{"id":14700,"date":"2019-10-03T13:14:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/?p=14700"},"modified":"2019-10-03T13:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T12:15:55","slug":"carbon-fibre-technology-to-treat-broken-bones-gets-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.compositestoday.com\/2019\/10\/carbon-fibre-technology-to-treat-broken-bones-gets-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon fibre technology to treat broken bones gets funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A University of Arizona professor has invented a flexible carbon fibre fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When an animal or human suffers a broken bone, sometimes a traditional cast is not a viable option due to the location or nature of the fracture. To address the problem, the University of Arizona professor Hamid Saadatmanesh has created a flexible carbon fibre fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. The fabric is filled with an inert polymer to inflate the fabric, which then acts as a permanent cast which cannot be rebroken.<\/p>\n<p>Saadatmanesh, a professor in the College of Engineering, licensed the technology from the UA and started a company, MediCarbone Inc., to commercialise the invention. He is off to a successful start, having received investment funding from UAVenture Capital, a Tucson-based venture capital fund dedicated to the commercialisation of discoveries, products, technologies and services emerging from the UA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\" \"><p>We are excited about Dr. Saadatmanesh\u2019s innovation for bone repair because of the difference the medical application can make and the lack of anything similar in the marketplace. <cite>Doug Hockstad, assistant vice president of Tech Launch Arizona<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Through the creative use of carbon fibre, the company see huge opportunities for both infrastructure repair and medical utilisation of the new invention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A University of Arizona professor has invented a flexible carbon fibre fabric designed to be inserted inside and around a fractured bone. 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