Biomaterials

Technology Map Contents

December 2007

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Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Enabling Components
  • Metals
  • Ceramics
  • Polymers
  • Composites
  • Biological Materials
• Biocompatibility
• Systems and Processes
• Applications

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Materials Development
• Drug-Delivery Systems
• Regulation and Safety Issues
• Biocompatibility Systems
• Implant Evaluation
• Transgenic and Recombinant Products
• Regenerative Medicine
• Xenotransplants

Implications of Commercialization

• Using Tissue Engineering to Create Replacement Organs
• Achieving Finely Tuned Drug Delivery
• Rebalancing Homeostatic Mechanisms
• Developing More Effective Long-Term Nonbiological Implants

Opportunities

• Dentistry
• Tissue Engineering
• Dressings and Wound Closure
• Orthopedics
• Implants
• Drug Delivery

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