After successful completion of the course, students are able to describe properties of the most important biomaterials and to list their applications, to determine biocompatibility as well as to analyse the differences of the most important material classes with respect to applications in biomedicine.
Biocompatible materials (metals, ceramics and polymers) and design; Knowledge of the internal structure of the most relevant material classes; Structure property relations; Methods for the determination of biocompatibility; Knee resp. hip joint implants and their testing; Degradable implants; Controlled drug release and drug delivery systems; Wound care und suture materials; Implants for the blood circulatory system; Dental and ophthalmological applications
There are no lecture notes available.The slides will be mostly accessible in TUWEL every sunday afternoon preceeding the corresponding lecture.
Recommended literature (not exhaustive):
in German:
-E. Wintermantel, S.-W. Ha: Biokompatible Werkstoffe und Bauweisen. Springer Verlag
-R. Schmidt: Werkstoffverhalten in biologischen Systemen. Springer Verlag
in English:
-J. Black, J. Hastings: Handbook of Biomaterial Properties. Chapman & Hall, London, Weinheim
-R. Narayan: Biomedical Materials. Springer, New York.
-B. D. Ratner, A.S. Hoffman, F. J. Schoen and J.E. Lemons: Biomaterials Science - An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. Academic Press, San Diego
French:
-R. Schmidt: Comportement des matériaux dans les milieux biologiques. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes