Main description:

Rapid Prototyping of Biomaterials: Techniques in Additive Manufacturing, Second Edition, provides a comprehensive review of emerging rapid prototyping technologies, such as bioprinting, for biomedical applications. Rapid prototyping, also known as additive manufacturing, solid freeform fabrication, or 3D printing, can be used to create complex structures and devices for medical applications from solid, powder or liquid precursors. Sections explore a variety of materials, look at applications, and consider the use of rapid prototyping technologies for constructing organs. With its distinguished editor and international team of renowned contributors, this book is a useful, technical resource for scientists and researchers in academia, biomaterials and tissue regeneration.

Contents:

1. Introduction to additive manufacturing of biomaterials

Materials for additive manufacturing 2. Additive manufacturing of ceramics 3.Additive manufacturing of metals 4. Additive manufacturing of polymers 5. Additive manufacturing of biological materials 6. Additive manufacturing of composite materials and multimaterials 7. Freeform fabrication of nano-biomaterials using additive manufacturing

Applications of device manufacturing 8. Bioprinting for drug discovery 9. Rapid prototyping techniques for the fabrication of biosensors 10. 3-D Organ printing technologies for tissue engineering applications 11. Bioprinting for tissue engineering 12. Rapid prototyping of complex tissues with laser assisted bioprinting (LAB) 13. Scaffolding hydrogels for rapid prototyping based tissue engineering

Tissues and organs made using additive manufacturing 14. Feasibility of 3D scaffolds for organs 15. Bioprinting for constructing microvascular systems for organs 16. Fabrication of tissue organoids 17. Additive manufacturing technology for bone regeneration 18. Additive manufacturing of a prosthetic limb 19. Future outlook for additive manufacturing and bioprinting