"Woodhead Publishing and Maney Publishing on behalf of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining."

Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Larry L. Hench -- 2. Metals / E. Jane Minay and Aldo R. Boccaccini -- 3. Ceramics / Aldo R. Boccaccini -- 4. Polymers / Robert G. Hill -- 5. Biocomposites / Ian D. Thompson -- 6. Cells and tissues / June Wilson Hench -- 7. Inflammation and wound healing / June Wilson Hench -- 8. skeletal system / Larry L. Hench -- 9. cardiovascular system / M. John Lever -- 10. Biomedical polymers / Robert G. Hill -- 11. Biomedical hydrogels / Jason A. Burdick and Molly M. Stevens -- 12. Repair of skeletal tissues / Larry L. Hench -- 13. Joint replacement / Larry L. Hench -- 14. Artificial organs / Julian R. Jones -- 15. Mass transport processes in artificial organs / M. John Lever -- 16. Artificial exchange systems / M. John Lever -- 17. Cardiovascular assist systems / M. John Lever -- 18. Introduction to tissue engineering / Lee D.K. Buttery and Anne E. Bishop.

"Maintaining quality of life in an ageing population is one of the great challenges of the twenty-first century. This book and collection of illustrated CD lectures summarises how this challenge is being met by multi-disciplinary developments in specialty biomaterials, devices, artificial organs and in vitro growth of human cells as tissue-engineered constructs. Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering is intended for use as a textbook in a one-semester course for upper level BSc, MSc and MEng students."--Jacket.