Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0455741

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0455741

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Functionally graded fibre-polymer composites: a novel material for spinal disk prostheses. Chronic back pain affects a significant proportion of the population and is primarily caused by failure of the spinal disk. A strong social/economic imperative exists to develop engineering solutions to this problem. This project concerns the development of a novel fibre-polymer functionally graded composite material that mimics the structure of the spinal disk. The spinal disk comprises a soft core (nucleus) and a tough fibrous periphery (annulus). The graded composite approach of this proposal represents a significant advance over spinal fusion, and over the alternative spinal disk protheses in clinical use or in the patent literature.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 23-11-2004

End Date: 23-11-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $157,514.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Composite Materials | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Health related to ageing | Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis) |

Other Keywords

Composite Materials | Health related to ageing | Materials Engineering | Skeletal system and disorders (incl. arthritis)

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