Biodegradable Polymer for Biomedical Applications

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/msri/032a21

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Polymers are applied for a large number of medical applications: as medical supplies, as support or replacement of malfunctioning body parts or as a drug reservoir providing a local therapeutic effect. The specifications for the selected material strongly depend on the application. Various degradable polymer are used in medical field in replacing diseased part, assist in healing, improve function, correct function, correct cosmetic, aid dx, aid tx, replace rotten, replace dead & join replacement, transport through human skin, making artificial corneas by tissue engineering application & hip implant as well as making pacemaker leads etc.The future of Bio medical plastics is an exciting & rapidly growing field, which will incorporate future advancement in biological factors (such as bone growth), directly into an implant?s surface to improve Biocompatibility & Bioactivity. Some of Bio medical polymers are silicone rubber, Dacron, cellulose, PMMA, polyurethane?s, hydrogels, X-linkable biodegradable polysters & polyorthoesters etc.

Biodegradable polymer; Biomedical applications