Researchers from Graz University of Technology, together
with colleagues from the Medical University of Graz, Vienna University of
Technology and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna,
have managed to develop absorbable implants to promote bone healing which are
broken down by the body. In this way,
painful multiple operations – especially in children – can be avoided in the
future. The “BRIC - BioResorbable Implants for Children” project, funded by the
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), was successfully completed at the end
of August.
The goal was finally achieved after four years of research.
Scientists from Graz University of Technology and their colleagues in Graz and
Vienna finally concluded the development stage of the BRIC – Bio Resorbable
Implants for Children project. Bioresorbable implants are implants that are
resorbed by the body over time. In contrast to traditional implants, such as
plates, screws or pins, which have to be surgically removed after a certain
time, bioresorbable implants do not have to be surgically removed. The BRICs
are to be used in children, who suffer particularly from each surgical
intervention.