MeDe Innovation Fourth Annual Conference

Date: January 19, 2017

Location: Norcroft Conference Centre, Bradford

Returning in 2017, the MeDe Innovation Annual Conference is a unique opportunity to access the latest developments in orthopaedic medical device manufacture.
The conference brings together MeDe Innovation’s network of academics, industrialists, clinicians and regulatory body representatives through lively presentations, debate and poster sessions.
The conference is open to anyone with an interest in the design and manufacture of Class III, orthopaedic medical devices.
Further programme details are available below – register now to avoid disappointment.

Event programme

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Time
10.00	Registration and networking (tea and coffee available)
10.30	Welcome and introduction	Professor Phil Coates
	*Session A: Manufacturing at the point of need – Chaired by Professors Kenny Dalgarno and Phil Coates*
10.45	Shape memory polymers for soft tissue fixation devices in minimally invasive surgeries	Dimitrios Vgenopoulos
10.55	Compression screws for repairing small bones/bone fragments made from biocompatible, bioresorbable, body-temperature reverting, plasticised shape-memory polymers	Brian Thompson
11.05	Property gradient nano-hydroxyapatite loaded hydrogels for osteochondral defect treatment	Yulia Ryabenkova
11.15	Arthroscopic Additive Manufacture – A Proof of Concept Study	Simon Partridge
11.25	Manufacture of Complex Biofunctional Devices for Musculoskeletal Repair using Electrospinning	Martin Santocildes-Romero
11.35	Fabrication of Synthetic 3D Niche Environments for Regenerative Devices	Tom Paterson
11.45	Mechanical Properties of Porous PLA Structures During Dissolution	Natacha Rodrigues
11.55	High Throughput Approaches to Cell Printing	Matt Benning
12.00	*1 minute poster elevator pitches*
	A1: Pre-clinical assessment of TKR: A combined computational-experimental wear simulation approach	Abdellatif Abdelgaied
	A2: Wear and Deformation of Metal-on-Polyethylene Bearings under Edge Loading Conditions due to Variations in Component Positioning	Murat Ali
	A3: Development of a Preclinical Natural Knee Simulation Model for the Tribological Assessment of Osteochondral Grafts	Phillipa Bowland
	A4: Modelling Vertebroplasty in Bovine Tail Vertebrae	Gavin Day
	A5: Fatigue Testing of Cement Augmentation for Vertebral Fractures	Ruth Coe
	A6: Development of a pre-clinical simulation model of the natural knee with appropriate ligamentous constraints	Aiqin Liu
	A7: in-silico evidence helps to understand variability in pre-clinical testing of spinal interventions	Marlene Mengoni
	A8: The effect of the swing phase load in a hip joint simulator under a translational mismatch on the occurrence and severity of edge loading for ceramic-on-ceramic	Oscar O’Dwyer Lancaster-Jones
	A9: Reducing variance of pre-clinical testing for inter-vertebral disc interventions.	Sebastian Sikora
	A10: The Effect of Malalignment on the Wear of a Total Ankle Replacement	Alex Smyth
	A11: Quantification of bulge in the intervertebral disc using CT imaging.	Fernando Yitzhak Zapata Cornelio
	A12: Cartilage degeneration and subchondral bone remodelling in osteoarthritic hips	Maryam Tammadon
	A13: Wear properties of Poly-ether-ether-ketone bearing combinations under uni- and multi-directional motion.	Kathryn Chamberlain
	B1: Self-assembling peptide gels for articular cartilage repair	Andres Barco
	B2: Utilising electrospinning to produce scaffolds with random or aligned fibres	Selina Beal
	B3: The wear performance of an all-polymer knee replacement	Raelene Cowie
	B4:Encapsulation of Chondrocytes for Bioprinting	Joseph Dudman
	B5: Intraosseous Transcutaneous Amputation Prosthesis (ITAP): Enhance Tissue Integration	Elena Giusto
	B6: Osteochondral organoids for OA modelling	Niloufar Hojatoleslami
	B7: Manufacture of small prosthetic joint surfaces that resist microbial colonisation	Maria Katsikogianni
	B8: Hybrid PCL-Collagen Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering	Kegan McColgan-Bannon
	B9: Material development for Additive Manufacture of Porous Apatite-Wollastonite Implants	Priscila Melo
	B10: Manufacture of SLM-Enabled Electrospun Synthetic Niches for Regenerative Medicine	Thomas Paterson
	B11: Development of Osteochondral plug for joint repair	Katherine Pitrolino
	B12: Preliminary study of the viability of synovial fluid MSCs on microfabricated electrospun membranes	Martin Eduardo Santocildes Romero
	B13: In vitro and in vivo performances of a multi-layered scaffold for treatment of large osteochondral defects	Maryam Tammadon
	B14: Compression screws for repairing small bones/ bone fragments made from biocompatible, bioresorbable, body-temperature reverting, plasticised shape-memory polymers	Brian Thomson
	B15: Shape memory polymers for soft tissue fixation devices in minimally invasive surgeries	Dimitrios Vgenopoulos
	B16: Development of a minimally invasive therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration using synthetic peptides	James Warren
	B17: Schwarz P Unit Cell Based Tissue Scaffolds : Mechanical Characterisation Via Micromechanical Analyses	Adi Zabidi
	B18: pH and glucose dual- responsive injectable hydrogels for controlled drug release	Lingling Zaho
	B19: Approaches to Anti-microbial surfaces for orthopaedic applications	Michael Zurawski
	C1: Blood flow modelling through an elastic stenosis	Cesar Alegre Martínez
	C2: Simulation of a frontal impact load applied to a geometric approximation of the human chest	Francisco Carrasco – Hernández
12:45	*Lunch and poster viewing* 12:45-13:15: LUNCH 13:15-13:45: Poster presenters A1-B4 available 13:45-14:15: Poster presenters B5-C2 available
14:30	*Keynote address: Professor Noel Fitzpatrick* One medicine for man and animal – working together toward a new era for custom implants and regenerative scaffolds.

