As the impact and importance of nanotechnology continues to grow, nanomedicine and biotechnology have become areas of increased development. Drug delivery by nanoparticulates and nanocoatings for medicial devices are among the many new techniques on the horizon. Years from now we will laugh at the approaches to treating disease we currently consider state of the art. To prepare for the future of medicine, biomedical engineers must have a deeply rooted understanding of the role of bionanotechnology.Combining chapters drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Handbook of Biomedical Engineering with new contributions, Bionanotechnology: Global Prospects provides a broad survey of the research and activities that are shaping this burgeoning field. With coverage of technical and nontechnical areas, the book provides representative reporting on a wide variety of activity from all corners of the world. It discusses the role of nanotechnology in novel medical devices, bioanalytical technologies, and nano- biomaterials, highlighting the patent landscape for bionanotechnology.The contributors to the assembled chapters hail from cities cattered across the globe, including Florianopolis, Mumbai, Pretoria, Havana, Tehran, Glasgow, Shenyang, and Kiev, to name just a few. Filtered through the lens of this global perspective, the book is proof of the paradigm shift that has made world-class creative technology advances possible. It distills information into a reference useful for designing and developing the next generation of diagnostic tools, biomedical devices, and drug delivery systems.