Most modern broken bones are healed with the help of titanium screws and plates that sometimes must be removed afterward. But researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and ...

Titanium screws may soon be a thing of the past as researchers in Germany unveil medical screws that promote bone growth into the implant itself so as not to leave holes. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore ...

NEW YORK One member of that team, Khalid Lafdi, knows about broken bones firsthand. Two years ago, Lafdi, an avid runner broke his ankle. "I heard 'pop,'" said Lafdi, a professor of mechanical ...

To heal broken bones using medical help, the surgical method of choice for decades have been metal screws, mainly made of titanium or stainless steel. During and after the healing process, these metal ...

The screw utilizes the superelastic properties of Nitinol to allow higher levels of compression than contemporary bone screws. During manufacturing, the screw is stretched and held in an elongated ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Silver Bullet Therapeutics, Inc., a privately-held medical device company, announced today that it has received recommendation for CE Mark approval for the ...

Biomechanics from TU Graz, are developing surgical screws from donated human bone material for foot and jaw surgery together with surgebright, a start-up from Linz, Austria. To heal broken bones using ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA published a draft guidance document that provides performance criteria for non-spinal metallic bone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has announced a final order to classify the screw sleeve bone fixation device into class II with special ...

Future Market Insights tracks the performance of the global bone screw system market in a new publication titled "Bone Screw System Market: Global Industry Analysis 2013 - 2017 and Opportunity ...