FRACFIX

Elimination of secondary surgery for removal of internal fixations of fractured bones

Coordinatore	Nor-Tek Teknologisenter AS    more  Organization address address: GAUSTADALLEEN 21 city: OSLO postcode: 349 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Rune Cognome: Nilsen Email: send email Telefono: +47 95 96 54 54 Fax: +47 22 60 44 27
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Norway [NO]
Sito del progetto	http://www.fracfix.com
Totale costo	1˙442˙861 €
EC contributo	1˙127˙808 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2007-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-11-01   -   2011-07-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	Nor-Tek Teknologisenter AS  Organization address address: GAUSTADALLEEN 21 city: OSLO postcode: 349 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Rune Cognome: Nilsen Email: send email Telefono: +47 95 96 54 54 Fax: +47 22 60 44 27	NO (OSLO)	coordinator	0.00
2	FORETEC SOCIETE FOREZIENNE DE TECHNOLOGIE SARL  Organization address address: RUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE 11 city: MONTBRISON postcode: 42600 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jean-Marc Cognome: Defour Email: send email Telefono: +33 0 4 77 96 89 30 Fax: +33 0 4 77 96 89 39	FR (MONTBRISON)	participant	0.00
3	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: Hansastrasse 27C city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Andrea Cognome: Zeumann Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 1205 2723 Fax: +49 89 1205 7534	DE (MUENCHEN)	participant	0.00
4	INDOSYNT AS  Organization address address: HOGDAVEIEN 41 city: NESOYA postcode: 1397 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Tore Cognome: Idsøe Email: send email Telefono: +47 92 23 24 39 Fax: +47 22 72 80 71	NO (NESOYA)	participant	0.00
5	MEVI-CZ SRO  Organization address address: SMETANOVA 476 city: ZLI MALENOVICE postcode: 763 02 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ludek Cognome: šiška Email: send email Telefono: +420 57 7525451 Fax: +420 577 525 452	CZ (ZLI MALENOVICE)	participant	0.00
6	MG ELECTRIC (COLCHESTER) LIMITED  Organization address address: WYNCOLLS ROAD SEVERALLS INDUSTRIAL city: COLCHESTER postcode: CO4 9HX contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Graham Michael Cognome: Martin Email: send email Telefono: +44 1206 842244 Fax: +44 1206 845849	UK (COLCHESTER)	participant	0.00
7	OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF  Organization address address: FORSKNINGSVEIEN 2B city: OSLO postcode: 373 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Trine Cognome: Sand Kaastad Email: send email Telefono: +47 23076011 Fax: +47 23076010	NO (OSLO)	participant	0.00
8	REEVITE INDUSTRIAL MOULDINGS LTD  Organization address address: MURDOCK ROAD BICESTER 16 city: HEREFORD postcode: OX26 4PP contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Wilkins Email: send email Telefono: +44 1432 357686 Fax: +44 1432 352702	UK (HEREFORD)	participant	0.00
9	WELLS PLASTICS LTD  Organization address address: "Emerald Way, Stone Business Park" city: STONE postcode: ST15 0SR contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Nelson Email: send email Telefono: +44 0 1785 817421 Fax: +44 0 1785 817771	UK (STONE)	participant	0.00

Mappa

 Word cloud

Esplora la "nuvola delle parole (Word Cloud) per avere un'idea di massima del progetto.

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Internal fixation components are widely used in fracture surgery. The medical implant industry is a part of the medical device market generates about €2.4 Bn in Europe and €1.5 Bn in the USA in 2008 and has an estimated annual growth of 10% per year, largely attributed to the aging population in the developed countries. Internal fixation devices market is an estimated €980 Mn in EU25. The total cost of treatment is much higher due the cost of removing the fixation devices, an estimated €3.4 Bn per year in EU25. The idea of FracFix is to develop a fixation system that can be painlessly and easily removed at exact desired moment without surgery and general anaesthesia. During the project a fixator in nano-polymer composite with melting temperature below 50ºC and solid at 41.5 ºC, will be developed to use as the construction material for standard internal fixation parts, as well as an external unit able to melt the material so it can be removed through a 10mm hole in the skin. Internal fixation hardware removal results in high costs for the hospitals and risks and discomfort for the patrient. Removing the need for secondary surgery gives saving of medical personnel’s time and average cost of use of recovery room after general anaesthesia is €400 per patient, bringing the total bill of surgery to €1,250 per surgery. The data for combined surgery and trauma suggests that 18.1% of all procedures in the group result in major complications, and 13.5% result in minor complications, adding to morbidity costs to society. At 140,000 internal fixation removal procedures per year in EU and 90,000 in the USA, the estimated yearly death toll due to hardware removal only is 3,192 patients per year in EU25.'