Prosthetic Joints

Lead Researcher:

Professor Ron Sekel

Significance

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Major Achievements

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation cobalt chrome Margron/DTC modular primary and revision hip replacement system has been developed over a ten year period.

The M-COR hip replacement stem and the Equator+ acetabular cup, a modular prosthesis in titanium alloy (4 years research and development).

Current and Future Research

The revision M-COR hip replacement system is in the late prototype stage of testing, and first human implantation is expected in the fourth quarter of 2008.

A revision knee replacement is also under development and now is at the early prototype stage of development, with finite element analysis completed.

Recent publications

Sekel R. Uncemented hip replacement stem fixation: a new design trend. APLAR Journal of Rheumatology 1999 (Volume 2, Number 3)276-78.

Frost RB, Sekel R, Kandel L. The engineering design of the Margron femoral hip prosthesis system. Journal of Engineering Design 2003 (Volume 14, Number 2) 1150127