Bone substitute is used in case of bone accident or bone cancer or bone loss. Due to this there is a risk of many types of infection and the patient is not completely normal. However this will no longer happen.
IIT scientists have developed bone regeneration technology, with the help of which, wherever there is no bone, a paste will be injected and the gap will be filled. Slowly the bone will start coming as before. MoU was signed between IIT and Ortho Regenics on Wednesday to enable more and more patients and doctors to use this technology. Under the agreement, Ortho Regenics will commercially use this technology.
The scientists of IIT are constantly doing new research in the field of medicine. BSBE department of the institute Prof. Ashok Kumar informed that nano hydroxyapatite based porous polymer composite scaffolds for bioactive molecule delivery in musculoskeletal regeneration technology has been developed.
Arun Teotia has also been a collaborator in this. Pro. Ashok told that it can be delivered directly to the implant site. The new is completely biodegradable and has osteoinductive (bone healing process) and osteopromotive (material for new bone growth) properties for bone regeneration.
This composite scaffold can be used in the filling of large bone defects without compromising on connectivity and structural defects, oxygen and blood circulation. It may also be used as a bone substitute in the future.
Director Prof. Abhay Karandikar said that this technology will bring a big change in the medical field. During the agreement, Prof. S Ganesh, Prof. Amitabh Bandopadhyay, Prof. Ankush Sharma, Prof. Ashok Kumar, Prof. Gopal Pandey, Dr. Sudhir Reddy were present.