Objective The aim of LONGLIFE is to develop new multi-functional zirconia oral and spine (lumbar inter-vertebral disc) implants, with a perfect reliability and a lifetime longer than 60 years. Such an ambitious goal, motivated by the risks and costs associated to revision surgery, will only be reachable by an improvement of the Low Temperature Degradation (LTD) resistance of zirconia and by an enhancement of the osseointegration capabilities of the implants in contact with bone. As zirconia-based ceramics are the only oxides able to couple high stress resistance and fracture toughness thanks to transformation toughening, a strong effort will be given to the improvement of their stability in the presence of water, without decreasing their toughness and strength. Osseointegration will be improved by the chemical and topographical modification of the surface. We aim at producing zirconia surfaces able to decrease the risk of bacterial adhesion and improve bone apposition, for better clinical success. Given the specific nature of ceramics, especially versus the risk of brittle failure, we aim at developing new ceramic-oriented designs for the implants, and not just ‘copy and paste’ from metal implants as it is generally done at present. This ‘implants by design’ approach will ensure a better, long-lasting success of oral and spine implants. At last, the LONGLIFE consortium will develop acceleration tests which will be able to reproduce more effectively the different degradation mechanisms and their interplay in a multi-physics approach, in order to ensure an implant reliability and lifetime superior to current implants’. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerynatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputational sciencemultiphysicsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplantsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramics Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2011.2.1-1 - Research and innovation for advanced multifunctional ceramic materials Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2011-SME-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES APPLIQUEES DE LYON Address 20 avenue albert einstein 69621 Villeurbanne cedex France See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Françoise Martin (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 509 469,00 Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all KISCO INTERNATIONAL SA Participation ended France EU contribution € 447 929,00 Address Place berthe morisot 2 69800 Saint priest See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lionel Simon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window DOCERAM MEDICAL CERAMICS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 324 180,00 Address Hesslingsweg 65-67 44309 Dortmund See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Arnsberg Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tobias Fürderer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window AKEO PLUS France EU contribution € 391 940,00 Address 769 rue de l'outarde za en beauvoir 01500 Chateau gaillard See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Ain Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Anne Julia (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window NTTF COATINGS GMBH Germany EU contribution € 359 360,00 Address Maarweg 32 53619 Rheinbreitbach See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Falk Bernsmann (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window KISCO INTERNATIONAL SAS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Place berthe morisot 2 69800 Saint priest See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Lionel Simon (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ANTHOGYR SAS France EU contribution € 487 120,00 Address Avenue andre lasquin 2237 74700 Sallanches See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Haute-Savoie Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Richard Le Vourch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window POLITECNICO DI TORINO Italy EU contribution € 324 380,00 Address Corso duca degli abruzzi 24 10129 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Laura Montanaro (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE Italy EU contribution € 245 204,00 Address Piazzale europa 1 34127 Trieste See on map Region Nord-Est Friuli-Venezia Giulia Trieste Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Maurizio Fermeglia (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in 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