Archive for June 2020

An injectable gel material to repair spinal discs is being tested on elderly sheep in an innovative animal trial funded by the IKC.

A portable scanner that lets doctors quickly assess the seriousness of chest pain in patients is a step closer to production following a clinical trial.

Sterile, off-the-shelf, replacement corneas are moving closer to commercialisation, thanks to IKC support.

A bespoke technology package for complex knee surgery will be tested in its first human trial later this year.

A new diagnostic tool to identify hip dysplasia in newborn babies has successfully completed a small-scale trial at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool. 

A dressing that can speed up healing in chronic wounds is undergoing regulatory approval in preparation for its first trial with patients. 

Dr Jeffers from Imperial College London secured IKC funding to create a novel titanium device to repair joints or correct their alignment.

Collaboration with clinicians and NHS Blood and Transplant is enabling the evaluation of an existing technology to help prevent foot ulcers in diabetic patients.

A gel that combines with regenerative cells from the omentum, the fatty layer inside the abdomen, is being developed to support wound healing following colorectal surgery.

Researchers at the University of Leeds Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering are using an approach they call SAFER – Stratified Approaches for Enhanced Reliability.