Polymers in Medicine and Surgery

The past decade has witnessed a vigorous growth in activities toward the development of a variety of biomedical devices ranging from the simple A-V shunt to the complex artificial heart. Research and development teams have been created comprising engineers, material scientists and clinicians and, perhaps for the first time, such groups are collaboratively bringing their respec­ tive talents to bear on problems associated with defects in the human organism. These collaborations have resulted...