Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology

✍ Scribed by T.V. Chirila (Eds.)

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 547
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With an increasingly aged population, eye diseases are becoming more widespread. Biomaterials have contributed in recent years to numerous medical devices for the restoration of eyesight, improving many patients' quality of life. Consequently, biomaterials and regenerative medicine are becoming increasingly important to the advances of ophthalmology and optometry. Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology reviews the present status and future direction of biomaterials and regenerative medicine in this important field.

Part one discusses applications in the anterior segment of the eye with chapters on such topics as advances in intraocular lenses (IOLs), synthetic corneal implants, contact lenses, and tissue engineering of the lens. Part two then reviews applications in the posterior segment of the eye with such chapters on designing hydrogels as vitreous substitutes, retinal repair and regeneration and the development of tissue engineered membranes. Chapters in Part three discuss other pertinent topics such as hydrogel sealants for wound repair in ophthalmic surgery, orbital enucleation implants and polymeric materials for orbital reconstruction.

With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Biomaterials and regenerative medicine in ophthalmology is a standard reference for scientists and clinicians, as well as all those concerned with this ophthalmology.

• Reviews the increasingly important role of biomaterials and regenerative medicine in the advancement of ophthalmology and optometry
• Provides an overview of the present status and future direction of biomaterials and regenerative medicine in this important field
• Discusses applications in both the anterior and prosterior segments of the eye with chapters on such topics as synthetic corneal implants and retinal repair and regeneration

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributor contact details, Pages xiii-xvii
Foreword, Pages xix-xxii, Miguel F. Refojo
Preface, Pages xxiii-xxiv
1 - An introduction to ophthalmic biomaterials and their application through tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, Pages 1-13, T.V. Chirila
2 - Advances in intraocular lens development, Pages 17-34, D. Morrison, B. Klenkler, D. Morarescu, H. Sheardown
3 - Opacification and degradation of implanted intraocular lenses, Pages 35-64, L. Werner
4 - Synthetic corneal implants, Pages 65-133, M.D.M. Evans, D.F. Sweeney
5 - Corneal tissue engineering versus synthetic artificial corneas, Pages 134-149, M.A. Princz, H. Sheardown, M. Griffith
6 - Tissue engineering of human cornea, Pages 150-192, S. Proulx, M. Guillemette, P. Carrier, F.A. Auger, L. Germain, C.J. Giasson, M. Gaudreault, S.L. Guérin
7 - Engineering the corneal epithelial cell response to materials, Pages 193-212, J.T. Jacob
8 - Reconstruction of the ocular surface using biomaterials, Pages 213-242, T.V. Chirila, L.W. Hirst, Z. Barnard, Zainuddin, D.G. Harkin, I.R. Schwab
9 - Tissue engineering of the lens: fundamentals, Pages 243-262, A. Gwon
10 - Bioinspired biomaterials for soft contact lenses, Pages 263-279, T. Goda, T. Shimizu, K. Ishihara
11 - Contact lenses: the search for superior oxygen permeability, Pages 280-303, N. Efron, P.B. Morgan, C. Maldonado-Codina, N.A. Brennan
12 - Extended wear contact lenses, Pages 304-336, B.J. Tighe
13 - Designing hydrogels as vitreous substitutes in ophthalmic surgery, Pages 339-373, K.E. Swindle-Reilly, N. Ravi
14 - Retinal repair and regeneration, Pages 374-389, G.A. Limb, J.S. Ellis
15 - Development of tissue-engineered membranes for the culture and transplantation of retinal pigment epithelial cells, Pages 390-408, A.S.L. Kwan, T.V. Chirila, S. Cheng
16 - Hydrogel sealants for wound repair in ophthalmic surgery, Pages 411-432, M. Wathier, M.W. Grinstaff
17 - Orbital enucleation implants: biomaterials and design, Pages 433-472, D.A. Sami, S.R. Young
18 - Selected polymeric materials for orbital reconstruction, Pages 473-495, E. Wentrup-Byrne, K. George
18 - Physicochemical properties of hydrogels for use in ophthalmology, Pages 496-523, B.J. Tighe
Index, Pages 525-540