Creating a knowledge base about medical applications of materials.

Biocompatible materials (metals, ceramics and polymers) and design; Methods for the determination of biocompatibility; Knee resp. hip joint implants and their testing; Degradable implants; Controlled drug release and drug delivery systems; Wound care und suture materials; Implants for the blood circulatory system; Dental and ophthalmological applications

Please register for both the course AND the group, otherwise you will not have access to the presentation slides in TUWEL.

written exam

There are no lecture notes available.The slides will be mostly accessible in TUWEL every sunday afternoon preceeding the corresponding lecture.

Recommended literature (not exhaustive):
in German:
-E. Wintermantel, S.-W. Ha: Biokompatible Werkstoffe und Bauweisen. Springer Verlag
-R. Schmidt: Werkstoffverhalten in biologischen Systemen. Springer Verlag
in English:
-J. Black, J. Hastings: Handbook of Biomaterial Properties. Chapman & Hall, London, Weinheim
-R. Narayan: Biomedical Materials. Springer, New York.
-B. D. Ratner, A.S. Hoffman, F. J. Schoen and J.E. Lemons: Biomaterials Science - An Introduction to Materials in Medicine. Academic Press, San Diego
French:
-R. Schmidt: Comportement des matériaux dans les milieux biologiques. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes

Basic knowledge in Materials Science, Chemistry, and Physics