Hipper than Ever: Advancing Technologies Make Hip Replacements Viable for a Younger Population
When you picture a typical hip replacement candidate, you likely think of someone aged 60 or 70, not 40 or 50. Up until recently, that assessment was in line with reality. The main reason older adults have been more likely to receive a hip replacement is fairly obvious: as people age, their joints are more likely to degenerate to the point where surgery is required.
A Basic Guide to Key Benefits of Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Orthopedic and Dental Implants
It is not uncommon to encounter the term hydroxyapatite (or its abbreviations, HA or HAp) when reviewing information about dental or orthopedic implants. This short primer offers a basic overview of why HA coatings have become a much sought after surface treatment by medical device manufacturers seeking to optimize their implant designs.
Better Medical Devices Through Automation
Sometimes when we think of automation, we get this idea of a rigid, inflexible machine stamping out mountains of cookie cutter products ad infinitum. An important part of our business at Himed is making customized products that meet very specific customer requirements, sometimes in small batches. The cookie cutter approach would never work for us.
Himed and Alfred University Partner to Better Understand Synthesis and Production of Critical Biomaterials
Himed and Alfred University’s New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC) recently announced a multi-year collaborative research agreement that aims to advance and optimize techniques used in the production of calcium phosphate biomaterials.
Such materials play a critical role in the repair of hard tissues in applications ranging from dental implants to bone grafting and bone replacement. The global market for dental implants alone, already a $4.6 billion industry, is expected to continue to grow by 9% annually through 2027. Improvements in bioactive healing through better biomaterials will benefit patients from all walks of life, including an aging global population who will come to rely on such materials for an improved quality of life.
Regrowing Cartilage in Mice May Mean Good Things for Arthritis Treatment
Researchers at Stanford have good news for the future of arthritis treatment. In a paper published in Nature Medicine, Stanford professors and visiting researcher Matthew Murphy, PhD discovered a method that resulted in the regrowth of cartilage in mice.
That’s pretty remarkable when you consider up until now, the medical community believed that once cartilage was gone, it was gone for good. Losing this critical layer of tissue between bones is what leads to the pain of arthritis and it can be lost through injury or just plain old age. Most of the treatments we have now involve invasive surgeries like joint replacements or long-term pain management regimens.