Polymers for Biomedical Electronic Devices

Definitive criteria for the selection of polymers to be used with implanted biomedical electronic devices are not generally available. Critical aspects, such as corrosion, fatigue, instability, irritability to tissues, and thrombogenicity of component materials, force the designer to draw primarily upon empirical in vivo experience. Nevertheless, the judicious selection of polymers, with regard to properties and optimum methods of handling, is crucial to satisfactory performance at or within the boundaries of the living organism.