Description du projet
De nouveaux matériaux pour implants
Il existe un besoin croissant d’implants médicaux en tissus mous et durs pour traiter les affections orthopédiques et vasculaires. Les matériaux résorbables qui peuvent se dégrader progressivement après l’implantation constituent une option très intéressante car ils évitent les problèmes de compatibilité et limitent également la nécessité de répéter les opérations chirurgicales. Pour répondre à cette demande, le projet BioImplant ITN, financé par l’UE, formera de jeunes chercheurs afin qu’ils acquièrent des compétences techniques, à la fois interdisciplinaires et transférables. L’objectif est de leur offrir la possibilité de mener des recherches et de développer de nouveaux matériaux hybrides aux propriétés mécaniques améliorées et au comportement de dégradation contrôlable. Les partenaires envisagent un intérêt commercial élevé pour ces matériaux innovants destinés à des applications d’implants médicaux.
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BioImplant ITN is a European Industrial Doctorate (EID) programme that will provide world-class multidisciplinary training to a new generation of high-achieving ESRs in the area of medical device development. A well-balanced consortium of academic, industry and clinical partners has been assembled to deliver the training programme, spanning a number of EU countries and industry sectors to promote international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral aspects of ESR skill development. The programme vision of the BioImplant ITN is to deliver technical, interdisciplinary and transferrable skills training to the ESR community all areas of the medical device development Supply Value Chain. The BioImplant ITN programme will develop improved bioresorbable materials and implement them in orthopaedic and vascular implant applications. Bioresorbable materials are rapidly gaining traction in soft and hard tissue medical implants, with both polymer- and metal-based resorbable materials having been developed for medical device applications. However, major issues relating to their poor mechanical properties and rapid degradation behaviour have limited their application. The research programme of the BioImplant ITN will address these issues by (i) targeting new processing solutions to enhance the mechanical behaviour of bioresorbable polymers and (ii) integrate high stiffness magnesium- and ceramic-based reinforcements with polymers to produce novel hybrid/composite materials with optimised functional performance. The development of these innovative biomaterials will represent a major advancement on the current state-of-the-art in bioresorbable materials and maximise commercial potential in vascular and orthopaedic applications. Furthermore, the comprehensive skillset delivered by the programme will enhance career development and employability of ESRs within the Medical Technology sector and promote their development into leading innovators in the European Medical Technology sector.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinateur
H91 Galway
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