flowbone SA
EPFL Innovation Park
Bâtiment D
1015 Lausanne
ulrike.kettenberger@flowbone.com
www.flowbone.com
Injectible Gel for Hip Bone Strength Restoration in Elderly Patients
In our aging society, fracture prevention in the elderly is an urgent topic. Hip fractures are the most costly and devastating, with a 1-year mortality of a staggering 20%. Drugs are inefficient for the hips and surgical techniques too invasive.
EPFL spinoff flowbone developed a new generation of biomaterial that can be injected into the hips in a simple ambulatory procedure to locally restore bone strength in hips before they break.