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Orthobiologics is a growing sector
The use of orthbiologic technologies is becoming more widespread, it has been claimed.
Speaking to the Journal and Gazette, Biomet's Bill Kolter said the new technology allows surgeons to heal complex fractures and breakages without resorting to bone grafts.
He told the news provider: "We have devices that allow physicians to concentrate blood factors.
"It allows the doctor to use the body's own resources."
Mr Kolter said that the use of orthobiologics was a "small, but growing, part of our business".
Recently, Dek Woolfson and researchers from the University of Bristol, UK, have begun developing new biological scaffolding that could help with cartilage repair following total knee or total hip replacement surgery.
Woolfson, the leader of the study, said the new research would have applications in the field of biomedicine.
The scientists have created hydrogelating self-assembling fibers, known as hydrogels, which the group believes are the first step in medically-useful supportive surgical meshes.
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