Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine

Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine

Report of a Workshop

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309092838
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309545051
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309165785
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 2004
  • Mes: Agost
  • Pàgines: 55
  • DDC: 350
  • Idioma: Anglés
Recent results in biomaterials R&D suggest that there are exceptional opportunities for these emerging materials in military medicine. To facilitate this possibility, the National Research Council convened a workshop at the request of the Department of Defense to help create a technology development roadmap to enhance military R&D into biomaterials technology. The workshop focused primarily on identifying useful near- and mid-term applications of biomaterials including wound care, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and physiological sensors and diagnostics. This report presents a summary of the workshop. It provides a review of biomaterials and their importance to military medicine, the roadmap, and a discussion of ways to enable biomaterials development. Several important outcomes of successful capture of potential benefits of these materials are also discussed.
  • FRONT MATTER
    • Contents
  • SUMMARY
  • 1 BIOMATERIALS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE TO MILITARY MEDICINE
  • 2 BIOMATERIALS TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND ROADMAPPING
  • 3 ENABLING BIOMATERIALS DEVELOPMENT
  • APPENDIXES
    • Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
    • Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Attendees
    • Appendix C Roadmapping Process