[Biomaterials and the living system].
Biomaterials, whatever their applications: cardiovascular surgery, orthopaedic surgery, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, urology, membranes for renal dialysis have some common approach. It is a very interdisciplinary field that needs intervening bioengineers, M.D, biologists and materials scientists. It is a domain with special emphasis on responsability because of the very severe consequence of these material failures. After an overview of these materials and their applications, we will briefly present here the evaluation systems of these biomaterials, including laboratory tests, mechanical tests as well as biological ones. Then we will project in the future to insist on three main orientations: tissue engineering, optimised materials for some precise function and also how new techniques of applied genetic could modify this field in deep in the future.
Sedel
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Laboratoire de Recherches Orthopédiques, UPRES-A, CNRS 7052, Faculté de Médecine Lariboisière-Saint-Louis, Paris.
Petite
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Bizot
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Nizard
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Meunier
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013523:Surgical Equipment
D001672:Biocompatible Materials
Biomatériaux et système vivant.