Overview
- Summarizes state-of-the-art research in rapid prototyping of biomaterials for medical applications
- Provides a wide variety of examples of medical applications using rapid prototyping, including tissue engineering, dental applications, and bone replacement
- Includes four new chapters, as well as extensive updates to the original ten chapters
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- Smart insoles
- Medical applications of additive manufacturing
- Additive manufacturing in craniofacial applications
- Additive manufacturing in hearing aids
This wide-ranging treatise on biomaterials and prototyping applications in medicine also focuses on solid freeform fabrication, rapid prototyping, layered manufacturing, and computer-aided design in the development of prosthetic devices. This book is a must-have for bioengineers seeking a comprehensive overview of this important subject and examples of medical applications, as well as researchers and academics in the same field.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Bopaya Bidanda is the Ernest E. Roth Professor and Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering at theUniversity of Pittsburgh. His research is in the area of manufacturing systems with a special focus on group technology, reverse engineering, cellular manufacturing, lean manufacturing, human issues in manufacturing, product development, and manufacturing modernization.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Bio-Materials and Prototyping Applications in Medicine
Editors: Paulo Jorge Bártolo, Bopaya Bidanda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35876-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35875-4Published: 17 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35878-5Published: 17 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35876-1Published: 16 October 2020
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 60 illustrations in colour
Topics: Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biomaterials, Biotechnology, Engineering Design