Knee ligament damage is an injury all to common to sportsmen and women. The solution usually involves replacing the torn ligament with a piece of tendon from the leg, which is fixed to the bone by ...

A team of researchers from IIT-Bombay has developed the first-ever indigenous biodegradable screws that can be used to fix bone and soft tissue injuries . Commonly used bone screws (implants) made of ...

Surgeons have used metal screws to reassemble broken bones for years, but there are drawbacks: if the metal corrodes, they’ve gotta come out. Biodegradable screws aren’t as strong, and can cause ...

New solution: Feng Nei in the lab with his zinc alloy prototype. (Credit: Monash University) Orthopaedic implants that bear loads while bones heal, then disappear once they’re no longer needed, could ...

Most modern broken bones are healed with the help of titanium screws and plates that sometimes must be removed afterward. But researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and ...

Johns Hopkins scientists are developing a biodegradable material that eventually dissolves to promote stronger healing of broken bones. The material could also reduce the number of refractures and ...

As a professor of biomaterials at Imperial College London, Julian Jones focuses on using the latest technology to solve healthcare problems. “The surgeons tell us what they need,” he says. “As the ...

The Biodegradable Micro Screws Market is an emerging sector within the healthcare industry, offering innovative solutions for various medical applications. These micro screws are designed to be ...

Screws used in surgical operations are often made of titanium. They usually have to be removed after a while or replaced by new ones. A new biomaterial makes this unnecessary. It promotes bone growth ...

Biodegradable anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) graft fixation screws are being utilized with increased frequency in ACL reconstruction as orthopaedic surgeons look for an alternative to metal ...

Flexible silicon electronics can withstand body fluids and can integrate with curvy tissue. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Applied Materials Research (IFAM; ...