Biocompatible Polymers
Biocompatible polymers are polymer materials that have the ability to interact with biological living systems without causing inflammatory, harmful, or toxic reactions. Working in close intimacy of living cells and close vicinity of a living system, biocompatible polymers are safe to when exposed to body fluids and tissue. Being biocompatible and biodegradable with great mechanical strength and flexibility, biocompatible polymers are commonly used in medical devices, implants, and drug delivery systems.
Biocompatible polymers could be natural or synthetic and they are designed to improve body functions without triggering allergies or causing other side effects. Biocompatible polymers find applications in wound fabrication, tissue culture and scaffolds, artificial grafts and implantation, bone filler material, and controlled drug delivery.
