Edited by
Mark J. Jackson
Waqar Ahmed

2007

Medical devices and surgical tools that contain micro and nanoscale features allow surgeons to perform clinical procedures with greater precision and safety in addition to monitoring physiological and biomechanical parameters more accurately. While surgeons have started to master the use of nanostructured surgical tools in the operating room, the impact and interaction of nanomaterials and nanostructured coatings has yet to be addressed in a comprehensive manner.