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Nuovi materiali di impianto
Al fine di trattare le condizioni ortopediche e quelle vascolari, c’è sempre più bisogno di impianti medici per tessuti molli e duri. I materiali riassorbibili in grado di decomporsi gradualmente in seguito all’impianto rappresentano un’opzione molto attraente, in quanto evitano il verificarsi di problematiche legate alla compatibilità e riducono inoltre la necessità di effettuare interventi chirurgici ripetuti. Per affrontare questa esigenza, il progetto BioImplant ITN, finanziato dall’UE, formerà giovani ricercatori allo scopo di fornirgli competenze tecniche, interdisciplinari e trasferibili. La visione è quella di offrire loro la capacità di effettuare ricerche e di sviluppare nuovi materiali ibridi dotati di proprietà meccaniche migliorate e di un comportamento di decomposizione controllabile. I partner prevedono un forte interesse commerciale per questi materiali innovativi destinati ad applicazioni di impianti medici.
Obiettivo
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)Coordinatore
H91 Galway
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