The Plasti-Bone

Bone grafts or amputation have been the primary option for patients who have suffered from severely damaged arm or leg bones; however, with ACR, Inc, the Plasti-Bone has opened doors in medicine.

With the use of a CAT or MRI scan, an image can be made for a healthy arm/leg bone and then converted to a "growth code" corresponding to the portion of bone needed. Using rapid prototyping technology, ACR then creates a micro-porous calcium phosphate coated polymer "bone" with is surgically implanted into its location. With time, the bone cells begin to attach to the implant. This allows the real bone to 'grow through' the scaffold, and allows the body to naturally excrete the calcium phosphate material, leaving real bone at the site where the Plasti-Bone was surgically placed.

**I found this article interesting due to the many opportunities that will be able to come about with this Plasti-Bone. Patients who would normally suffer from amputations or bone grafts would instead have the option to "grow" back their bones without the complications that tie to amputations/bone grafts. This specific treatment is promising and I believe will be greatly promising in the near future.

Read the full article here: http://www.biology-online.org/articles/plasti-bone__ceramic_polymer.html