Blood Compatible Materials and Devices: Perspectives Towards the 21st Century

Now a group of over 25 leading international authorities on this subject---from the fields of medicine, biology, materials science, and biomaterials engineering---have prepared a major presentation on the development, manufacture, applications and performance of today's blood compatible materials and devices.

This big volume provides detailed information on the development, manufacture applications, performance, and research trends of these varied materials. Supplementing the text are hundreds of tables, graphs, diagrams, and other schematics which provide extensive information in convenient form.

Altogether, this volume stands as the foremost presentation of biomaterials science and technology today. The summaries abstract of the chapter which follow provide an interesting overview of the many topics covered.