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Funded Project Details - FY2021




Project Number:

I01RX001991-01A2
Title: Shock Waves and Injectable Gelatin Matrix for Cartilage Repair
Principal Investigator:

Myron Spector

Location: Boston, MA
Congressional District Code: 7
Research Service: Rehabilitation R&D
Project Period: January 2017 - December 2021
FY 2021 Funding Amount: $0
Total Award Amount
(all years):		 $762,736
Abstract: View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER
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Excerpt:

The overall goal of this 3-year project is to improve the outcome of a “marrow stimulation” procedure for cartilage repair (viz., “microfracture”) through the use of: 1) extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) treatment to enhance marrow stimulation; and 2) an injectable hyaluronic acid-gelatin (HA-Gtn) matrix to initially contain the fibrin clot and cells infiltrating the defect from the stimulated subchondral bone marrow. This proposal is based on the prior findings in which ESWs have been found to su...


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