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2024: Screw implant released to heal radial and humerus fractures
On October 10, 2024, Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced the release of VOLT (Variable angle Optimized Locking Technology). This is a special screw implant designed to heal fractures of the radial and humerus bones. Read more here
2023
In Russia, developed special polymers for the rapid restoration of bones
In mid-December 2023, the Kurchatov Institute announced the creation of polymer materials that can be used to restore bones after fractures. Thanks to the new technology, doctors will be able to create biocompatible implants for bone repair. Read more here.
Material is presented that pours into the broken bone and heals it
On November 2, 2023, German specialists from the Fraunhofer Institute of Industrial Technologies and Modern Materials announced the creation of a new composite material to accelerate bone fusion in severe fractures. The technology is developed as part of the joint research project SCABAEGO, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Read more here.
Russia has developed a coating for self-soluble implants that will help bones grow together correctly after fractures
In Russia, a hybrid protective coating has been developed for self-soluble implants, which will help the bones to grow together correctly after fractures. At the beginning of August 2023, the Russian Scientific Foundation (RSF) spoke about the new technology.
Temporary implants are used in the treatment of complex fractures, when it is necessary to fix the bones in the right position for a long time. But retrieving such structures after recovery requires repeated surgery. To avoid it, implants can be made from biodegradable materials that can completely dissolve in the body. These include alloys based on magnesium - an element present in the human body and in terms of mechanical characteristics corresponding to the properties of natural bone.
 | The protective coating developed by us allows you to control the rate of self-dissolution of magnesium structures, as well as eliminate the possible toxic effect of the implant. Further tests of implants with hybrid coating on laboratory animals will help confirm the effectiveness of this approach in medical practice, "said Andrei Gnedenkov, a leading researcher at the Institute of Chemistry of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Vladivostok, quoted by the press service of the Russian National Research Institute. |  |
The basis of the new coating is organic substances - omega-9 fatty acid salts and polycaprolactone, a biodegradable polymer. The first substance slows down chemical reactions between the magnesium alloy and chlorine ions present in the human body, and the second protects fatty acid salts from excessively rapid release from the implant.
Subsequent tests showed that the combination of new and old coating reduced the rate of implant decomposition by about six times than a simple oxide-based composite. At the same time, she made the process of their dissolution in the body more predictable, and the coating itself had the ability to self-repair with minor injuries.[1]
2022: Iron and silicon alloy tested for fracture splicing
On June 15, 2022, it became known that a scientific group from Skoltech and Sechenov University printed samples from a porous alloy of iron and silicon on a 3D printer - the creators consider this material promising for the design of bone implants that combine fractures. The results of the study indicate that the obtained samples are low-toxic, strong, biodegradable and bone tissue can form on them. The work is published in the journal Biomedical Materials. Read more here.
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Hip fracture
Main article: Hip fracture
Hand bone fractures
2022: AI X-ray system released that quickly finds bone fractures
In early March 2022, Gleamer released the BoneView AI X-ray system, which automatically detects bone fractures in the upper and lower extremities, as well as in the chest and spine, and traumatic injuries. Read more here.
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