Abstract
The paper discusses the requirements of a material for implantation in body tissues and deals briefly with the shortcomings of some traditional materials in this application. The silicone rubbers are then introduced, and attention is drawn to properties, peculiar to these rubbers, which makes them highly suitable for biological implantation. Extensive reference is made to many examples of such implantation.
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Les propriétés nécessaires au matériel d'implantation en tissu corporel sont discutées. Une bréve critique des défections des matériaux couramment employés dans cette pratique est suivie d'une étude sur les caoutchoucs-silicone. Les qualités particuliéres à ces caoutchoucs les rendent trés appropriés à l'implantation biologique. De nombreuses références sont citées.
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Die Abhandlung untersucht die Anforderungen, die an Materialien zu stellen sind, die für die Implantation in Gewebe vorgesehen sind, und behandelt kurz die Nachteile einiger traditioneller Stoffe auf diesem Anwendungsgebiet. “Silicone”—Gummi wird dann behandelt und die Aufmerksamkeit auf Eigenschaften gerichtet, die von besonderem Interesse für die biologische Implantation sind. Ausführliche Hinweise auf viele Beispiele solcher Implantationen werden angegeben.
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Braley, S. The silicones as tools in biological engineering. Med. Electron. Biol. Engng 3, 127–136 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02551550
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