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Silicon Nitride Coatings for Improved Implant Function (LifeLongJoints)
Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,
Articulating joint replacements represent a medical market exceeding €14 billion p.a. that is expected to rise as demographics reflect an ageing population. However, faster growth has been seen in the revision market, where prosthetic joints are replaced, than in primary interventions. The major cause of these revisions is that all joint replacements are prone to wear leading to loss of implant fu ...
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Electrically modified biomaterials surface (BioElectricSurface)
Start date: Oct 1, 2008, End date: Sep 30, 2011,
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular diseases cause half the deaths in the EU. It is also the main cause of years of life lost (over 30 per cent) in early death thus causing huge pressure on the labour force and family earnings. The problem is becoming more acute in Central and Eastern European countries. Due to the ageing population in the EU, osteoporosis related bone ...
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