FO-7
Craniofacial, dental, orthopaedic, cardiovascular
- Selection criteria for materials
- Modelling of tissue/implant systems
- Micromechanics of tissue/implant interface
- Models of macromechanical behaviour of prostheses
- Computer aided design of prostheses
- Biofluid mechanics
- Molecular biomechanics and simulation
- Biomaterials degradation (interface and systemic effects; swelling and leaching, corrosion and dissolution, friction, wear, etc..)
- Biological mechanisms of implant failure
- In-vitro test methods
- In-vivo implant models
- Infection combating systems
- Lifetime testing and simulation
- Case studies of clinical experience