Biodegradable Polymers: Medical Applications

Konda Reddy Kunduru; Arijit Basu; Abraham J. Domb

doi:10.1002/0471440264.pst027.pub2

Biodegradable Polymers: Medical Applications

Konda Reddy Kunduru, Arijit Basu, Abraham J. Domb

School of Pharmacy

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Abstract Biodegradable polymers are the ?green materials? of the future. They break down into smaller chemical fragments and are finally eliminated from the body. Biodegradable polymers have been used for more than 50 years with diverse applications such as surgical sutures, wound dressings, tissue regeneration, enzyme immobilization, controlled drug delivery and gene delivery, tissue engineering scaffold, cryopreservation, nanotechnology, medical implants and devices, prosthetics, augmentation, cosmetics, sanitation products, coatings, adhesives, and many more. This article reviews synthetic (esters, amides, ethers, urethanes) and natural (polysaccharides and proteins) biodegradable polymers, highlighting their biomedical applications.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology
Pages	1-22
Number of pages	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/0471440264.pst027.pub2
State	Published - 2016

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Biodegradable polymers
microbial polymers
drug delivery
tissue engineering
medical devices

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