The implant prototype is a solution that meets the needs of patients and clinicians, in particular for application in personalised regenerative medicine. Biocomposites are intended for patients with flat skull bone defects associated with skull bone tumours, patients after craniotomy, patients planned for cranioplasty procedures and patients with post-traumatic defects.
The developed biomaterial is the result of the efforts of four research teams forming the interdisciplinary OsteoRegNET consortium as part of the TEAM-NET project of the Foundation for Polish Science, carried out under the supervision of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology with the participation of teams from the Cracow University of Technology, the University of Lodz and the Institute of Ceramics and Building Materials of the Łukasiewicz Research Network.
Benefits of this solution for patients:
- elasticity, which ensures adaptation of the material to the shape of the bone defect,
- lack of stress at the implantation site,
- safety and functionality supported by in vitro and in vivo test results,
- proven properties supporting ossification processes and regeneration,
- biocomposites can be used as bioresorbable implant materials,
- wide application in bone defect filling (various types of bones, including flat ones),
- the materials are formed into porous and solid materials.
We would like to offer our congratulations to the entire consortium, and in particular to the OsteoRegNET Team from the Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz.
More information about the invention
Source: Dr Karolina Rudnicka, Dr Aleksandra Szwed-Georgiou, Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lod, dr inż. Małgorzata Gazińska, Department of Process Engineering and Technology of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Edit: Kamila Knol-Michałowska, promotion Centre of the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz
Photos: Bartosz Kałużny, Centre for External Relations and Social Responsibility of the University, Univerity of Lodz