Objective The manufacture of bioresorbable medical devices for temporary implantation inside the human body is growing into a high-value industry with many benefits over traditional devices. Bioresorbable devices do not need a removal operation, reducing patient trauma and significant healthcare costs. Due to the ability to add antibacterial or antibiotic drugs and to control the release rate at the implant site, such devices can reduce the number of post-operative complications and open up possibilities for new therapies.However, development times for new devices can be lengthy and extremely expensive. Bioresorbable materials have a high cost and are difficult to process, resulting in high scrap rates. The addition of fillers such as bioactive particles further complicate the manufacture. In Bio-PolyTec, sensor technology - centering on optical spectroscopic techniques - will be developed for in-process monitoring of the key quality measures of polymer degradation and additive dispersion. The availability of this information in real-time rather than after time-consuming and expensive laboratory testing represents a significant improvement in Quality Control for bioresorbable devices as well as enabling better process control. The influence of typical processing procedures on the degradation and mixing and hence subsequent bioresorption/release behaviour and mechanical properties will be fully investigated for the commercial products of the consortium SMEs to optimise their processes to achieve specific and consistent product requirements. In particular the processing of Polylactic Acid (PLA) and dispersion of bioactive Calcium Phosphate particles for orthopaedic implants will be investigated among other polymer/filler systems.The innovations in sensor technology will extend outside the consortium to enable other device manufacturers to reduce scrap rates and hence production costs for bioresorbable devices. The 'trial-and-error' guesswork is taken out of the process development stage for new products, significantly reducing the time and cost and stimulating activity in the market. Possible batch-to-batch variation will be eliminated, avoiding adverse behaviour of the products after implantation in a patient. Fields of science engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbioplasticspolylactic acidnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkaline earth metalsnatural scienceschemical sciencespolymer sciencesmedical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugsantibioticsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programme(s) FP7-SME - Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs Topic(s) SME-2013-1 - Research for SMEs Call for proposal FP7-SME-2013 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme BSG-SME - Research for SMEs Coordinator INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SLIGO - ITS EU contribution € 44 608,80 Address BALLINODE - ASH LANE F56 Sligo Ireland See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Marion Mcafee (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SCAFFDEX OY Finland EU contribution € 171 349,50 Address KALKUNKATU 21 B 33330 TAMPERE See on map Region Manner-Suomi Länsi-Suomi Pirkanmaa Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Tuija Annala (Ms) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INNOVATIVE POLYMER COMPOUNDS LIMITED Ireland EU contribution € 156 199,75 Address LOWER LEESON STREET 42 NCC HOUSE 2 DUBLIN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joe Molloy (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FOS FASEROPTISCHE SYSTEME MESSTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 349 001,25 Address RUTGERSSTRASSE 40 40 24790 SCHACHT AUDORF See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Erhard Giese (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST United Kingdom EU contribution € 7 499,20 Address UNIVERSITY ROAD LANYON BUILDING BT7 1NN Belfast See on map Region Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Belfast Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Fraser Buchanan (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TTY-SAATIO Finland EU contribution € 7 504,00 Address Korkeakoulunkatu 10 33720 Tampere See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Minna Kellomäki (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PURAC BIOCHEM BV Netherlands EU contribution € 6 690,00 Address ARKELSEDIJK 46 4206AC Gorinchem See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Marc-Anton Kruft (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PLASMA BIOTAL LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 44 743,45 Address MEVERILL ROAD - INDUSTRIAL ESTATE UNIT 5 UNIT 5 SK17 8PY TIDESWELL See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Paul Steverson (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data