Customised hip resurfacing arthroplasty implant
The purpose of CustomHip is to create an innovative metal hip arthroplasty implant (customized to the patient's needs) with a ceramic coating in order to avoid all the negative effects and disadvantages of friction between metal surfaces (metal on metal), while retaining all the advantages of the surface arthroplasty method, i.e., minimal bone removal of the femoral head.
A. The design and production of a resurfacing arthroplasty implant | The project aims at the development of an innovative surface arthroplasty implant consisting of a metal skeleton bearing a ceramic coating. |
B. The development of an implant personalization software | The project aims at the development of an automated software for customized design and manufacturing of the resurfacing arthroplasty implant. |
C. Dissimination | The aim of the dissemination and publicity activities is the promotion of the project and its potential benefits to stakeholders from industry, as well as to academic and research communities outside the consortium. |