Biocompatibility: Testing

Host Response of Implanted Biomaterials

“…Different authors have expressed their opinion on biocompatibility by defining the term in a way so that it encompasses most completely the in vivo performance of materials. "Biocompatibility may generally be regarded as the ability of a material to interact with living cells/tissues or a living being by not being toxic, injurious or causing immunological reactions while performing its intended function appropriately" [7]. While multiple definitions always exist for any term, they are more specific to the purview of the area for which they are being defined.…”