Biocompatiblity: Assessment of Medical Devices and Materials

An overview and assessment of medical device materials and test methods. This book highlights the problems surrounding the complexity of the host response and the issues pertaining to it, which in turn restrict the accuracy and reliability of existing test methodology.
This book presents both an overview and forward assessment of medical device materials and test methods. Highlighting the complex problem of host responses and related issues which may restrict the accuracy and reliability of existing test methodology, the book provides an unbiased appraisal of the requirements for biocompatibility and the approaches that have been developed to evaluate it.