BoneSens
"GBi1S"-Project Founding (2020 - 2022)
(FKZ: 031B0963)
DLR-Project Founding (2022 - 2025)
(FKZ: 01EK2107A)
Motivation:
• Development of a novel digitized spacer for longitudinal tracking of the infection situation in two-stage total endoprosthesis (TEP) replacement
• Up to 30% (BRD) of patients with joint implants are affected by infections
Main question: When can the spacer interval be terminated and the final endoprosthesis be implanted?
Our Vision:
• Digitalized spacer system, for local, continuous non-invasive and objective measurements (e.g. video images from inside the knee and spectral information)
• Definition of a threshold value (when is the joint considered bug free)
• Elimination of arthroscopies and their risks (anesthesia, embolisms, new infections and trauma)
• Reduction of treatment costs by shortening inpatient treatment
Previous results/References:
• 3D-printed, digitized spacer prototypes with (digit-Spacer; Fig. 1)
• Intra-articular live image and video recordings of ex-vivo knee preparations (porcin, human) (Fig. 2)
• Contribution to „X. Münchener Symposium für experimentelle Orthopädie, Unfallchirurgie und muskuloskelettale Forschung“
• Registered invention disclosure/patent
Details of the funding initiative:
• Go-Bio-initial (BMBF) as a two-stage funding initiative (exploratory/feasibility phase) https://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/bekanntmachung-2722.html
Contact:
Heinz-Nixdorf-Chair of Biomedical Electronics: oliver.hayden@tum.de; christoph.dillitzer@tum.de;
Clinic for Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics of the Klinikum rechts der Isar:aobermeier@tum.de
More information on: https://bonesens.com/