Biophysical and Chemical Properties of Collagen: Biomedical Applications

Biomedical applications

By (author) Professor John A.M. Ramshaw, Dr Veronica Glattauer

Publication date:

13 November 2019

Length of book:

345 pages

Publisher

Institute Of Physics Publishing

Dimensions:

254x178mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9780750320948

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Collagen has proved to be a safe and effective biomedical material. Clinicians have used collagen-based devices in a wide range of applications with successful patient outcomes. This book gives an understanding of how present devices work, how they could be improved, and the development of new devices where a knowledge of collagen structure, chemistry and biology is required. The purification of collagen materials and the fabrication of a range of collagen products and their applications are covered within. Written by experts in the field, this text will be of interest for researchers as well as lecturers and students.

Preface

I Introduction

1 Introduction

II The Structure and Biochemistry of Collagen

2 The structure of collagen

3 Biosynthesis and biodegradation of collagen

4 Collagen Assemblies

5 Tissue Arrangement

6 Collagen stability

7 Interactions

III The Production of Collagen-based Biomaterials

8 Production of tissue derived collagens

9 Production of recombinant collagens

10 Evaluation of the Quality of Collagen Preparations

11 Fabrication of biomedical products

12 Chemical Modifications

IV Applications of collagen in medical products

13 Applications for intact tissue collagen

14 Applications for purified collagen

15 Applications of biosynthetic materials

16 Collagen applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

17 Coating of biomedical materials with collagen

18 Composites of collagen with other materials

V Conclusions

19 Concluding remarks