Improving orthopaedic/dental devices by surface chemical modification

通过表面化学改性改进骨科/牙科设备

• 批准号: DP0556403
• 负责人: Prof Hala Zreiqat
• 金额: $ 38.46万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0556403
• 关键词: Improving; orthopaedic; dental; devices; surface

The estimated world market for the orthopaedic implants is expected to be US$125 billion by 2010. Australia imports most of it's orthopaedic implants with an estimated cost in excess of AUD300 million by 2010. The current rate of prosthetic failures in orthopaedic patients is unacceptably high. The project aims to develop new implants that integrate better into bone, thus reducing the rate of revision arthroplasty. This would lead to a significant reduction in the cost of health care in our aging population and improve the quality of life for prosthetic recipients. Knowledge gained will facilitate the optimization of orthopaedic and implant dentistry, promoting the technology transfer from academia to the relevant medical device industry.

到2010年，全球骨科植入物市场预计将达到1250亿美元。澳大利亚的大部分骨科植入物都是进口的，到2010年，估计成本超过3亿澳元。目前骨科患者假体失败率高得令人无法接受。该项目旨在开发新的植入物，使其更好地与骨骼结合，从而降低关节置换术的翻修率。这将大大降低老龄化人口的医疗保健成本，并提高义肢接受者的生活质量。获得的知识将有助于骨科和种植牙科的优化，促进技术从学术界转移到相关的医疗器械行业。