Mechanical biocompatibility of highly deformable biomedical materials

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 100-124

  Mazza, Edoardo ^a,b   Ehret, Alexander E ^a  

^a Institute of Mechanical Systems (IMES)   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CHARACTERIZATION; DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANISMS; REPAIR; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMEDICAL MATERIAL; DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS; MECHANICAL BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFORMATION; MULTIAXIAL STRESS STATE; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSPINNING; ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLD; EXPLANT; HERNIOPLASTY; IMPLANT; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC MESH; REVIEW; SURGICAL MESH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84928319630     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.03.023     Document Type: Review

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