Credit: University of Arizona Biomedical Engineering Department/UA Orthopaedic Research Lab, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
New tools for future joint repair: Some of the new tools bringing cartilage regeneration for bone and joint repair closer to clinical practice include, from left, personalized cartilage scaffold (scaffold shown is four times normal size to help visualize the pattern needed for guiding growth into native bone); rounded, four-channel digital radio transmitter for direct transmission of bone load measurement at the joint; hand held computer/receiver to display historical loading patterns; and a replica of a knee joint showing a properly-sized scaffold implanted in the joint where a surgeon might place it.