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$557,000 Boost – Next-Generation Spinal Fusion Goes “Meta”

NIBIB in the News
February 7, 2024

An engineer from Pitt has been awarded $557K in NIH funding to conduct the world’s first in vivo trials of metamaterial orthopedic implants.

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An NIBIB-funded U Pittsburgh civil engineer specializing in bridges and infrastructure has created the first “metamaterial” orthopedic implants. Source: SciTechDaily