3D printing and bio-based materials in global health : an interventional approach to the global burden of surgical disease in low-and middle-income countries /: an interventional approach to the global burden of surgical disease in low-and middle-income countries. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sujata K. Bhatia, Krish W. Ramadurai.
• Authors: Bhatia, Sujata K (Sujata Kumari); Ramadurai, Krish W
• Contents: The Current Global Surgical Care Paradigm -- The Global Surgical Burden of Disease: A Global Health Paradigm -- Surgically Avertable Deaths: A Silent Premise -- Defining Essential Surgical Conditions in LMICs -- Disparity of Surgical Service Provision in LMICs -- Disparities in Provisional Access to Surgical Instruments and Supplies in LMICs -- Surgical Interventions in Global Health: Social and Economic Implications -- Surgery: A Highly Cost-Effective Health Intervention -- The Economic Returns of Surgical Interventions -- Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditures: A Perspective -- The Social Returns of Surgical Interventions -- Dimensional Printing and Rapid Prototyping: Implications for Global Health -- The Dawn of Disruptive Innovations and Frugal Engineering -- 3-Dimensional Printing: An Introduction to Rapid Device Prototyping and Fabrication -- The RepRap Rapid Prototyping Device and Fused Deposition Modeling -- 3-Dimensional Device Fabrication: Bio-Based Materials and Thermoplastics -- Bio-Based Thermoplastic Polymers in 3D Printing -- Polylactic-Acid: Bio-Based Thermoplastic Polymer Properties and Medical Device Applications -- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Thermoplastics: Mechanical and Chemical Profile -- Chemical and Mechanical Profile Modification of Bio-Based Materials: Polymeric Blending and Natural Polymer Enhancement -- 3-Dimensional Printing of Medical Devices and Supplies -- The Current State of 3-Dimensional Printing: Fabrication of Medical Devices and Supplies -- Fabrication of High-Utility Integrative Surgical Toolkits -- 3-Dimensional Printing in the Surgical Field: Field Applications and Considerations -- 3-Dimensional Printing: Interventional Capacities in the Global Health Arena -- 3D Printed Instrument and Medical Supply Price Competencies -- Barriers to Entry and Adoption of Medical Device Innovations in LMICs -- 3D Printing: A Paradigm Shift in the Global Medical Device and Humanitarian Supply Chain -- 3D Printing: Global Open Source Blueprint and Information Dissemination -- The Future of Bio-Based Materials Development in Medical Device Fabrication.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.284; Materials science; Biomedical materials; Three-dimensional printing; World health; Biomaterials; Biomedical engineering; Health care management; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Biomedical materials; Three-dimensional printing; World health; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Medical -- Administration; Medical -- Public Health; Medical -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology; Biomedical engineering; Health economics; Public health & preventive medicine; Technology & Engineering -- Material Science; Materials science; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319582771; 3319582771; 3319582763; 9783319582764
• Related ISBNs: 9783319582764
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.