PEEK biomaterials handbook

• Other Authors: Kurtz, Steven M., 1968- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford : William Andrew, 2019.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Series: PDL handbook series.
• Subjects: Polyarylethers > Therapeutic use.; Polymers in medicine.; Orthopedic implants > Technological innovations.; Artificial joints.; Biomedical materials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780128125250; 012812525X; 9780128125243; 0128125241
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

PEEK biomaterials are currently used in hundreds of thousands of spinal fusion patients around the world every year. Durability, biocompatibility, and excellent resistance to aggressive sterilization procedures make PEEK a polymer of choice, replacing metal in orthopedic implants, from spinal implan...