主讲人简 介:Robert GUIDOIN, PhD,Department of Surgery (Biomaterials) ,Facility of Medicine, Laval University,Axe Médecine Régénératrice Centre de Recherche CHU, Québec (QC) Canada
内容摘 要:MEDICAL BIONIC IMPLANT: Bionics is mechanical/electronic replacement or enhancement of organs /parts of living organisms. The medical bionic implants market is a potentially growing one with a global market of $12.67 billion in 2012.
BIOMATERIALS: Biomaterials are everywhere in the armamentum of surgeons who operate upon patients to restore the functionality to their body.
SUPPORT PROSTHESES: They guarantee the shapes and structures of the body such as orthopedic implants (hips prostheses, knee prostheses, various joint prostheses, fixation devices and ligaments), ophthalmologic implants (contact lenses), maxillo-facial implants (bone remodeling, maxillo-facial joints), cosmetic implants (breast augmentation) wound dressings, hernia repair patches.
CONDUCTION PROSTHESES: They guarantee the transfer of fluids such as blood (vascular grafts, valves stents, stent-grafts, left ventricular assist devices), air (tracheal implants, stents), urine (uretheral implants, stents).
SIGNAL PROSTHESES: They guarantee the functionality of various organs: cardiac implants (pacemakers and defibrillators), visual implants (retinal implants), hearing devices (cochlear implants and hearing aid), pain control, titinus implants, Parkinson implants, urinary incontinence (bladder control), brain control for artificial limbs.