Medical implant science
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Broader Terms
bioengineering /biomedical engineering, tag term
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Related Terms
biomaterial, biomaterial development /preparation, implant, prosthesis, total artificial organ
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Scope Note
application of scientific and clinical principles to the design, manufacture, and evaluation of medical implants; does not include transplantation using naturally occurring or genetically engineered organs, tissues, or cells; use as a tag term at the T emphasis level.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Medical implant science is the application of scientific and clinical principles to the design, fabrication, and evaluation of medical implants.
- The advance of medical implant science is hampered by a lack of study of implants retrieved after surgery or at autopsy.
- Key to the collaborative efforts of the Institute are several trans-NIH and inter-agency organizations administered by NIBIB: the Bioengineering Consortium (BECON), the NIH Inter-Institute Imaging Group, and the NIH Biomedical Implant Science (BMIS) Coordinating Committee.
- In its conclusions, the panel noted that tissue engineering is emerging as a new and promising area of medical implant science and recommended that the U.
- The NIH-sponsored Biomaterials and Medical Implant Science Coordinating Committee met in early 2000 to discuss ways to improve implant performance.
- Biomaterials and medical implant science.
- NIH Biomaterials and Medical Implant Science Coordinating Committee.
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