Download or read book Polymeric Biomaterials written by Severian Dumitriu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists, biologists, engineers, and physicians, biomaterials development has enabled the creation of high-quality devices, implants, and drug carriers with greater biocompatibility and biofunctiona