Advances in Bio-Mechanical Systems and Materials

✍ Scribed by Ashkan Javadzadegan, Andy S. C. Yong (auth.), Andreas Ochsner, Holm Altenbach (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 148
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials 40
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This monograph presents the latest results related to bio-mechanical systems and materials. The bio-mechanical systems with which his book is concerned are prostheses, implants, medical operation robots and muscular re-training systems. To characterize and design such systems, a multi-disciplinary approach is required which involves the classical disciplines of mechanical/materials engineering and biology and medicine. The challenge in such an approach is that views, concepts or even language are sometimes different from discipline to discipline and the interaction and communication of the scientists must be first developed and adjusted. Within the context of materials' science, the book covers the interaction of materials with mechanical systems, their description as a mechanical system or their mechanical properties.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Lesion Eccentricity and Fractional Flow Reserve and Coronary Flow Reserve in Coronary Arteries....Pages 1-6
Design of a Biomechatronics Robot to Provide Therapy and to Remove Tumors....Pages 7-23
Nanostructured Hydroxyapatite Coating for Biodegradability Improvement of Magnesium-based Alloy Implant....Pages 25-40
The Effects of Cracks Emanating from Micro-Void and Bone Inclusion in Cemented Total Hip Replacement....Pages 41-57
Safety Measures for Avoiding or Mitigating the Occupant Exposure in Collisions with Large Animals....Pages 59-79
Mechanical Evaluation of Microimplants for Dental Surgery....Pages 81-86
Biomechanical Prosthesis Design of an Orbicular Cranial Cavity....Pages 87-94
Biomechanical and Control Design of a Prototype for Muscular Re-Training of a Forearm and a Wrist....Pages 95-106
Optimization of the Design of a Four Bar Mechanism for a Lower Limb Prosthesis Using the Taboo Search Algorithm....Pages 107-125
Chitosan and Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Blends Modified by Radiation....Pages 127-137
Mutual Connections Between Mechanical and Material Factors, and the Biological Processes of Implants Adaptation....Pages 139-146

✦ Subjects

Biomedical Engineering;Biomaterials;Biophysics and Biological Physics