Title: NEW GENERATION OF BIOACTIVE LASER TEXTURED TI/HAP IMPLANTS
Acronym: BiLaTex
Project start-end date:
01/05/2023 – 30/04/2026
Total Project Costs: 765 000 (Euro)
Project Abstract
Visible effects of society’s ageing is the reported increase in the necessity of orthopaedic implants boosting to a huge economical market. For a successful integration of any implant, bone regeneration, osseointegration at the interface bone and implant as well as mitigating inflammatory events are crucial aspects. The project aims at extending the biocompatibility and tribo-mechanical performance associated with a lifetime of surgical implants based on Titanium (Ti). The hypothesis states combining Ti alloy with hydroxyapatite (HAp), and medically active components (drug delivery function) in order to obtain excellent biomaterial supporting bone growth and eliminating the problem of loosening of the implant by its integration with bone. The project goes beyond the state-of-the-art by laser surface treatment, opening the underlying porosity improving the cell transport and cell growth. The result implant biomaterial, will reduce the number of removal surgeries in the future.
Partners:
Coordinator – Cracow University of Technology (PK) 
Contact person (Principal Investigator): Dr inż. Agnieszka Maria Tomala
Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics
37 Jana Pawla II
31-864 Cracow, Poland
Tel. +48 12 628 34 62
e-mail: agnieszka.tomala@pk.edu.pl
Researchers Involved: Prof. dr hab. inż. Agnieszka SOBCZAK-KUPIEC (agnieszka.sobczak-kupiec@pk.edu.pl), dr hab. inż. Bożena Tyliszczak (bozena.tyliszczak@pk.edu.pl), mgr inż. Julia Sadik (julia.sadlik98@gmail.com), mgr inż. Magdalena Bańkosz (magdalena.bankosz@pk.edu.pl),
Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) 
Contact person:
DSc Irina Hussainova, Tenured Full Professor
Department of Mehanical and Industrial Engineering,
Tallinn University of Technology
Ehitajate 5, 19086, Tallinn, Estonia
Office: U06-205
Tel.: 372 6203371
e-mail: irina.hussainova@taltech.ee
Researchers Involved: Rahul Kumar (rahul.kumar@taltech.ee) Mansoureh Rezapourianghahfarokhi (mansoureh.rezapourianghahfarokhi@taltech.ee )
University of Ljubljana (UL) 
Contact person:
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
TINT – Laboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology
Aškerčeva 6, 1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: +386 1 4771 460
e-mail: Mitjan.Kalin@fs.uni-lj.si
Researchers Involved: doc. dr. Marko Polajnar (marko.polajnar@fs.uni-lj.si)
ATMAT Sp. z o.o. (ATMAT) 
Contact person:
Mateusz Dyląg
ATMAT Sp. z o.o.
Ul. Leśna 28, 32-590 Libiąż
email: mateusz.dylag@atmat.pl
mobile: +48 501 256 670
Researchers Involved: Jarosław Wołek jaroslaw.wolek@atmat.pl
Meetings:
1st kick-off meeting (on-line): 11.05.2023
