1st Edition
by David Glocker (Editor), Shrirang Ranade (Editor)
Medical Coatings and Deposition Technologies
is an important new addition to the libraries of medical device
designers and manufacturers. Coatings enable the properties of the
surface of a device to be controlled independently from the underlying
bulk properties; they are often critical to the performance of the
device and their use is rapidly growing. This book provides an
introduction to many of the most important types of coatings used on
modern medical devices as well as descriptions of the techniques by
which they are applied and methods for testing their efficacy.
Developers of new medical devices and those responsible for producing
them will find it an important reference when deciding if a particular
functionality can be provided by a coating and what limitations may
apply in a given application. Written as a practical guide and
containing many specific coating examples and a large number of
references for further reading, the book will also be useful to students
in materials science & engineering with an interest in medical
devices.
Chapters on antimicrobial coatings as well as coatings
for biocompatibility, drug delivery, radiopacity and hardness are
supported by chapters describing key liquid coating processes,
plasma-based processes and chemical vapor deposition. Many types of
coatings can be applied by more than one technique and the reader will
learn the tradeoffs given the relevant design, manufacturing and
economic constraints. The chapter on regulatory considerations provides
important perspectives regarding the marketing of these coatings and
medical devices.
