A recent webinar sponsored by Formlabs underscored the value of 3D printing from a clinical perspective and offered insight on how commercial and regulatory players are thinking about this space.
DURHAM - A Duke University-linked medtech startup has closed on $5 million from investors and plans to use the fund to further develop its partial knee
/PRNewswire/ Sparta Biomedical, a privately held medical device company targeting partial knee resurfacing, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed.
The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person’s weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the joint against impact, over decades of repeat use. That combination of soft-yet-strong has been hard to reproduce in the lab. But now, Duke University researchers say they’ve created an experimental gel that’s the first to match the strength and durability of the real thing.