	*Session B: Stratified design and manufacture of orthopaedic implants – Chaired by Professor Ruth Wilcox*
15:30	Manufacturing challenges of multiphase devices and quality control of additively manufactured medical devices.		Professor David Grant
15:45	Manufacture of customised non-woven collagen scaffold formats		Professor Steve Russell
16:00	Manufacture and in vivo performance of an acellular composite bone-tendon-bone scaffold		Professor Eileen Ingham
16:15	Towards a new ISO standard for pre-clinical testing of hip prostheses		Dr Louise Jennings
16:30	Close of meeting An optional tour of the Polymer IRC facilities will be available at this time

Call for posters

Abstract submissions are invited from researchers within the MeDe Innovation community for short oral presentations combined with a poster presentation.
We would particularly like to receive abstracts describing research secondments, training secondments, collaborative research between academic partners, cross disciplinary research, international research collaborations and collaborative research with clinical and industry partners.
Our 1 minute poster pitches followed by a one hour poster display offers an informal setting to showcase a wide variety of research, career development and collaboration. This combined podium and poster session provides an excellent interactive platform for researchers to present their own research work undertaken in collaboration with the wider MeDe Innovation community and receive further recognition. Prizes will be awarded for the three best poster presentations.
Guidelines

Abstracts should be submitted by email to Kelly Broadbent (info@mede-innovation.ac.uk) on the form below
The deadline for submission is Friday 25th November
Poster presenters must attend the full conference, and pre-register attendance on our website (https://mede-innovation.ac.uk//events/ )
All presenters will be expected to give a 1 minute pitch during the conference. This leads to significantly more engagement during the poster viewing session
Presenters should liaise with their supervisor for final sign off of poster designs
Posters should be A1 size (a template will be provided)
Posters should be printed and brought to the venue on the day of the conference, and presenters will be expected to make themselves available during conference break times for networking and discussion
The display boards will be covered in nylon loop material and we will supply Velcro tabs to secure your poster to the board

Key Dates
Deadline for abstract submission: Friday 25th November
Acceptance announcement: w/c Monday 19th December
Annual Conference: Thursday 19th January 2017

Download the abstract submission form here (opens Word document)

Venue details

The conference will be held at the Norcroft Conference Centre at the University of Bradford.
A map of the campus, and details on where to park, can be found on the University of Bradford website.

Guidelines for poster presenters

Poster presenters were emailed on Tuesday 20th December with guidelines for presentation of their poster and 1-minute pitch.
Download the poster guidelines to save this information (opens PDF).
The running order for the poster presentations can be found by downloading a copy of the programme (opens PDF).

Guidelines for speakers

Speakers were emailed on Tuesday 20th December with guidelines for their presentations.
Download the speaker guidelines to save this information (opens PDF).
The running order for the presentations can be found by downloading a copy of the programme (opens PDF).

Joining instructions for delegates

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