Capturing the Full Power of Biomaterials for Military Medicine

Recent results in biomaterials R&D suggest that there are exceptional opportunities for these emerging materials in military medicine. To facilitate this possibility, the National Research Council convened a workshop at the request of the Department of Defense to help create a technology development roadmap to enhance military R&D into biomaterials technology. The workshop focused primarily on identifying useful near- and mid-term applications of biomaterials including wound care, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and physiological sensors and diagnostics. This report presents a summary of the workshop. It provides a review of biomaterials and their importance to military medicine, the roadmap, and a discussion of ways to enable biomaterials development. Several important outcomes of successful capture of potential benefits of these materials are also discussed.Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Summary
• 1 Biomaterials and Their Importance to Military Medicine
• 2 Biomaterials Technology Assessment and Roadmapping
• 3 Enabling Biomaterials Development
• Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
• Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Attendees
• Appendix C: Roadmapping Process