Jan 28, 2012 0
learning should be fun
..but is it ever…
knee deep in ruby….i need a break.
Oct 10, 2008 0
Knee results
This makes me feel good.
A lot of Journals are starting to have papers published about the knee I helped design back at Stryker. It’s nice to see that patients are actually getting the results we anticipated.
Aug 4, 2008 0
Gummy bears jumping here and there
Nate was working in Osirix last week on a humerus model and he found what looked like a gummy bear within the DICOM data. I liked it enough to make him take a picture of it.
-phipps out
Aug 4, 2008 0
hydrogel cartilage repair
This is an interesting article about a new possible way to repair future meniscus repairs.
Typically meniscal repairs that require surgical treatment can be addressed in two ways: remove the torn meniscus (a partial meniscectomy) or repair the torn cartilage with sutures or tacks. A repair with sutures and tacks is generally only successful when the tear is on the outer edge where the blood supply is good. Anything in the center has to be removed completely. That is where this hydrogel technology is very interesting. It appears they plan to inject this material into the body, have it bond to the remaining cartilage, and provide a means to prevent pain from bone on bone rubbing during normal activities.
The gel is not in clinical trials yet, so I don’t expect it to come out anytime soon. But I am sure those tissue engineers are working on it.
-phipps out
Aug 3, 2008 0
Tibial Plateau Fractures
this is an interesting article on Tibial Plateau Fractures and how the efficiency of the composite bone grafts are for them.
