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Device would put fractures back together
A TEAM of researchers is developing a robotics device that can put fractures back together as perfectly as possible.
Dr Sanja Dogramadzi, an engineer at the University of the West of England is working with professor Roger Atkins, an orthopaedic surgeon from the Bristol Royal Infirmary and specialised software company Simpleware to enhance the management of complex, joints' fractures using state-of-the-art 3D imaging, pattern recognition and robotics.
Sanja will use CT scans of healthy and fractured joints to work out the mathematical algorithm for the exact displacement and rotation needed for each fragment to be put back together in exactly the right place.
A TEAM of researchers is developing a robotics device that can put fractures back together as perfectly as possible.
Dr Sanja Dogramadzi, an engineer at the University of the West of England is working with professor Roger Atkins, an orthopaedic surgeon from the Bristol Royal Infirmary and specialised software company Simpleware to enhance the management of complex, joints' fractures using state-of-the-art 3D imaging, pattern recognition and robotics.
Sanja will use CT scans of healthy and fractured joints to work out the mathematical algorithm for the exact displacement and rotation needed for each fragment to be put back together in exactly the right place.
Simple solution sought for foot problems
RESEARCHERS are hoping to provide a simple, inexpensive solution to the painful foot problems experienced by people with scleroderma, a rare but serious connective tissue disorder.
Arthritis Research UK senior lecturer in the Foot and Ankle group at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds, Dr Tony Redmond, is co-ordinating a clinical trial of 140 patients from Leeds, Manchester and London to test the effectiveness of a cushioning, warming insole in people whose feet are affected by the condition.
The study is being funded by a £200,000 grant from medical research charity Arthritis Research UK.
RESEARCHERS are hoping to provide a simple, inexpensive solution to the painful foot problems experienced by people with scleroderma, a rare but serious connective tissue disorder.
Arthritis Research UK senior lecturer in the Foot and Ankle group at Chapel Allerton Hospital in Leeds, Dr Tony Redmond, is co-ordinating a clinical trial of 140 patients from Leeds, Manchester and London to test the effectiveness of a cushioning, warming insole in people whose feet are affected by the condition.
The study is being funded by a £200,000 grant from medical research charity Arthritis Research UK.
