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Minimally invasive intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus repair system

Chang-Jung Chiang, Taipei Medical University
Year 2022Year Period:2022-07-01 to

Overview

  • Intervertebral disc herniation is the most common lumbar intervertebral disc disease. At present, intervertebral discectomy is used to remove the protruding intervertebral disc tissue in order to alleviate the symptoms of sciatica, but it does not repair the damaged annulus fibrosus well, and will reappear in 10-15% of patients post-surgery. Re-herniation of the intervertebral disc will accelerate disc degeneration, resulting in pathologic degeneration of the intervertebral disc.
  • The team developed a minimally-invasive disc annulus repair system, using only minimally-invasive endoscopic surgery to complete an implant and surgical suture after discectomy. This procedure stabilizes intervertebral disc structure and reduce recurrence of intervertebral disc herniation. This decreases risk of reoperation, maintains the range of motion of the spine, and delay the time course of intervertebral disc degeneration.

Development Process

During the incubation project period, team will verify the combination of implant bone tissue and bone nails and through animal experiment confirm bone ingrowth >50%, will complete a test production, design control documents, animal safety and efficacy experiments, and submit an application for human clinical trials.

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Project Leader

Project ManagerJiaru Wu　 SpecializationBiomedical materials and biomolecular engineering, bio-membrane R&D, surface modification for medical devices, medical devices regulations and product launch applications: having been certified as a reserve seed consultant for medical devices regulations and for Creo Parametric/AutoCAD competence.
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Project Manager Jiaru Wu
Contact me sabrinawang@biip-mdcc.org +886-3-658-8760#2031
Specialization Biomedical materials and biomolecular engineering, bio-membrane R&D, surface modification for medical devices, medical devices regulations and product launch applications: having been certified as a reserve seed consultant for medical devices regulations and for Creo Parametric/AutoCAD competence.
Duty Guidance for teams focusing on biomedical materials; drawing on her academic and professional expertise and understanding of applicable regulations to help academic or research teams commercialize their technologies and bring their products to market
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