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 The booth of Degradable Solutions AG at IDS 2003 in Cologne |
Degradable Solutions AG"It is our goal to develop innovative medical therapies and to substitute permanent implants by the use of Degradable Solutions for the benefit of patients" |
There is no financial interest between www.swissbiomat.ch and Degradable Solutions AG |
Founded in 1999 as a spin-off of the former chair of Biocompatible Materials Science and Engineering at the Swiss Polytechnic Institute in Zurich, with the financial support of the Swiss National Commission of Technology and Innovation, the company specializes in the development of new solutions to replace permanent implants by degradable implants. It works in close collaboration with medical and pharmaceutical partners to develop new projects, and it sells its proprietary products based on degradable polymers.
The area of expertise includes the design, manufacturing and characterization of load bearing implants, i.e. pins, screws, plates, dowels, the development of new processing technologies, and more technical abilities in the chemistry and the testing of properties of degradable polymers, either in the processing stage or during simulated degradation. The most used degradable polymers are poly lactic acids (PLA), poly glycolide (PGA) and their copolymers (PLGA).
The main products of the company are presented on the right. They are characterized by their very focused applications, in dentistry and in orthopedic surgery mainly. Beside these ready-to-use products, the company is working on developing specific projects with pharmaceutical companies and with medical and academic institutions. Recently, they have developed a fully new technology to fabricate porous bio-degradable constructs, like scaffolds for tissue engineering.
The extended knowledge of these degradable polymers, acquired over more than 9 years of involvement in this particular sector, and a well equiped research laboratory, provide all the tools necessary for a comfortable advance in this very specific field and for the successful development of new products and technologies.
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The group of collaborators of Degradable Solutions AG, illustrating the spirit of youth and creativity of this small company. |
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The Top 10 Product ! has been awarded to the RootReplica system, in the category of Dental Implantology and Parodontology, at the International Dental Show 2003 in Cologne. |
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The Swiss Technology Award 2004 has been given to Degradable Solutions AG for the innovative aspects of its RootReplica system |
Degradable Solutions AG
Wagistrasse 23
CH-8952 Schlieren
Switzerland
phone: +41-43-433 62 00
fax: +41-43-433 62 01
email: info@degradable.ch
Website: http://www.degradable.ch
All illustrations of this section courtesy of Degradable Solutions AG
Products
The system offers to the clinician the possibility to fabricate at the chair side in about 5 minutes an exact replica of the roots of the tooth which has just been extracted. The replica, made of a composite of bioceramic granules and resorbable polymers, is then inserted in the alveola and new bone is progressively substituting the resorbable RootReplica.
These granulates consist of bio-degradable high purity beta-tricalcium phosphate ( beta-Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2). Used for filling of bone defects, they are fully degradated within 9 to 15 months. They are mainly used in dentistry, in conjunction with Guided Bone Regeneration (GBR).
Load-bearing implants
Designed to replace the metallic versions of plates and screws used mainly in osteosynthesis, these bio-degradable implants are made of poly lactic acids, polyglycolides and their copolymers. They degrade in the body within 1-2 years, thus suppressing the costly operation of retrieval of the metallic parts when the bone has healed .