Talk:Biocompatible material
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I have a feeling that biomaterials is a category in its own right, that could include materials such as PLGA, Teflon, etc etc. Does anyone else think this is necessary? Foscoe 05:58, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
- of course they are, but compared to what other materials?
- if you want to make a complete list of materials it is probably better to start a wikiproject and/or create a new cathegory to add to any articles about such materials.
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Benkeboy 19:12, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Definitions
I've removed the following definitions from the article. Wikipedia can create its own definition without referring to a list of mostly irrelevant or bad definitions. —Pengo 01:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Six definitions of the word biomaterial and some comments
- 1. non-viable material used in a medical device, intended to interact with biological systems.
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- ESB Consensus Conference I
- 2. material intended to interface with biological systems to evaluate, treat, augment or replace any tissue, organ or function of the body
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- ESB Consensus Conference II - Note - This is refined version of definition 1 so that the reference to non-viable materials was removed and that made the intended functions of biomaterials more explicit. This is the recommended definition.
- 3. synthetic, natural or modified natural material intended to be in contact and interact with the biological system
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- ISO - This definition from an ISO Technical Report is not recommended since it implies that tissues are biomaterials which they are not and because of the ambiguity of the phrase “in contact”
- 4. any substance (other than a drug), synthetic or natural, that can be used as a system or part of a system that treats, augments, or replaces any tissue, organ, or function of the body.
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- Dorland Medical - Note - This definition is not recommended since it does not imply any reference to an interface with tissues, furthermore this definition would include any microelectronic component of a pacemaker that is not normally considered to be a biomaterial.
- 5. solid materials which occur in and are made by living organisms, such as chitin, fibrin or bone.
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- Larousse Science - Note – This definition is not recommended since it aims at materials of biological origin (bio-material) rather than materials to be used in medical devices. See more on Biotic material and bio-based materials.
- 6. a systemically and pharmacologically inert substance designed for implantation within or in corporation with living systems
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- The Clemson University Advisory Board for Biomaterials - Note - this seems to be a remainder from the time when everyone thought that a biomaterial should be inert to achieve optimal biocompatibility but this is no longer the case.
[edit] References
- Dorland medical dictionary
- Larousse dictionary of science and technology
- William's dictionary of biomaterials, DF Williams, 1999, ISBN 0-85323-921-5
[edit] Misleading
Regarding the statement, "biomaterial is different from a biological material"- Whereas it has become the connotation in material sciences and medicine the term biomaterial can be used as a shorten form of "biological derived material", "bioapplicable material" or "bioassumable material" etc. depending on the nature of the specific research. It is rather ironic, that the phrase "biological material" is used to describe what is NOT a biomaterial, though bio+material is a conjugation of the words "biological" and "material."
As a researcher in biopolymers, note this is not short for synthetic polymers, but in vivo polymers, and biocomposites, again living tissues, I feel this is misleading to the general science readership. I feel the connotation of the word is being presented as the denotation.
AJH
Department of Physics, Tampa, FL
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.247.209.249 (talk • contribs).
- What would you suggest as a better title for what the article currently describes? "Bioapplicable material" perhaps? The page should be moved to a more specific title and the "Biomaterial" article turned into a disambiguation page. Your input is valued. —Pengo talk · contribs 07:05, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
