Regulatory aspects and strategy in medical device and bio materials safety evaluation -- Road map to test selections -- Materials in medical device design -- What to test : sampling and sample preparation -- Cytotoxicity testing -- Hematocompatibiity -- Local tissue tolerance -- Immunotoxicology -- Implantation biology and studies -- Acute systemic testing device safety evaluation -- Genotoxicity -- Subchronic and chronic toxicity and reproductive and developmental toxicity -- Carcinogenicity -- Degradation products and impurties -- Combination products -- Clinical studies for medical devices -- Special studies -- Toxicokinetics in biomaterial and device safety evaluation -- Case histories and problem resolution
Summary
Capturing the growth of the global medical device market in recent years, this practical new guide is essential for all who are responsible for ensuring safety in the use and manufacture of medical devices. It has been extensively updated to reflect significant advances, incorporating combination products and helpful case examples of current real-life problems in the field. The Third Edition explores these key current trends:global device marketscontinually advancing technologythe increasing harmonization of device safety regulation worldwideEach aspect of safety evaluation is considered in ter
