Polymers in Biomedical Use

Polymers are macromolecules, versatile in structure, constitution, and properties. They have wide range of applications in various fields such as biophysics, medicine, electronics, and other branches of science and technology. Among these polymers biomedical polymers are specially mentioned due to their less toxicity in vivo, easy to process and sterilized, better shelf life, light weight, and remarkable properties suited to the applications. The current research explores the various applications of biomedical polymers in the field of medicine. Applications are wide ranging with degradable polymers being used clinically as surgical sutures and implants. In order to fit functional demand, materials with desired physical, chemical, biological, biomechanical, and degradation properties must be selected.

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1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Bio and Chemical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India J. Premkumar, K. SonicaSree & T. Sudhakar

1. J. Premkumar