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TABLE 8.1 (Continued)
Major Landmark in the History of Materials Used in Tissue Engineering
Material/
S. No Year Biomaterial Contributor Application References
22 1946 PMMA R. Judet Joint replacements (Ramalingam et al.
2016)
23 1947 Titanium alloy J. Kotton Medical implants (Wong, Peterson,
Bronzino 2012)
24 1947 Polyethylene Ingraham Synthetic implant (Mangir et al. 2019)
(mild allergic
reaction)
25 1948 Poly methyl Kevin Tuohy Plastic Contact lens (Chang et al. 2018)
methacrylate
(PMMA)
26 1952 Cellophane A.B. Voorhees, A. Blood vessel
(Chlupác, Filova, and
Jaretzta, A.B. ...