Medical Biomaterials, 5 op

Core content

• Classifications of medical biomaterials, general issues about materials.
• Biocompatibility and interactions between biomaterials and body environment.
• Biomaterial groups: Metals, polymers, bioceramics, composites.

Complementary knowledge

• More comprehensive knowledge about the classifications.
• Interactions of different materials between different tissues.
• Properties of the materials in the material groups. Clinical use of the materials.

Specialist knowledge

• Different biomedical materials and the classification according to specific properties.
• Interactions between different tissues and material surfaces.
• Structures of the materials. The structure related properties and phenomena in the human body.