Rapid prototyping of biomaterials: Principles and applications

✍ Scribed by Roger Narayan

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 330
• Series: Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials 70
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Rapid prototyping, also known as layer manufacturing, additive manufacturing, or solid freeform fabrication, is an approach for creating complex structures and devices for medical applications from solid, powder, or liquid precursors. Rapid prototyping of biomaterials provides a comprehensive review of rapid prototyping technologies (e.g., bioprinting) for medical applications. The chapters explore rapid prototyping of nanoscale biomaterials, biosensors, artificial organs, and prosthetic limbs. The use of rapid prototyping technologies for processing of viable cells, scaffolds, and tissues is also considered.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction to rapid prototyping of biomaterials; Freeform fabrication of nano-biomaterials using 3D printing; Rapid prototyping techniques for the fabrication of biosensors; Rapid prototyping technologies for tissue regeneration; Rapid prototyping of complex tissues with laser assisted bioprinting (LAB); Scaffolding hydrogels for rapid prototyping based tissue engineering; Bioprinting for constructing microvascular systems for organs; Feasibility of 3D scaffolds for organs; 3-D Organ printing technologies for tissue engineering applications; Rapid prototyping technology for bone regeneration; Additive manufacturing of a prosthetic limb.