| Developers: | CML AT Medical |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | June 2024 |
| Branches: | Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, Healthcare |
2024: Creating an implant
On June 17, 2024, information appeared that an innovative flexible implant for the chest was developed in Russia, which completely restores the biomechanics of breathing. This breakthrough was made possible by the efforts of the CML AT Medical Engineering Center of the Northwestern Nanocenter.
According to the developers, the new implant was created using advanced additive technologies. The flexible configuration of the rib element allows not only to restore the functionality of the chest, but also to increase the effectiveness of treatment for patients with severe injuries, oncological diseases of the chest bones or congenital abnormalities of its development. According to the developers, this implant eliminates the shortcomings of rigid structures that are not able to fully restore natural breathing.
According to the design engineer of CML AT Medical Danil Anisimov, existing implants based on rigid structures perform only cosmetic and protective functions. However, due to the mobility of the ribs, the attachment of such implants to the chest is short-lived. "Sternal involvement is observed in 0.5-3.1% of patients with bone tumors of different localization. After oncological treatment, there is a need to reconstruct the chest using an implant, and the quality of the product being installed is important here, "said Anisimov.
He added that the design of the new implant took two months. Then, using additive technologies, a prototype of a flexible rib was manufactured. Mechanical tests confirmed that the prototype withstands all the specified loads without destruction and plastic deformations, which proves its ability to provide up to 80 million breathing cycles. The developed flexible implant of the sternum can radically change the approach to the treatment of diseases and injuries of the chest, ensuring the complete restoration of the biomechanics of breathing and significantly improving the quality of life of patients, writes the publication.[1]
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