Fewer Surgeries with Degradable Implants (IMAGE)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Fewer Surgeries with Degradable Implants

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The demonstrator for a suture anchor made of iron-tricalcium phosphate is only slightly larger than a match head.

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Fraunhofer IFAM

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