"Includes an anatomy of the human skeleton: bone, tissue ligament, muscle and cartilage, in order to provide the engineering student with the medical context required"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Engineering of Human Joint Replacements covers the design, engineering, production and manufacture of human joint replacements, as well as associated engineering concerns such as surface coatings, orthopaedic bone cement, the causes and effects of wear and tear, and rapid prototyping for clinical evaluation. Materials evaluation and selection is discussed, as well as production processes and insertion methods. The author also gives an overview of skeletal anatomy and the effects of pain and deterioration in order to put the engineering principles into a medical context. Examples of joint replacements for the most common regions of the body will be provided, and aspects of clinical studies of these cases are discussed. The book also looks towards the future with new technologies likely to come to market in the coming years.

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