I-Corps: Self-Adaptive, Ultra-Low Modulus Alloys and Devices

I-Corps：自适应超低模量合金和器件

• 批准号: 1355529
• 负责人: Ibrahim Karaman
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2015-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1355529&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Self; Adaptive; Ultra; Low

The proposed activity investigates the commercial potential of self-adaptive, ultra-low modulus alloys for biomedical implants and other technological applications. The proposed technology offers a solution to complications caused by the mismatch in elastic modulus between human bone and alloys used in conventional medical implants that lead to the loss of bone quality, possible loosening of the implant, and the reduced resistance of the bone to fracture from accidents.The proposed technology offers unprecedented advantages for orthopedic and dental implants. Considering the notable increase in the number of orthopedic implants every year and the need for longer lifetime implants due to continued increase in life expectancy and ever-decreasing age of patients receiving implants, the improvement in implant lifetime and reliability offered by the proposed technology has potential to significantly reduce both the probability of disabling injuries from accidents and the frequency and necessity for revision surgeries.

拟议的活动调查自适应，超低模量合金的商业潜力，用于生物医学植入物和其他技术应用。该技术解决了传统医疗植入物中使用的合金与人体骨之间弹性模量不匹配所导致的并发症，这些并发症会导致骨质量损失，可能导致植入物松动，以及骨对意外骨折的抵抗力降低。该技术为骨科和牙科植入物提供了前所未有的优势。 考虑到每年骨科植入物数量的显着增加，以及由于预期寿命的持续增加和接受植入物的患者年龄的不断下降而对更长寿命植入物的需求，拟议技术提供的植入物寿命和可靠性的改善有可能显着降低事故致残的可能性以及翻修手术的频率和必要性。