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Micro-mass cultures of C3H-10T1/2 cells at varied oxygen tensions stained with Alcian blue. A commonly applied definition of tissue engineering, as stated by Langer [3] and Vacanti, [4] is "an interdisciplinary field that applies the principles of engineering and life sciences toward the development of biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve [Biological tissue] function or a ...
Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area represent a significant and growing economic component of the New York metropolitan area, [1] [2] the most populous combined statistical area in the United States [3] and one of the most populous megacities in the world.
Tissue-engineered nerve guidance conduits are a combination of many elements: scaffold structure, scaffold material, cellular therapies, neurotrophic factors and biomimetic materials. The choice of which physical, chemical and biological cues to use is based on the properties of the nerve environment, which is critical in creating the most ...
The electrospun scaffolds made for tissue engineering applications can be penetrated with cells to treat or replace biological targets. [65] Nanofibrous wound dressings [66] have excellent capability to isolate the wound from microbial infections. [67] [68] Other medical textile materials such as sutures are also attainable via electrospinning ...
[1] [2] Also included under the scope of a biomedical engineer is the management of current medical equipment in hospitals while adhering to relevant industry standards. This involves procurement, routine testing, preventive maintenance, and making equipment recommendations, a role also known as a Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) or as a ...
Medical equipment management (sometimes referred to as clinical engineering, clinical engineering management, clinical technology management, healthcare technology management, biomedical maintenance, biomedical equipment management, and biomedical engineering) is a term for the professionals who manage operations, analyze and improve utilization and safety, and support servicing healthcare ...
Fibrin scaffold use is helpful in repairing injuries to the urinary tract, [3] liver [4] lung, [5] spleen, [6] kidney, [7] and heart. [8] In biomedical research, fibrin scaffolds have been used to fill bone cavities, repair neurons, heart valves, [9] vascular grafts [10] and the surface of the eye.
Biomedical engineering and bioinstrumentation are new terms, but the practice behind them has existed for many generations. Since the beginning of mankind, humans have used what was available to them to treat the medical mishaps they encountered. Biomedical engineering was most developed in the nineteenth century.