Biomedical foams are a new class of materials‎,‎ which are increasingly being used for tissue engineering applications‎.‎ Biomedical Foams for Tissue Engineering Applications provides a comprehensive review of this new class of materials‎,‎ whose structure can be engineered to meet the requirements of nutrient trafficking and cell and tissue invasion‎,‎ and to tune the degradation rate and mechanical stability on the specific tissue to be repaired‎.‎ Part one explores the fundamentals‎,‎ properties‎,‎ and modification of biomedical foams‎,‎ including the optimal design and manufacture of biomedical foam pore structure for tissue engineering applications‎,‎ biodegradable biomedical foam scaffolds‎,‎ tailoring the pore structure of foam scaffolds for nerve regeneration‎,‎ and tailoring properties of polymeric biomedical foams‎.‎ Chapters in part two focus on tissue engineering applications of biomedical foams‎,‎ including the use of bioactive glass foams for tissue engineering applications‎,‎ bioactive glass and glass‎-ceramic foam scaffolds for bone tissue restoration‎,‎ composite biomedical foams for engineering bone tissue‎,‎ injectable biomedical foams for bone regeneration‎,‎ polylactic acid ‎(‎PLA‎)‎ biomedical foams for tissue engineering‎,‎ porous hydrogel biomedical foam scaffolds for tissue repair‎,‎ and titanium biomedical foams for osseointegration‎.‎ Biomedical Foams for Tissue Engineering Applications is a technical resource for researchers and developers in the field of biomaterials‎,‎ and academics and students of biomedical engineering and regenerative medicine‎.‎

• Author‎:‎ Paulo Netti
• Publisher‎:‎ Elsevier
• ISBN‎:‎ 9780857096968