ASTM STP 1396 Synthetic Bioabsorbable Polymers for Implants
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Agrawal CM
This publication contains papers presented at the symposium, Synthetic Bioabsorbable Polymers for Implants, held in Kansas City, Missouri, on 16-17 November 1999. The symposium was sponsored by ASTM Committee F4 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices.
It is not uncommon today to find bioabsorbable devices commercially available for use as implants. The popularity of bioabsorbable polymers in medicine stems from the fact that implants fabricated from these materials are absorbed by the body over time.
The papers in this STP cover topics such as novel and new applications, test and characterization techniques for raw materials and devices, efficacy, basic polymer properties and characterization, testing techniques, and tissue engineering, and long-term effects. The purpose of this symposium was to explore these issues, teach the latest developments in applications and test techniques, and promote the standardization of minimum requirements and test methodologies.
Specific topics addressed by paper sin this STP include:
- degradation-surgical devices/applications
- poly(L-lactic acid)
- testing methods-surgical implants
- pull-out fixation strength
- shear testing-medical materials/applications
- porogen selection
- polyhydroxy alkanoates
- polyhydroxy octanoate
- PHO
- sterilization
- degradation
- biocompatibility
- in vivo studies
- arterial grafts
- mechanical testing of medical devices
- guided bone regeneration (GBR)
- autogenous cell transplantation
- biodegradable polyurethanes
- physical aging
- glass transition
- thermal treatment,
- guided tissue regeneration (GTR)