PITT PART OF MULTI-UNIVERSITY PROJECT THAT AIMS TO REDUCE COMPLICATIONS, MULTIPLE SURGERIES WITH BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTABLE DEVICES
September 04, 2008
September 04, 2008
PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 4 -- University of Pittsburgh issued the following news release:
University of Pittsburgh researchers will help lead dozens of engineers and doctors from universities and industries around the world for a five-year, $18.5 million project announced Sept. 4 to develop implantable devices made from biodegradable metals. The devices will be designed to adapt to physical changes in a patient's body and dissolve once they have healed, reducing the follow-up surgeri . . .
University of Pittsburgh researchers will help lead dozens of engineers and doctors from universities and industries around the world for a five-year, $18.5 million project announced Sept. 4 to develop implantable devices made from biodegradable metals. The devices will be designed to adapt to physical changes in a patient's body and dissolve once they have healed, reducing the follow-up surgeri . . .