Biodegradable orthopedic materials to serve as suture anchors

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German researchers recently have been engaged in pioneering work involving biodegradable orthopedic materials that are materially strong enough to be suture anchors.
Their innovation involves using powder injection molding to manufacture a suture anchor made of degradable metal-ceramic composites, according to a Fewer surgeries with degradable implants - Research News Nobember 2014 - Topic 3 from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials in Bremen.
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