Short description This book focuses on various aspects of events which occur at the tissue-biomaterial interface, while integrating current physiological knowledge of cell/tissue behavior and recent materials science/engineering developments in the field of biomaterials.
From the contents Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Biomaterials.
Proteins.
Protein-Surface Interactions.
Blood-Biomaterial Interactions and Coagulation.
Inflammation and Infection.
The Immune System and Inflammation.
Wound Healing.
Biomaterial Surface and the Physiological Environment.
Biocompatibility.
Example 1: Opening Occluded Vessels: Vascular Grafts, Intimal Hyperplasia.
