Advances in Metallic Biomaterials

Part I Biological Tissues and Organs.- Bone Tissue and Biomaterials Design Based on the Anisotropic Microstructure.- Joint: Normal Anatomy, Function, and Pathological Condition.- Metallurgy of Spinal Instrumentation.- Biomechanics of Blood Vessels: Structure, Mechanics, and Adaptation.- Tooth and Tooth-Supporting Structures.- Part II Metallic Biomaterials.- Nickel-free High Nitrogen Stainless Steel.- Co-Cr Alloys as Effective Metallic Biomaterials.- Titanium Alloys for Biomedical Applications.- Zirconium Alloys for Orthopedic Applications.- The Use of Porous Tantalum for Reconstructing Bone Loss in Orthopaedic Surgery.- Niobium Biomaterials.- Part III Reactions of Metals in Human Body.-Corrosion of Metallic Biomaterials.- Pathological Analysis of Metal Allergy to Metallic Materials.- Cyto-toxicity of Metallic Biomaterials.

Prof. Mitsuo Niinomi earned his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, and Steel and Iron Engineering, Nagoya University in 1980, and his D.D.Sc. from the Department of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University in 2003. From 1980 to 2005, he was a Research Associate, Associate Professor, and Professor at Toyohashi University of Technology. In 2005, he moved to the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University as a Professor, and he was elected as the director of this institute in 2009. He was a visiting Associate Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University (USA) from July 1988 to June 1989, a visiting Professor at The University of Dayton (USA) and a foreign researcher at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, US Air Force from July 1997 to December 1997. He was appointed as an honorary Professor of Tianjin University, China from 2011, and a visiting Professor of Northeastern University, China from 2010-2015. He has been working in the area of fracture and microstructure relations of materials with a focus on titanium alloys for structural and biomedical applications. His recent research focuses on the design, development, and evaluation of biological and mechanical biocompatibility of titanium alloys for medical and dental applications.

Prof. Takayuki Narushima received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Engineering from Tohoku University, Japan, in 1985, 1987, and 1994, respectively. He joined the Department of Metallurgy at Tohoku University as a Research Associate from 1987 to 1994 and as an Associate Professor from 1994 to 2004. He was a Professor in the Tohoku University Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO) and has been a Professor at the Department of Materials Processing at Tohoku University since 2007. From 1998 to 1999, he was a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley (Monbusyo Fellowship Program). His current research interests include precipitation control in biomedical Co-Cr alloys and Ni-Ti alloys,