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Don't panic, these are degradable implants

Bone fractures happen all the time, at any age and to anybody. Even if bones are known to be harder than wood, concrete and steel, we are not shielded from a rough injury. We are, definetly not super human.

Nevertheless, we can repair bones, and our doctor’s technique is to use implants made of steel and titanium, which have to be removed after healing. The most common complaints include tendon rupture, which have to be treated surgically. The surgeon fastens the cracks using suture anchors. Such implants used to be made of titanium or non-degradable polymers – with the disadvantages that either they remain in the body even after healing process has finished or doctors have to remove them with a second procedure. To avoid this, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Bremen have developed load bearing, biodegradable implants that are completely degraded in the body.

These new implants are made from iron-tricalcium phosphate, which although constructed from metal and ceramic, are still biodegradable. The ceramic components even stimulate bone growth, to encourage your body to fill the hole they leave behind.

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  • Wiener Straße 12, 28359 Bremen, Germany
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials