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Polymeric biomaterials for load-bearing medical devices

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This paper aims to give a broad overview of the challenges that are faced in load-bearing medical devices and focuses specifically on the challenges faced in utilizing polymeric materials in such applications. Three specific cases are given in the field of polymeric biomaterials. These cases build in complexity and initiate with examination of the evolution of intravascular catheter design in which the materials, properties, and processing have been optimized to develop a system that can be used in an angioplasty procedure with little concern of clinical failure.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Lisa Pruitt

  2. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

    Jevan Furmanski

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Pruitt, L., Furmanski, J. Polymeric biomaterials for load-bearing medical devices. JOM 61, 14–20 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-009-0126-3

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