Recipient: Justus Liebig University, Giessen
Funding: GO-Bio initial conceptual phase 4 (01/10/2023 to 30/09/2024, EUR 119,748.00)

Project description:

In addition to considerable risks for patients, revision operations of endoprostheses caused additional costs of around EUR 97 million in the German healthcare system in 2021. The endoprosthesis project aims to develop an innovative tool that can significantly reduce the number of these revision surgeries.

When a prosthesis is hammered into a bone, changing acoustic signals are generated. These can be evaluated with the support of artificial intelligence and offer the possibility of determining the strength of the prosthesis intraoperatively, without contact and without radiation exposure for the patient, regardless of the experience of the surgeon. In addition to constant monitoring of the surgical process, the new system can shorten the operation time and reduce associated complications such as infections.

The aim is to ensure standardisation of cement-free endoprosthesis implantation in order to reduce intra- and postoperative complications and increase the safety and quality of the operation.

In the exploratory phase the business model for acoustic implantation monitoring will be developed and an implementation plan for the subsequent feasibility phase will be drawn up. To this end a market and competition analysis is carried out and an IP strategy is defined. The development plan will be developed on the basis of the Medical Devices Regulation and a clinical trial will be prepared.