Matthew Halanski, M.D. - Phoenix Children's Hospital

BioSpring™: Promoting Orthopedic Healing Through Small-Scale Spring Implantables
Abstract The BioSpringTM offers a millimeter-scale, biocompatible spring with high compressibility and load-bearing capacity, enhancing the linear range of motion and providing consistent passive force to promote bone growth in the context of numerous orthopedic implants. This unique double-walled polymeric design, combining a shape-stabilizing outer mesh with an elastic inner material, enables structural elasticity in…

Intra-Operative Rotational Guide
Abstract The engineering team at AVACETM Biomedics has developed a medical device concept that would assist in verifying bone segment placement and realignment—intraoperatively—during a bone deformity correction. The concept is centered around a circular bubble or spirit level designed to attach and detach to the orthopedic surgical pins that are typically placed on the bone…