Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556403

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556403

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improving orthopaedic/dental devices by surface chemical modification. 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.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $555,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Alloy Materials | Orthopaedics | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) | Men’s health | Biological sciences |

Other Keywords

Alloy Materials | Biological sciences | Biomaterials | Biomedical Engineering | Men’s health | Orthopaedics | Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis)

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