Biomaterials Availability: Potential Effects on Medical Innovation and Health Care

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Overview: Biomaterials provide components for many life saving and life-enhancing medical devices, including implantable items such as heart valves, orthopedic prostheses, and intraocular lenses. U.S. firms produce more of such devices and hold more patents on them than firms from any other nation. However, manufacturers of these devices face a potential shortage of the biomaterials necessary to make them. This exploratory analysis examines the circumstances surrounding the potential shortage of biomaterials and its likely ramifications.

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Format: PDF | Size: 258KB | Date: Jan 2000 | Pages: 67

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