THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER-BASED BIOMATERIALS SINCE THE 1920S

Authors
MOUKWA M
Citation
M. Moukwa, THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLYMER-BASED BIOMATERIALS SINCE THE 1920S, JOM, 49(2), 1997, pp. 46-50
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering",Mineralogy,"Material Science
Journal title
JOM → ACNP
ISSN journal
10474838
Volume
49
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
46 - 50
Database
ISI
SICI code
1047-4838(1997)49:2<46:TDOPBS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Polymer-based biomaterials have been used in a variety of medical appl ications, including artificial surgical implants. Their use has been m ade possible by the emergence of new synthetic materials, new engineer ing processes, and medical improvement in approaches to medical interv ention with regard to infection and rejection of foreign substances by the human host. This article describes the development of these mater ials since the 1920s.