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Bio-Medical Applications of Elastomeric Blends, Composites

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Advances in Elastomers II

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 12))

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Elastomeric blends and composites are now extensively used for biomedical applications. Some of these applications include medical devices and utilities such as blood bags and cardiac assist pumps, and chronic medical implants such as heart valves and vascular grafts. These materials demonstrate superior biocompatibility, biostability and good mechanical properties, and as a result are now preferred over the use of metals and ceramics in most chronic medical implants applications. In addition, the chemical composition of these elastomeric blends and composites offers substantial opportunities for synthetic polymer chemists to tailor the structures to meet specific requirements. The current chapter discusses some of the recent developments in the use of elastomeric blends and composites for biomedical applications. The chapter also discusses the essential properties that materials used in these applications should possess in order to reduce the risk of severe allergic reactions in patients, implants being rejected by the host environment and premature failure of device and/or implants. An overview of the commonly used elastomer based products in biomedical applications and their fabrication/synthesis techniques is also presented.

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    Valentine Kanyanta, Alojz Ivankovic & Neal Murphy

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Kanyanta, V., Ivankovic, A., Murphy, N. (2013). Bio-Medical Applications of Elastomeric Blends, Composites. In: Visakh, P., Thomas, S., Chandra, A., Mathew, A. (eds) Advances in Elastomers II. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20928-4_8

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