Bio-Materials and Prototyping Applications in Medicine

Download or read book Bio-Materials and Prototyping Applications in Medicine written by Paulo Jorge Bártolo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-12-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid prototyping is used to design and develop medical devices and instrumentation. This book details research in rapid prototyping of bio-materials for medical applications. It provides a wide variety of examples of medical applications using rapid prototyping, including tissue engineering, dental applications, and bone replacement. Coverage also discusses the emergence of computer aided design in the development of prosthetic devices.