Biocompatible Materials Drive the Success of Implantable Medical Devices

摘要

The market for implantable medical devices is estimated at over $40 billion. The recent growth is spurred from significant contributions by the semiconductor industry where new chip technologies revolutionize health care treatments. For instance, new technology now paves the way for health care treatment to become interactive in nature and collect data from within the human body and transmit it directly to the physician via cell phone or PC. Key to the success of these implantable medical devices is biomaterials that resist degradation within the body.