{"product_id":"life-enhancing-plastics-w-anthony-holmes-walker-9781860944628","title":"Life-Enhancing Plastics: Plastics and Other Materials in Medical Applications","description":"This book enables readers without specialist knowledge to understand the ways in which materials can be used to enhance people's lives. The range is vast -- from simple contact uses, through artificial limbs, to permanently implanted devices.To appreciate the medical applications of materials, it is necessary to understand why they are used. Therefore, a discussion on the nature and behaviour of materials is preceded by a survey of the evolution of modern surgical techniques. The effect of \"foreign\" materials on the body's immune system is then considered, followed by a study of specific uses of materials, including extra-corporeal machines and implanted devices.The last chapter deals with new and highly sophisticated techniques -- including minimal access surgery, robotics, nanotechnology, natural polymers, and the growth of \"artificial\" organs -- and concludes with a look at the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. Anthony Holmes-Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860944620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860944628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.06w x 0.70d","brand":"W. Anthony Holmes-Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088928452863,"sku":"9781860944628","price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b98fd402-002c-4ec7-a2e5-e6dbe72c1bab.jpg?v=1769107327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-enhancing-plastics-w-anthony-holmes-walker-9781860944628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}