Contract Number: to be announced later in 2006
Type of Project: FP6-IP-SME-Priority 3 ‘NMP’-Stage 2
Duration: 48 months (2006-2010)
Participants
1.Materialia S.r.L (Italy), 2.Eureco (Finland), 3.Medacta International SA (Switzerland), 4.Ingeo SNC (Italy), 5.FALEX Tribology NV (Belgium), 6.NanoBioMatters S.L. (Spain), 7.Rescoll Technological Center (France), 8.Linvatec Biomaterials (Finland), 9.Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland), 10. Centre of Advanced Surface Engineering (Spain), 11.University College of Borås (Sweden), 12.University of Turku (Finland), 13.University of Cambridge (UK), 14.University of Trieste (Italy), 15.Integra (Italy), 16.Pyrogenesis S.A. (Greece)
Summary
The aim of the NEWBONE project is to develop fibre reinforced composite (FRC) material load-bearing implant. The objective is to produce at prototype level tibial and femoral osteotomy wedges. Studies will be conducted on the use of the developed materials and technologies for complete implants (hip stem, knee) and spine applications.
The NEWBONE project consists of five sub-projects (SPs), which are broken down to eleven Work Packages (WPs):
SP1: Implant material development
WP1: Development of implant material components
WP2: Biomechanical modelling
SP2: Surface development
WP3: Surface material development
WP4: Surface structuring and functionalisation
SP3: Characterisation and testing
WP5: Chemical, physical, biomechanical
and biological characterisation
WP6: Animal testing
SP4: Processing, manufacturing issues
WP7: Implant development
WP8: Prototype manufacturing
SP5: Commercialisation, training, standardisation and management
WP9 : Exploitation, standardisation and regulatory documentation
WP10: Training
WP11: Dissemination of results and project management
Pyrogenesis is the leader in SP2 and WP3 and has also an active participation in WPs 4,7,9,10. The main role of Pyrogenesis is to develop and optimize Calcium Phosphate-based nanopowder using the sol-gel technology, and to produce Calcium Phosphate-based coatings using various thermal spray techniques and sol-gel technology.
