News tagged with bone implant

New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure

Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis. Such implants are designed to last many years, but in about 17 percent of patients who receive a total joint replacement, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Implant bacteria, beware: Researchers create nano-sized assassins

Staphylococcus epidermidis is quite an opportunist. Commonly found on human skin, the bacteria pose little danger. But S. epidermidis is a leading cause of infections in hospitals. From catheters to prosthetic ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Microfluidic devices advance 3-D tissue engineering

A research team, co-headed by Dr. Woo Lee and Dr. Hongjun Wang of Stevens Institute of Technology, has published a paper describing a new method that generates three-dimensional (3D) tissue models for studying bacterial infection ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Titanium coating with protein 'flower bouquet' nanoclusters strengthens implant attachment

Researchers have developed an improved coating technique that could strengthen the connection between titanium joint-replacement implants and a patients' own bone. The stronger connection -- created by manipulating ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents

Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cementless hip implants are durable for at least 20 years

Despite the common perception that total hip replacements last about 10 years, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that the devices are extremely durable, even 20 years after surgery.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Bone-creating protein could improve dental implant success

Using a bone-creating protein to augment the maxillary sinus could improve dental implant success, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mathematicians design bone implants for the future

A team of mathematicians from The University of Queensland has helped design a prototype for a new generation of bone implants that could potentially reduce surgery and rehabilitation times, as well as provide a solution ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Gender bender: Do gender knee implants provide better outcomes?

A gender-specific total knee prosthesis was developed to more closely match the anatomy of the female knee, aiming to be a better fit resulting in better outcomes for women. However, a recent study in the Journal of Bone an ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research another step towards orthopaedic implants made from shell

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victoria University PhD research could ultimately result in the creation of orthopaedic implants made of material that is eventually replaced by bone.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bone replacement from laser melting

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a medical emergency, a puncture of the cranium is commonly treated with an implant. While replacements made of titanium merely plug holes, a new kind of degradable implant stimulates the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Technique yields potential biological substitute for dental implants

A technique pioneered in the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory of Dr. Jeremy Mao, the Edward V. Zegarelli Professor of Dental Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center, can orchestrate stem cells ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Glass helps damaged bone regenerate

(PhysOrg.com) -- A prosthodontist from Egypt is helping Lehigh researchers develop bioactive glass that mimics the behavior of living tissue.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Print your own teeth

What if, instead of waiting days or weeks for a cast to be produced and prosthetic dental implants, false teeth and replacement crowns to be made, your dentist could quickly scan your jaw and "print" your new teeth using ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1