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As one of the applications divisions of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, we aim to represent all materials engineers and other related technical disciplines with interests across biomedical applications. By providing this important focus within the Institute we hope to raise the profile to all Institute members and to encourage new members through an appreciation of the multidisciplinary nature of our technical field.

The Division helps to represent the UK community by having active links with other relevant UK bodies such as Health Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network (HTKTN), the UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB), the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM). The Division also played a key role in the formation of the Association of Institutions concerned with Medical Engineering (AIME), of which the Institute is a founder member. Read our mission statement

News

Last opportunity to enter IOM3 Medals and Prizes 2009

Candidates have until 19 December to submit nomination forms for the IOM3 Medals and Prizes 2009.
IOM3, 20 Nov 2008

Bursaries available for Boost your Career event

Student bursaries are available for the Boost your Career in Science and Engineering event, to be held in London on 21 January 2009.
IOM3, 05 Nov 2008

Taking the strain out of lasers

UK researchers hope to produce a novel solid-state Raman laser using a new low birefringence synthetic chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond. The material will produce laser with a broader optical spectrum for applications in underwater, medical and multi-spectral imaging.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Nov 2008
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Features

Glass bones – bioactive glass

Scientists at the ISIS neutron research centre in Didcot, UK, are developing a bioactive glass that releases calcium into the body as it dissolves. This could enable patients to regrow bones and may signal an alternative to bone transplants.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008

Corrosion checking – in vitro corrosion testing for implants

Implantable medical devices must possess sufficient corrosion resistance to the human body’s saline environment to maintain structural and functional integrity, as well as minimise the release of leachable substances which might otherwise react adversely with the surrounding tissue. In vitro corrosion testing is crucial to achieve effective materials selection for these devices.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008

In diamond health – diamond-like coatings for medical devices

Researchers from Brunel University, UK, explore the use of diamond-like coatings for medical devices to reduce metal ion migration in human tissue.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Aug 2008
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Events

21st Century Medicine: Breakthroughs and Challenges

26 Nov 2008 - 27 Nov 2008, London, UK

Materials and Processes in Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing

27 Nov 2008, Leicester, UK
East Midlands Materials Society evening lecture.

RSC Biomaterials Chemistry Special Interest Group event

15 Jan 2009, London, UK
The annual meeting of the group is designed to promote research and development in biomaterials chemistry.
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Publications

Advances in Applied Ceramics: Structural, Functional and Bioceramics

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The IOM3 member magazine

Materials World is specifically devoted to the engineering materials cycle, from mining and extraction, through processing and application, to recycling and recovery. Editorially, it embraces the whole spectrum of materials and minerals – metals, plastics, polymers, rubber, composites, ceramics and glasses – with particular emphasis on advanced technologies, latest developments and new applications, giving prominence to the topics that are of fundamental importance to those in industry.

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