An industry-academia-government collaborative group, in which Shimane University School of Medicine, which is developing "bone screws" for fixing broken bones, has developed a new artificial bone screw with increased strength for patients after surgery. It is expected to reduce the burden.
The new "artificial bone screw" was developed by an industry-academia-government collaborative research group that includes Shimane University School of Medicine, Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, and Teijin Medical Technology.
The research group has established a technique for screwing bone from another part of the body for the treatment of bone fractures.
Unlike metal screws, bone screws have the advantage of assimilating with the surrounding bone after a certain period of time and do not need to be removed by surgery again, but there are problems with strength.
Therefore, the research group has newly developed an "artificial bone screw" that uses components similar to bone and has improved shape and thread height to increase strength.
By last month, seven cases of surgery using this "artificial bone screw" had been performed at the Shimane University Hospital, and the burden on patients can be reduced, so the research group hopes to further utilize it in the future. ..