doctoral studies. Presently, he is working as a researcher with Dr Sabu Thomas. His specialized areas of research are biomaterials for medical implants, polymer synthesis, polymer nanocomposites and electrospinning.