Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0882150

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0882150

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Rare isotopes as tracers of prosthesis debris. The incidence of knee replacement surgery in Australia is 30,000 per year. Limited by wear debris, the lifespan of knee implants is only 10-15 years and can be much shorter. Due to increasing life expectancy, many patients need several surgical procedures. As a multi-disciplinary team of materials-, isotope-tracing- and medical-experts, we aim to understand and monitor wear debris in prostheses. Knee replacement surgery alone imposes a high burden of annually half a billion dollars on the Australian health budget. Controlling and reducing wear debris in prosthesis joints would reduce these costs and improve patients' quality of life.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 30-06-2012

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $324,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Physical Sciences | Nuclear And Particle Physics | Medical Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other | Medical instrumentation | Diagnostic methods |

Other Keywords

Diagnostic methods | Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Medical Physics | Medical instrumentation | Nuclear And Particle Physics | Other | Other Physical Sciences

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