Background

• Delayed union or non-union are common in fracture healing
• 5-10% of fractures resulted in non-union.
• Clinically, a new way to accelerate fracture healing and to reduce non-union rate is needed
• One of the effective means: creating weight-bearing like micromotion at the fracture site
• This NEW ACCELERATOR can be adapted to different external fixators

Technology Overview

The new accelerator (MMU, Figure 1) speeds up fracture healing by 20%. In rodent model, clear bone formation at week 6 after operation was observed with MMU applied to external fixator Figure 2.

Figure 3

The new accelerator can provide adjustable uniform strain at the fracture site during treatment with a feedback correction mechanism .

Stage of Development

• Lab prototype ready
• Require large animal study to enhance the design

• Compact to accommodate various conditions
• Completely computer-assisted controlled micromotion
• Programmable personalized treatment regime
• Enhances fracture healing by 20% in terms of time to heal
• Variable strain can be generated to cater to individual variations

• An individual module to attached to different external fixator
• Integrated component of external fixators

Patents

• US Provisional Application (No. 62947569)
• PCT application in progress

IP Status

• Patent application submitted

Seeking

• Development partner