The Spanish company Neo Surgery is developing a composite that reabsorbs the prosthetic material, substituting for it cells that the body itself generates and as such enables the user to lead a normal life.

The company Neo Surgery has taken a giant step in the implantation of protheses for people that need artificial extensions. And it has accomplished this by replacing the parts of the human body that have been lost with a prototype developed out of pioneering reabsorbable materials; these enable making such prosthetic devices disappear, substituting them with cells generated by the patient himself.

Normally the size of protheses may not fit the biomechanical needs of the patient, which can affect mobility and create discomfort.

Conscious of this problem, the Spanish company has developed this pioneering prosthetic system that avoids the use of external medical materials in the human body. The prothesis disappears and thus the patient avoids the usual secondary affects after the implantation of this type of apparatus.

Together with this benefit is bone regeneration in the most damaged areas of the person being operated on. The material used is a polymer, a polylactic acid, that functions as a composite which not only is able to make the prothesis disappear, but also encourages the growth of damaged bone.

The biggest innovation is that it can regenerate bone as a function of the biomechanical properties that the patient requires.

The system includes a prosthetic device that works with invertebrate discs, and functioning as shock absorbers are located between the vertebras of the spine in order to adapt like a glove to the physiognomy of the patient. It is implanted with non-invasive techniques, allowing a person to perform his daily movements as if the prothesis was not there.

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