| 08:30 |
Welcome |
| 09:00 |
SESSION 3: Technological and medical interfaces fostering implants’ use |
| 09:00 |
ROUND TABLE 3: Material innovations and Biocompatibility
• Feedback on the different materials
• Bearing evolutions :
- Metal – metal
- Ceramic – ceramic
- Polymers/ceramic - metal
• Can the problems of THA be resolved with new materials and new designs?
AUBERT&DUVAL – Stéphane Delhopital – Market manager
MATHYS MEDICAL - Daniel Delfoss - Innovation & Technology Director
ZIMMER - Claude Rieker- Director Scientific Affairs
Private Clinic in Bruay-Labuissière - Dr. Jean-Alain Epinette – Hip and Knee Reconstructive Surgery
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| 10:00 |
ROUND TABLE 4: Coating innovations
• The bioactive and antibacterial properties of components: what are the possibilities?
• The sterilization of coated implants: preserving the molecules’ bioactivity
• Fast powder sintering: an innovative process suitable for application of Ti foam coatings onto challenging substrates
• Should coating procedures be outsourced?
ALHENIA – Jorge Garcia Forgas - Director
EUROCOATING – Pierfrancesco Robotti – Scientific marketing
INNOVENT - Matthias Schnabelrauch – Biomaterial Director
UPPSALA UNIVERSITY - Hakan Engqvis - Professor in Applied Materials Science - Head of the Materials department
Private Clinic in Bruay-Labuissière - Dr. Jean-Alain Epinette – Hip and Knee Reconstructive Surgery
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| 11:30 |
ROUND TABLE 5: Recent developments in the medical instruments field
• Are customized cutting guides a viable solution for optimizing the positioning of implants?
• The latest developments in the navigation systems field: are new algorithms the solution?
• Which is the best method for ensuring instrument traceability?
• How to manage instrumentation of orthopaedic implants in hospitals?
University of Applied Sciences - Prof. Dr. Erik Schkommodau – Head of Institute of Medical and Analytical Technology
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital – Dr. Edward Davis- Consultant Arthroplasty Surgeon
Sterilization center of Lyon Hospitals – Stéphane Corvaisier – Head pharmacist
Sterilization department of André Grégoire Hospital in Montreuil – Jean-Marc Dauchot - Pharmacist
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| 12:30 |
Closing speech: opportunities and risks for European implants of the future
AFIDEO – Jean Luc Moyat - President |
| 13:00 |
Lunch |
| 14h30 |
SESSION 4: Implant logistics: from manufacturing processes to sterilization |
| 14:30 |
ROUND TABLE 6 : Implants manufacturing Processes: what’s new?
• Manufacturing process evolution : Two examples of innovative processes:
- MIM into implants: which advantages, which perspectives?
- SMAT: a promising process to reduce the friction coefficients.
• Additive manufacturing (laser melting / electron beam):
- Stakes and perspectives
- Feedbacks from both processes
Critt-MDTS – Jean-Marc Popot – CEO
Materalia Cluster – Olivier Bonnet – CEO
LIMA Italy – Alessandro Facchini – R&D director
POLY-SHAPE – Stéphane Abed – CEO
OBL Paris – Guillaume Dubois – Scientific director
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| 15h30 |
Break |
| 16h00 |
ROUND TABLE 7 : Presentation: Cleaning and sterilization
- What cleaning criteria are used? How can cleanliness be assessed?
- Validating the cleaning processes used
- New standards governing final cleaning: how will the intermediary cleaning stage be affected?
MATIERE ET SANTE - Abdel Naji – Consultant |
| 17h00 |
Presentation: Implant packaging and sterilization
MILLSTONE MEDICAL – Jonathan Tillman- Senior Vice president |
| 17h30 |
End of day |
