Medical polymers Biodegradable

Microspheres made of various polymers biodegradable to nonharm-ful compounds that could be metabolized and/or removed from organisms found many applications in medicine as carriers of drugs or other bioactive compounds [1 ]. Besides chemical composition there are also other properties of microspheres that are of primary importance to their medical applications. In particular, average diameters and diameter distributions illustrated in Table 1 based on data published in [5] are the relationship between the diameters of microspheres and their localization in various cells and tissues of the human body. 

Williams, D.F., 1990. Biodegradation of medical polymers. In Concise Encyclopedia of Medical and Dental Materials, D.F. Williams, Ed., pp. 69-74. Pergamon Press, New York. 

Science and principles of biodegradable and bioresorbable medical polymers... 

B.D. Favis, P. Sarazin, J. Li, and Z. Yuan, Microporous articles comprising biodegradable medical polymers, method of preparation thereof and method of use thereof, US Patent 8 007 823, assigned to Corporation de I Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (Montreal, CA), August 30, 2011. 

After an introductory section to the general aspects of the field, the first part of the book deals with the chemistry of biodegradable polymeric types in five comprehensive chapters. The second part of the book deals with the applications (packaging and food, medical) of biodegradable polymers as well as the synthesis of low molecular compounds, including bio-based fuels. 

Every attempt has been made to include modem topics not covered in a convenient handbook format elsewhere, such as scaling and fractal dimensions, computational parameters, rotational isomeric state models, liquid-crystalline polymers, medical applications, biodegradability, surface and interfacial properties, microUthography, supercritical fluids, pyrolyzabil-ity, electrical conductivity, nonlinear optical properties, and electroluminescence. 

Sdence and Principles (rf Biodegradable and BioresmrbaMe Medical Polymers... 

Science and Prindples of Biodegradable and Bioresorbable Medical Polymers http //dx.doi.Org/10.1016/B978-0-08-100372-5.00002-7... 

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