Bioactive Coatings on Medical Implants
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 10056
Special Issue Editors
Interests: preclinical research for tissue engineering studies; regenerative medicine; evaluation of experimental treatments and medical devices for orthopedic application; development of experimental modeling, alternative methods and advanced preclinical research models; imaging and histomorphometry for the musculoskeletal tissue
Interests: preclinical in vitro and in vivo research on biocompatibility; biofunctionality; bioactivity and therapeutic efficacy of new biomaterials; scaffolds; coatings and/or biomedical devices also according to UNI EN ISO 10993 rules. Other main interests concern with histologial and histomorphometric techniques; osteointegration; osteolysis; fractures and bone losses; osteomyelitis and biomarkers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the field of medical implants, especially in othopaedics and dentistry, has undergone a great development, linked to the increasing population age and the improvement of surgical techniques, as well as the greater availability of versatile materials employed for implants.
In this framework, the development of coatings for medical implants, to improve the performance and enrich the field of action of the materials, had a great boost, thanks to the advance in manufacturing and in functionalization techniques, at both micro- and nano-levels.
Such coatings are required to address multiple needs, such as the following:
- ameliorating the integration in the implanted site;
- assuring biocompatibility, tissue functionality, and biomechanical properties;
- preventing bacterial growth and the onset of pre-implant infections;
- delivering pharmacological treatments.
Despite the advances in this field, we are far from having designed “ideal” coatings, able to successfully achieve the above mentioned goals in all clinical situations. Many aspects, in fact, can bias and influence the outcome of coated implants: from co-morbidities affecting patients, to development of bacterial resistance phenomena, or pre-exhisting pathologies that can alter the implanted site or require concomitant treatment, much effort is still needed to improve the path of coating research, not only in terms of fabrication and design, but also in the choice of the best models for efficacy evaluations.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- design and development of new bioactive coatings
- functionalization strategies
- preclinical models
- biocompatibility and bioactivity assessment
- antibacterial efficacy studies
- restrospective studies/clinical trials
Dr. Melania Maglio
Dr. Maria Sartori
Guest Editors
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