Joint Implant Material Created at Colorado State University Now Working in Humans (Colorado State)
FORT COLLINS - A new, longer-lasting joint implant material developed by a Colorado State University professor in conjunction with an Indiana company has now been implanted into a London patient and is being sold in Europe.
The biologically enhanced implant material created by Professor Susan James and BioPoly LLC of Fort Wayne, Ind., is designed to allow active adults to seek joint repair at an earlier age and thus reduce their pain sooner. The CSU-related patents were licensed to BioPoly by CSU Ventures, the technology transfer office for the university.
“This success will enhance our reputation to show that what begins as fundamental research eventually reaches the clinic,” said James, now department head of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State and formerly founding director of CSU’s School of Biomedical Engineering. “This partial resurfacing implant at least puts off a total knee replacement for this patient, which is more expensive and a more difficult recovery.
“It’s really exciting,” said an elated James. “To relieve someone’s pain is just really cool.”
The first patient to...
