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100 1 _aHelsen, Jozef A.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBiomaterials
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Tantalus Experience /
_cby Jozef A. Helsen, Yannis Missirlis.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2010.
300 _aXVI, 340 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aBiological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
_x1618-7210
505 0 _aThe Perfect Human Machine -- The Failing Human Machine -- Corrosion -- Intoxicated by Implants? -- Zirconium and Other Newcomers -- Long Bones -- Layer by Layer -- Metal Implants Bound to Disappear -- A 7,000 Year Old Story: Ceramics -- Dental Materials -- The Perfect Prosthesis? -- Heart Valve Substitutes -- Tissue Engineering: Regenerative Medicine -- Water -- Closing Dinner Speech.
520 _aReplacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial ‘spare parts’ has significantly improved our quality of life. These spare parts have to meet a wide spectrum of mechanical, chemical and design requirements.  In this book, the properties and selection of materials for such `spare parts’ are deduced from case studies at the start of each chapter. Hard tissue replacements (joints, long bones, dental), soft tissue (heart valves) and tissue engineering are included. The chapters also detail the three generic classes of materials: alloys (including shape memory alloys), ceramics & glasses and polymers. Separate chapters are devoted to the toxicity of implants, the metals zirconium(-zirconium oxide), tantalum, niobium and metallic glasses, soluble metals and Rapid Prototyping techniques for the fabrication of custom made prostheses.  The book concludes by a chapter on water as water is always ‘there’ and conditions the interaction between body and implant. Water is the very matrix of life on earth.   A peculiarity of the book is its ‘perspective view’, meaning that the authors looked behind the present biomaterials’ décor and included historical backgrounds (real and mythological), future developments, and the relation to nature (plants and geology).
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aOrthopedics.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aBiomedical engineering.
650 0 _aBiomaterials.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aBiophysics and Biological Physics.
650 2 4 _aBiomaterials.
650 2 4 _aBiomedical Engineering.
650 2 4 _aOrthopedics.
650 2 4 _aLife Sciences, general.
700 1 _aMissirlis, Yannis.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642125317
830 0 _aBiological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12532-4
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