Pre-clinical Wear Simulation : Material Screening

Pre-clinical Wear Simulation: Hip testing capabilities

Pre-clinical Wear Simulation: Knee testing capabilities

Determination of friction for hip implants

Determination of friction for knee implants

Characterisation of Natural Biomaterial Properties

Functional cardiovascular testing

Decellularisation process for animal tissue

Decellularisation process for human tissue

Development of analysis methods for decellularisation

PhD Studentship – Divison of Surgery and Interventional Science UCL

January 24, 2017

The PhD studentship is based within Dr Deepak Kalaskar’s Patient Specific medical implant and device (PSMID) research group, part of the Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences and multidisciplinary research facility, with a focus on patient specific implants and device design. The studentship covers the full cost of UK/EU tuition fees, plus a tax free […]

Funded PhD opportunity in ankle joint replacement at the Univeristy of Leeds

This exciting project will apply novel engineering tools to examine an emerging area of ankle joint replacement. It is estimated that osteoarthritis of the ankle affects more than 70 million people worldwide. Total ankle replacement (TAR) has been used clinically as a treatment for ankle arthritis however, it is less successful than hip or knee […]