This implant heals broken bones while transforming into natural bone (World Economic Forum)
New Bones
When a bone breaks, medical devices and objects like screws and pins are often used to hold the pieces together while the bone heals. But this process can be extremely painful, long, and difficult. One new technological marvel might make these methods obsolete. This potentially game-changing new tool is a 3D printed ceramic implant that holds fractured bones together while turning into actual, natural bone.
Created by Hala Zreiqat at the University of Sydney in Australia and her collea...
The Orthopedics Industry 