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Prothesis of anterior cruciate ligament
Sponsored by ANR
Partners : Laurent Corté (Mines ParisTech), Sabine Cantrounet (Mines ParisTech), Pr. David Ku (Georgia Tech), Pr. Mohammed Cherkaoui (Georgia Tech), Frances Baxter (Post-doc, Georgia Tech), Jason Bach (PhD. Student, Georgia Tech)
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Complete rupture of anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is common (more than 100 000 cases per
year in USA). This condition occurs
most often in young people following an accident connected with sports
(football, skiing ...).
In most cases, the ACL reconstruction is done by auto-transplantation of tendons which leads to a loss of performance and a long rehabilitation period. The current artificial prostheses have not yet a sufficient life-time, in addition they do not allow cell recolonization. The objective of this project is to develop a prosthesis with a life-time of ten years or more.
In most cases, the ACL reconstruction is done by auto-transplantation of tendons which leads to a loss of performance and a long rehabilitation period. The current artificial prostheses have not yet a sufficient life-time, in addition they do not allow cell recolonization. The objective of this project is to develop a prosthesis with a life-time of ten years or more.