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The only medical devices event that brings together materials scientists and engineers, metallurgists, product designers, researchers, and clinicians is coming to Minneapolis, Aug. 10-12.

(Vocus) July 1, 2009 -- The only medical devices event that brings together materials scientists and engineers, metallurgists, product designers, researchers, and clinicians is coming to Minneapolis, Aug. 10-12.

"The Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD) event continues its tradition of presenting the state-of-the-art in biomaterials science and engineering for medical devices used to repair, replace and regenerate tissues and structures of the human body," said Jeremy L. Gilbert, Ph.D of Syracuse University, the event's program chair.

Now in its seventh year, the MPMD Conference and Exposition is presented by ASM International, the materials information society. For more information about the MPMD event, visit www.asminternational.org/meddevices.

Developed for academics as well as industrial and federal researchers, the information presented at the MPMD conference will cover innovations in devices and materials science used to fabricate devices. "The MPMD event is all about the progress we've made to design medical devices using metallic and biodegradable plastics, bioactive ceramics, nanomaterials and biocompatible alloys," Gilbert said.

Major goals include understanding the interaction of these biomaterials with the clinical environment, and understanding the degradation effects of the human body. Materials processing and fabrication, and materials-based innovation in device design as it relates to clinical performance, will also be focused upon.

"MPMD is truly an interdisciplinary program with outstanding presen
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