Biomedical textiles for orthopaedic and surgical applications : fundamentals, applications and tissue engineering / / edited by Todd Blair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788144903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Woodhead Publishing, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-78242-026-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Collana: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials ; ; Number 93
• Disciplina: 610.28
• Soggetti: Biomedical materials - Therapeutic use; Biomedical engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Biomedical Textiles for Orthopaedic and Surgical Applications: Fundamentals, Applications and Tissue Engineering; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials; Chapter 1: Biomechanical testing and the development of silk-based textiles for regenerative medicine and surgery; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Current landscape; 1.3. A new paradigm: Compliance Matching and Material Property Led Engineering Technologies; 1.3.1. Phase 1: Understanding natural tissue; 1.3.2. Phase 2: Comparison with current solutions; 1.3.3. Phase 3: Novel compliance-matched solutions1.3.4. Importance of sample quantity and quality; 1.3.5. Mechanical testing; 1.3.6. Thermal testing; 1.3.7. Optical testing; 1.4. CoMMPLETe case study: Rotator cuff tendons; 1.4.1. CoMMPLETe phase 1: Understanding rotator cuff properties; 1.4.2. CoMMPLETe phase 2: Comparison with existing patches; 1.5. Future trends and applications; 1.5.1. CoMMPLETe phase 3: Developing silk-based solutions; 1.6. Conclusions; 1.7. Sources of further information and advice; Websites; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2: Embroidery technology for hard-tissue scaffolds2.1. Introduction; 2.1.1. Incidence and medical relevance of critical size ; defects; 2.1.2. Applied therapies and their limitations; 2.1.3. Regeneration of critical size defects by tissue engineering; 2.1.4. Scaffolds for bone tissue engineering; 2.2. Manufacturing of porous textile structures using embroidery technology; 2.2.1. Principal aspects of embroidery technology; 2.2.2. Thread materials for scaffold fabrication using embroidery technology; 2.2.2.1. Surgical thread materials; 2.2.2.2. Noncommercial fibres; 2.2.3. Embroidered scaffolds2.3. Application of embroidered scaffolds for hard-tissue engineering; 2.3.1. Tissue engineering strategies for hard-tissue implants based on embroidered scaffolds; 2.3.2. Coatings for improved osteoconductivity and osteoinductivity; 2.3.3. Cell selection and seeding procedures; 2.3.4. Tissue engineering of hard tissue; 2.4. Conclusion; 2.5. Future trends; References; Chapter 3: Nonwoven scaffolds for bone regeneration; 3.1. The structure of bone and the mechanisms for self-repair; 3.2. Fibre manufacture from biomaterials; 3.2.1. Collagen; 3.2.2. Poly(ε-caprolactone)3.3. Design and assembly of scaffold architectures; 3.4. Considerations for surgical implantation of nonwoven scaffolds; 3.5. Future trends; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 4: Bioabsorbable fabrics for musculoskeletal scaffolds; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Bioabsorbable materials, fibre spinning and properties, and yarn preparation; 4.3. Processing technologies for fabrics; 4.3.1. Weaving; 4.3.2. Knitting; 4.3.3. Braiding; 4.3.4. Other methods; 4.4. Fabric structures and their characteristics; 4.4.1. Characteristics of woven structures; 4.4.2. Characteristics of knitted structures