Archive for IKC POC

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 prototype device that can repair damaged tooth enamel – developed thanks to IKC proof of concept funding – is ready to be trialled in human volunteers. The device, which lead researcher Professor Animesh Jha describes as looking ‘a bit like a water pistol’, delivers a synthetic calcium phosphate material directly to the tooth where […]

Find out more about how Tissue Regenix’ patented dCELL Technology is being used in ’21st Century Healthcare’ in this short video.

Trials of a new tissue engineering scaffold to repair osteochondral defects have shown it enables better regrowth of both bone and cartilage, compared to commercially available scaffolds.

The National Centre for Universities and Business State of the Relationship Report 2017 highlights the partnership between the University of Leeds and DePuy Synthes – page 66.

As a clinical innovation associate with the Medical Technologies IKC, Consultant Paediatric Urologist and Associate Professor Ramnath Subramaniam comes into regular contact with medical engineers at the University of Leeds. These relationships helped him to identify a new use for tissue engineering in his clinical work, now being supported through proof of concept trials by […]

A promising new material for knee joint replacements is being put through its paces in Leeds’ world class joint replacement simulation facility in a project developed in partnership with biomedical materials specialist, Invibio. New materials for bone implant surgery are continually under investigation. As people’s life expectancy increases, there is an ongoing need to find […]

Operations to reduce back pain by stabilising or replacing worn out spinal discs can often fail because the implant is not tailored to the patient with sufficient accuracy. The IKC provided proof of concept funding to help Leeds researchers address this problem through a partnership with 3D image processing company Simpleware. The aim of the […]