Membrane Systems For Bioartificial Organs and Regenerative Medicine

• Main Authors: De Bartolo, Loredana, Curcio, Efrem, Drioli, Enrico
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Germany De Gruyter 2017; Walter de Gruyter GmbH
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Artificial organs; Bioartificial Organs; Biological transport; Biomaterialien; Biomedical Technology; Chemical and related technologies; Chemische Technik; Materials Science; Materialwissenschaften; MEDICAL; MEDICAL / Allied Health Services / Medical Technology; MEDICAL / Biochemistry; MEDICAL / Biotechnology; Membranes (Biology); Molecular Biology; Regenerative Medicine; Regenerative Medizin; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Industrial & Technical; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pharmaceutical; Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Technology & Engineering / Materials Science / General; Materials Science; Chemische Technik; Biomedical Technology; Molecular Biology; Materialwissenschaften; Regenerative Medizin; Regenerative Medicine; Bioartificial Organs; Biomaterialien
• ISBN: 9783110268010; 3110268019; 9783110390889; 3110390884; 3110267985; 9783110267983
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110268010

Membrane processes today play a signifi cant role in the replacement therapy for acute and chronic organ failure diseases. Current extracorporeal blood purifi cation and oxygenation devices employ membranes acting as selective barriers for the removal of endogeneous and exogeneous toxins and for gas exchange, respectively. Additionally, membrane technology offers new interesting opportunities for the design of bioartificial livers, pancreas, kidneys, lungs etc. This book reviews the latest developments in membrane systems for bioartificial organs and regenerative medicine, investigates how membrane technology can improve the quality and efficiency of biomedical devices, and highlights the design procedures for membrane materials covering the preparation, characterization, and sterilization steps as well as transport phenomena. The different strategies pursued for the development of membrane bioartifi cial organs, including crucial issues related to blood/cell-membrane interactions are described with the aim of opening new and exciting frontiers in the coming decades. The book is a valuable tool for tissue engineers, clinicians, biomaterials scientists, membranologists as well as biologists and biotechnologists. It is also a source of reference for students, academic and industrial researchers in the topic of biotechnology, biomedical engineering, materials science and medicine.