Biomedical Textiles for Orthopaedic and Surgical Applications

Biomedical textiles for orthopaedic and surgical applications: Fundamentals, applications and tissue engineering

Edited by Todd Blair, Biomedical Structures, USA

Introduction

1 Biomechanical testing and development of silk-based textiles for regenerative medicine and surgery

A. Woods, University of Oxford, UK and C. Holland, University of Sheffield, UK

2 Embroidery technology for hard tissue scaffolds

A. Breier, The Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany

3 Nonwoven scaffolds for bone regeneration

E. R. Durham, G. Tronci, X. Yang, D. J. Wood and S. J. Russell, University of Leeds, UK

4 Bioabsorbable fabrics for musculoskeletal scaffolds

M. Kellomaki, K. Laine and V. Ella, BioMediTech and Tampere University of Technology, Finland, and T. Annala, Scaffdex Oy, Finland

5 Nanofibers for ligament and tendon tissue regeneration

V. Leung, H. Yang and F. Ko, University of British Colombia, Canada

6 Absorbable, drug loaded, extruded fiber for implantation

K. Nelson, TissueGen Inc., USA

7 ACL prostheses using biotextiles

M. Laflamme, University of Laval, Canada