Project description
A minimally invasive treatment option for bone fractures
According to the World Health Organisation's projections, the incidence of osteoporosis fractures will have risen to 4.5 million by 2025. Current fracture fixators are rigid and thus not efficient in stabilising thin, fragile, inaccessible and shattered bones. The EU-funded BoneFix project's researchers will work on a novel class of bone adhesives and bone restoration materials, which will enable the personalised treatment of bone fractures via minimally invasive surgery under local anaesthesia. To achieve their goals, the team will develop a novel library of biocompatible, biodegradable thiol-ene based monomers, linear polycarbonates and multi-purpose dendritic materials that can bind to wet bones. The ultimate solution will be a bone restoration patch – a customisable, universal solution for fractures that upon complete healing will be fully resorbed.
Objective
As Europe’s population rapidly ages so too does the socioeconomic cost of bone fractures. According to WHO, the total number of osteoporosis-related fractures in EU patients will rise to 4.5 million in 2025, which translates to 8.5 incidents per minute. Unfortunately, clinically used metal fixators are old-fashion solutions and their rigid design combined with open surgery and general anaesthesia, make them poor fixators for fractures on thin, fragile, inaccessible and shattered bone. Our solution is BoneFix, a novel class of bone adhesives that will allow for personalized surgical treatment of bone fractures via minimal invasive surgery under local anaesthesia. This will be accomplished by developing a novel library of biocompatible, biodegradable triazine monomers, linear polycarbonates and multi-purpose dendritic materials, capable of binding to wet bone, together with strong biodegradable organic/ceramic composites. Building from the bottom up, the concept involves three domains: a bone substitute void filler, topological mechanical fixation patch, and a protective anti-bacterial hydrogel layer. The components will be delivered through narrow gauge needles and solidify “on fracture site” via High Energy Visible Light Off-Stoichiometric Thiol-Ene Coupling chemistry (HEV-OSTEC). Collectively, these will form a Bone Restoration Patch (BRP) - a customizable, universal solution for fractures that upon complete healing will be fully resorbed. The BRPs will be thoroughly evaluated by stakeholders in order to assess relevant properties, both ex vivo and finally in vivo on relevant animal models. The ultimate goal is to cement a new disruptive technology and a paradigm shift in clinical interventions of bone fractures in which BoneFix heals, fixates and protects complex fractures making screws, plates and open surgery obsolete.
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- medical and health sciences clinical medicine surgery
- engineering and technology materials engineering composites
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine anaesthesiology
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H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
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100 44 Stockholm
Sweden
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