This innovative solution promises to alleviate the long-term suffering of bone-fractured patients caused by traditional metal implants
An age-old adage “necessity is the mother of invention”still holds now. This aforementioned adage is duly proven by the fact that Nitin Pratap Varma Senior Scientist and highly esteemed research scholar from Dhanbad-based IIT-ISM and currently working as Senior Scientist for Shahjahanpur( UP) based company G Surgiwear Limited, felt the necessity of resorbable implant that could be fully absorbed in the bodies of accident victims as part of treating their fractured bones. Understanding this need of the hour, Varma held meetings with members–scientists of his research team. Many brainstorming sessions with experiments ensued. Eventually, the team led by Varma zeroed in on the final product and invented the “magnesium implant” for the first time in the world. Shedding light on factual aspects of his invention, Varma says: “For many years, I have been observing the predicaments and troubles being suffered by bone-fractured patients due to inserted implants comprising plates and screws made up of stainless steel and titanium metals Since those plates and screws remained embedded in the body, patients had to undergo painful sufferings for a long period. To remove those metallic plates from the body, the patients have to undergo surgery which is physically tormenting as patients have to bear the brunt of risk aspects of surgery.