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Biomedical Devices

Materials, Design, and Manufacturing

  • Provides a comprehensive set of fundamental knowledge for engineering students and entry level engineers to design biomedical devices
  • Offers a unique approach to manufacturing of biomedical devices by integrating and formulating different considerations in process design tasks into optimization problems
  • Provides a broad range of application examples to guide readers through the thinking process of designing and manufacturing biomedical devices, from basic understanding about the requirements and regulations to a set of manufacturing parameters

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction to Biomedical Devices

    • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
    Pages 1-30
  3. Biomaterials

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
    2. Basic Material Properties

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 33-60
    3. Metals and Alloys

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 61-87
    4. Polymers

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 89-116
    5. Ceramics

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 117-138
  4. Manufacturing Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
    2. Common Manufacturing Process

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 141-182
    3. Medical Imaging and Reverse Engineering

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 183-214
    4. Laser Metal Processing

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 215-239
  5. Design Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
    2. Biocompatible Material Selection

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 243-266
    3. Design for Manufacturing

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 267-296
    4. Scaffold Design

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 297-327
    5. Process Design Optimization

      • Raymond H. W. Lam, Weiqiang Chen
      Pages 329-368
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 369-379

About this book

This textbook provides essential knowledge for biomedical product development, including material properties, fabrication processes and design techniques for different applications, as well as process design and optimization. This book is multidisciplinary and readers can learn techniques to apply acquired knowledge for various applications of biomedical design. Further, this book encourages readers to discover and convert newly reported technologies into products and services for the future development of biomedical applications. This is an ideal book for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, engineers, technologists, and researchers working in the area of biomedical engineering and manufacturing.


This book also:

  • Provides a comprehensive set of fundamental knowledge for engineering students and entry level engineers to design biomedical devices
  • Offers a unique approach to manufacturing of biomedical devices by integrating and formulating different considerations in process design tasks into optimization problems
  • Provides a broad range of application examples to guide readers through the thinking process of designing and manufacturing biomedical devices, from basic understanding about the requirements and regulations to a set of manufacturing parameters

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Raymond H. W. Lam

  • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, USA

    Weiqiang Chen

About the authors

Raymond H. W. Lam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong.

Weiqiang Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at New York University.

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Hardcover Book USD 119.99
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