Objective ImplantDirect will create a cost-effective, faster manufacturing route for orthopaedic, maxillofacial or trauma implants, tailored to the individual needs of patients. The overall project aims are to improve the quality of the implants, reduce the recovery time, improve the quality of life for the patients and reduce the healthcare costs. This will be achieved by allowing surgeons to personalise the implants to fit the patient and the individual trauma, thus reducing the need for revisions, the length of surgery time and the recovery time of the patient. While the technology is available and can deliver the well-recognised benefits of using personalised implants, the number of clinical cases is still limited. The main reasons that the technology has not been widely applied for treatment in hospitals, are the complexity of the delivery process, the high cost of implants and the lack of human and technological resources in the area of biomodelling in hospitals. Especially, the multidisciplinary communication among radiologists, surgeons, and biomedical engineers, which is always needed during the design and manufacturing steps of a patient specific implant. In addition, the optimal solutions and funding for investment of hardware and software are not always available. The work to be undertaken in ImplantDirect will help overcome these issues by the realisation of two key innovations:1) An innovative software solution that will allow the surgeon to directly design the ‘best’ (not limited by existing manufacturing techniques) implant shape for his patients, based on CT-scan data, which will then allow implant creation using the flexible Rapid Manufacturing technique of Selective Laser Melting.2) Develop the Selective Laser Melting process and post-processing necessary to deliver functional Ti6Al4V personalised implants within 3 days from receiving the designs from innovation 1. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaremedical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerymedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplantsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2011-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2011 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator TWI LIMITED Address Granta park great abington CB21 6AL Cambridge United Kingdom See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact David Hamper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BCT STEUERUNGS UND DV-SYSTEME GMBH Germany EU contribution € 167 305,75 Address Carlo-schmid-allee 3 44263 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 Claus Bremer (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data DMG MORI ADDITIVE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 210 630,00 Address Gildemeisterstrasse 60 33689 Bielefeld See on map Region Nordrhein-Westfalen Detmold Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Matthias Fockele (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LAYERWISE Belgium EU contribution € 224 994,35 Address Grauwmeer 14 3001 Leuven heverlee See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Peter Mercelis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LISTEMANN AG WERKSTOFF UND WAERMEBEHANDLUNGSTECHNIK Liechtenstein EU contribution € 208 403,34 Address Wirtschaftspark 34 9492 Eschen See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Manfred Boretius (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITATEA DE MEDICINA SI FARMACIE IULIU HATIEGANU CLUJ-NAPOCA Romania EU contribution € 13 008,00 Address Victor babes street 8 400012 Cluj-napoca See on map Region Macroregiunea Unu Nord-Vest Cluj Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mihaela Baciut (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FACHHOCHSCHULE NORDWESTSCHWEIZ FHNW Switzerland EU contribution € 33 320,00 Address Bahnhofstrasse 6 5210 Windisch See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Nordwestschweiz Aargau Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Erik Schkommodau (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data LAFITT Participation ended Spain EU contribution € 147 195,10 Address Calle juan de la cierva parque tecnologico paterna 16 46980 Paterna valencia See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Enrique Palmi Perez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data JRI ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 112 269,00 Address 18 churchill way 35 a business park S35 2PY Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Edward Draper (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
