Novel coatings for orthopaedic implants

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570942

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

At present the failure rate of joint replacement is unacceptably high and will continue to rise due to the ageing and active life styles of the baby-boomer generation, placing an increasing burden on the health budget. We have developed a new bioactive material with improved mechanical-biological properties for bone regeneration. We will modify the surface of the currently used orthopaedic implants with this bioactive material to promote permanent fixation of the prosthesis to the bone.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2012

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $448,017.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Orthopaedics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

aged population | aseptic loosening | bone biomaterial interface | osteoarthritis | osteoblasts | osteoclasts | prosthetic joint

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