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3 Enabling Biomaterials Development
Pages 28-32

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... Important characteristics listed by the participants include the following: · The ability to easily form the product to fit a variety of shapes, ideally in situ; · Erosion resistance; · Environmental durability in a variety of conditions; · Well-characterized bioactivity; · Appropriate mechanical properties; · Potential for use in multiple applications; · Cost-effectiveness; and · The ability to deliver the material in a sterile and bioactive state out of the package and directly into the application. Workshop participants also described the usefulness of establishing minimum or optimum design characteristics for materials in a number of product applications.
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... · Ways to ensure shelf life for biomaterials and combination products · Improved understanding of the three-dimensional interactions of cells on materials · Improved understanding of the immune response to biomaterials · Techniques for rapid prototyping, micropatterning, and manufacturing of devices Workshop attendees also offered a short list of near-term applications in which impact may be relatively easy to achieve. These included combining existing technologies, for example, new coatings on existing materials.
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... The following performance metrics were suggested by workshop participants the accelerate the availability of biomaterials and related products developed for military applications: · In the near term, make field clinical trials for new battlefield products routine. · In the mid-term, establish a transition path to move existing new biomaterials into military applications.
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... ENABLING BIOMATERIALS DEVELOPMENT 31 · In the long term, decrease the time required to develop new biomaterials by 50 percent by using emerging techniques.
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