Advanced Technologies and Polymer Materials for Surgical Sutures

Polymeric materials offer a high level of versatility due to the range of applications possible within the biomedical and clinical fields - including wound closure - particularly in comparison to metals or ceramics. These specialised materials also allow for a diverse array of therapeutic effects. Although there have been advances in improving polymeric materials for surgical sutures, there is little information available regarding improving the therapeutic value of sutures, and advanced technologies used to implement this improvement. Advanced Technologies and Polymer Materials for Surgical Sutures provides thorough coverage on suture materials with improved mechanical and therapeutic properties that can improve quality of life; chapter topics include drug-releasing kinetics of sutures, shape memory polymer sutures and future trends.This book is a useful resource for academics and researchers in the materials science and biomedical engineering fields, as well as professionals in biomaterials and biotextiles development and clinicians looking to learn more about suture material properties and suture/body interactions. Depicts recent advances in both the therapeutic effects of polymer-based sutures, as well as the various manufacturing techniques employed in the production of sutures Offers an interdisciplinary approach, covering material properties and engineering technologies, as well as an understanding of the biological properties of sutures, such as suture/body interactions Comprehensive coverage allows both experienced researchers in the area and new entrants (such as clinicians) to learn more about this important topic INDICE: 1. Introduction to Biopolymers For Surgical Suture Applications2. Functionalization of sutures3. Improving the therapeutic value of sutures4. Evaluating the mechanical properties of sutures5. Polymers for surgical sutures6. Smart sutures: Prospects for the future7. Bioactive sutures: Advances in surgical suture functionalization8. Engineering aspects of suture fabrication9. Revisiting the Properties of Suture Materials: An Overview10. Suture materials, emerging trends 11. Cytotoxicity and Biocompatibility of sutures12. Shape memory polymers as sutures13. Drug release kinetics of sutures

• ISBN: 978-0-12-819750-9
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 450
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés