Medicine
“Medicine is the science and art (ars medicina) of healing humans. It includes a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. Before scientific medicine, healing arts were practiced along with "Eastern medicine" — which are typically based in traditional, story-told, or otherwise non-scientific practices.”
“Contemporary medicine applies health science, biomedical research, and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication, surgery, or some other form of therapy. The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing”
(Wikipedia, Medicine, 1/15/2010)
Plastics is more and more a major class of materials useful in medicine. Medicine is now the leading frontier in plastics development. ( RDC 11/15/2010)
Antimicrobial Elastomers /Rubber
Antimicrobial Fibers
Applications
Cancer
Drug Delivery
Implants
Injection Molding Catheters
Opthalmology
Orthopedics
Orthotics
Surgery
Tissue Engineering
Recent US Patents
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