Expert's Opinion

Self-Powered Implantable Device Stimulates Fast Bone Healing, Then Disappears Without a Trace

Thin, flexible device is self-powered, implantable and bioresorbable.

In 2017, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his right collarbone in a game against the Minnesota Vikings. Typically, it takes about 12 weeks for a collarbone to fully heal, but by mid-December fans and commentators were hoping the three-time MVP might recover early and save a losing season. So did Xudong Wang, a professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an expert in creating thin, movement-powered medical devices. “I started wonderi...

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