DJO Global's DJO Surgical Business Unit Signs Agreement with University of Utah to Develop Implant Prosthesis to Aid Above the Knee Amputees (press release)
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DJO Global, Inc., a global provider of medical device solutions for musculoskeletal health, vascular health and pain management, today announced that its DJO Surgical business unit and The University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) have signed a license agreement that will enable DJO Surgical to develop a percutaneous osseointegrated prosthesis (POP) for above the knee amputees.
An alternative to traditional socket technology, POP involves an implant in the femur that protrudes through the skin and attaches to a prosthetic limb. Prior POP development efforts have encountered difficulty with infection at the site where the implant protrudes through the skin. Based at the University of Utah, Dr. Roy Bloebaum, PHD and his team of researchers have developed a device using DJO Surgical's new proprietary titanium P(2)(P-squared) porous coating. P(2) acts as both the bone in-growth as well as the seal material on the implant that provides a "soft tissue seal" around the device...
