|
Books > Professional & Technical > Biochemical engineering > Biotechnology
|
Buy Now
Biomedical Devices and Their Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004)
Loot Price: R4,314
Discovery Miles 43 140
|
|
|
Biomedical Devices and Their Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004)
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Biomedical devices that contact with blood or tissue represent a
wide range of products. Depending on their potential harm to a
body, medical devices are categorized according to the degree, so
their safety can be assured. All biomaterials are by definition
designed to contact with a body for a certain period of time. The
nature of the body contact, as well as the duration a material
contacts with the body may initiate unwanted biological In
comparison with invasive devices Oike catheters and medical
responses. implants contact directly with tissue or with the
circulating blood) non invasive devices (like wound-dressings and
contact lenses contact with the skin, the sclera, and the mucosa or
with open wounds) have a lesser risk of hurting a patient. When
blood contacts with a foreign material, plasma proteins become
absorpted to the surface within a few seconds. The reactions that
follow, the so-called intrinsic pathway lead to the formation of
fibrin and activation of platelets and white blood cells, result in
blood clot formation."
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
