Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : International Conference on Advanced Technology in Experimental Mechanics 2019
Date : October 07, 2019 - October 11, 2019
For materials to be used in the human body both the mechanical and biological requirements must be meet. In terms of mechanical properties, these aims include ensuring that the stresses in the tissues supporting the implant remain as close as possible to those before surgery, while simultaneously preventing failure of the implanted material. In terms of the biological response the material must be biocompatible that is accepted by the body, but will function better if the material is also bioactive, that is produces a beneficial biological response in the body and potentially being incorporated in the body.
Depending on the application the material needs to either remain for the remainder of the patient’s life or gradually resorb and to be solid or porous. Modulus matched materials will be considered both those that can remain within the body for many years and those that degrade in the body once their function has been taken over by the new tissue formed. The methods used to optimise the properties and methods of testing biomaterials will be considered.
Materials to be considered include the first bioactive composite, HAPEX used in over ¼ million middle ear implants, fully degradable fracture fixation plates through to porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. The polymers used range from polyethylene to degradable polylactic acids, with bioactive ceramics and glasses used for reinforcement.
