{"id":1021,"date":"2019-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/advancing-patient-care-through-innovative-orthopaedics\/1021\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T16:08:49","slug":"advancing-patient-care-through-innovative-orthopaedics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/advancing-patient-care-through-innovative-orthopaedics\/1021\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing patient care through innovative orthopaedics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Director of the AO Research Institute Davos, Prof Geoff Richards speaks to Innovation News Network about some of the up and coming projects surrounding innovative orthopaedic research and development.<\/h2>\n

Founded in 1958, the AO foundation is a medically guided, not-for-profit organisation led by an international group of surgeons specialised in the treatment of trauma and disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Today, the AO has a global network of over 200,000 health care professionals. Each year it offers over 830 educational events around the world, which are supported by nearly 9,000 faculty and are attended by over 58,000 participants. It has 20,000 surgeon members working in the fields of trauma, spine, craniomaxillofacial (CMF), veterinary, and reconstructive surgery.<\/p>\n

The Mission of the AO foundation is promoting excellence in patient care and outcomes in trauma and musculoskeletal disorders. The focus of the AO clinical divisions, clinical unit, and Institutes, is on producing new concepts for improved fracture care, delivering evidence-based decision making, guaranteeing rigorous concept and product approval as well as timely and comprehensive dissemination of knowledge and expertise. The AO is made up from four clinical divisions (AOTrauma, AOSpine, AOCMF, AOVET), one clinical unit (AORecon), and four institutes the AO Research Institute Davos (ARI), AO Education Institute, AO Clinical Investigation & Documentation and AO Technical Commission (AOTK).<\/p>\n

Innovation News Network speaks to Director of ARI, Prof Geoff Richards, about some of ARI’s current projects.<\/h3>\n

What is the work and role of ARI?<\/h3>\n

AO Research Institute Davos (ARI) is both the academic arm and the translational arm of the AO foundation. In its work to further the AO foundation’s mission (promoting excellence in patient care and outcomes in trauma and musculoskeletal disorders), ARI’s purpose is to advance patient care through innovative orthopaedic research and development.<\/p>\n

The goals of ARI include: Contribute high quality applied preclinical research and development (exploratory and translational) focused towards clinical applications\/solutions; investigate and improve the performance of surgical procedures, devices and substances; foster a close relationship with the AO medical community, academic societies, and universities; and provide research environment \/ research mentorship \/ research support for AO clinicians.<\/p>\n

Moreover, ARI’s priority areas for 2018-2022 are as follows:<\/h3>\n