Technical market development for a novel design

Project leader

Dr Tom Joyce

Dates

October 2010 to March 2011

Project staff

Dr Andreas Kontaxis

Sponsors

EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Award

Partners

City Hospital, Nottingham

Description

This project represents the next stage in the development of new, science based, designs of shoulder replacements.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme between Newcastle University, JRI Ltd (Sheffield) and Nottingham University developed a novel total shoulder replacement (VAIOS – Versatile, Anatomic, Inverse Optimised and Stable).

The first surgical implantation took place on 14th April 2010.

Objectives of the project ensured a detailed technical follow up of the first patients to receive the new implant and are as follows:

1. Document all aspects of the operative procedure on 20 patients
2. Use current clinical assessment techniques for full evaluation of the first 20 implanted shoulders.
3. Use developed biomechanical assessment methods. These measured functional ability. They made comparisons with past collected data (study 6 patients).
4. Use previously developed biomechanical modelling approaches to understand functional abilities of patients (6 patients).
5. To present and publish findings of the above studies as soon as possible in high impact meetings and journals