Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Part I: Additive Manufacturing 1 1 The Role of Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Rehabilitation in Healthcare and Medical Applications 3Vidyapati Kumar, Ankita Mistri and Abhishek Mohata 2 Artificial Recreation of Human Organs by Additive Manufacturing 23Neetesh Soni and Paola Leo 3 Advances, Risks, and Challenges of 3D Bioprinting 43Chinmaya Padhy, Manish Amin, Suhridh Sundaram and Priyanka Paul 4 Laser-Induced Forward Transfer for Biosensor Application 77Ankit Das, Samarpan Deb Majumder, Drazan Kozak and Chien-Fang Ding Part II: Biomaterials 119 5 The Effect of the Nanostructured Surface Modification on the Morphology and Biocompatibility of Ultrafine-Grained Titanium Alloy for Medical Application 121Dragana Mihajlovic, Marko Rakin, Anton Hohenwarter, Djordje Veljovic, Vesna Kojic and Veljko Djokic 6 Powder Metallurgy-Prepared Ti-Based Biomaterials with Enhanced Biocompatibility 151Sugár, P., Antala, R., Sugárová, J. and Kovácik, J. 7 Total Hip Replacement Response to a Variation of the Radial Clearance Through In Silico Models 185Alessandro Ruggiero and Alessandro Sicilia 8 Techniques of Biopolymer and Bioceramic Coatings on Prosthetic Implants 231Sikta Panda, Chandan Kumar Biswas and Subhankar Paul 9 Mechanical Behavior of Bioglass Materials for Bone Implantation 261Md Ershad and Ranjan Kumar 10 Biomedical Applications of Composite Materials 277Mulugundam Siva Surya, Atla Sridhar and Maddula Satya Prasad Part III: Biofluid Mechanics 291 11 Materials Advancement, Biomaterials, and Biosensors 293Ashish Kumar Bhui, Priyanka Singh, Yunus Raza Baig, Sanvedna Shukla, Satish Sen, Amar Dey and Rajmani Patel 12 Blockage Study in Carotid Arteries 327Bushra Khatoon and M. Siraj Alam 13 Mechanical Properties of Human Synovial Fluid: An Approach for Osteoarthritis Treatment 343Sunil More, K. L. Vasudev, N.N. Krishnadas and Ankit Kotia 14 Artificial Human Heart Biofluid Simulation as a Boon to Humankind: A Review Study 355Md Akhtar Khan Part IV: Robotics 367 15 Robotics in Medical Science 369Sourav Karmakar, Akanksha Mishra, Anand Kumar Mishra and Jay Prakash Srivastava 16 A Research Perspective on Ankle–Foot Prosthetics Designs for Transtibial Amputees 397Vidyapati Kumar, Pushpendra Gupta and Dilip Kumar Pratihar References 410 Index 413

The book explores the latest research and developments related to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical and mechanical engineering offering insights and perspectives on the research, key technologies, and mechanical engineering techniques used in biomedical applications. The book is divided into several sections that cover different aspects of mechanical engineering in biomedical research. The first section focuses on the role of additive manufacturing technologies, rehabilitation in healthcare applications, and artificial recreation of human organs. The section also covers the advances, risks, and challenges of bio 3D printing. The second section presents insight into biomaterials, including their properties, applications, and fabrication techniques. The section also covers the use of powder metallurgy methodology and techniques of biopolymer and bio-ceramic coatings on prosthetic implants. The third section covers biofluid mechanics, including the mechanics of fluid flow within our body, the mechanical aspects of human synovial fluids, and the design of medical devices for fluid flow applications. The section also covers the use of computational modeling to study the blockage of carotid arteries. The final section elaborates on soft robotic manipulation for use in medical sciences. Audience The book provides practical insights and applications for mechanical engineers, biomedical engineers, medical professionals, and researchers working on the design and development of biomedical devices and implants.