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Elastomer Reinforced Tensegrity for Joint Replacement (Case No. 2025-249)
Elastomer Reinforced Tensegrity for Joint Replacement Reference: UCLA Case No. 2025-249. Please reach out to our office for more information.
Published: 9/12/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Leonardo Ruffini, Lauren Wessel, Jonathan Hopkins, Mathangi Sridharan
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Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical > Robotics, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems
Compliant Wrist Reconstruction (Case No. 2023-261)
Summary: Researchers in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UCLA have developed a compliant wrist implant as an alternative to current wrist arthroplasty devices. Background: Conventional wrist replacements often lack the longevity and stability required to make total wrist arthroplasty (TWA) the preferred treatment for active patients with...
Published: 8/21/2025   |   Inventor(s): Tyler Clites, Lauren Wessel, Jonathan Hopkins, Leonardo Ruffini, Armin Pomeroy, Nelson Soohoo
Keywords(s): biomedical implantation, compliant mechanisms, constraint design, device stability, fusion, Implant (Medicine), multi-degrees of freedom (DOF), Orthopaedics, Orthopedics and Prosthetics (O & P)
Category(s): Medical Devices > Prosthetics, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools, Therapeutics > Orthopaedics, Therapeutics > Musculoskeletal Disease