Here are four takeaways:
1. The $50,000 grant will fund Dr. Ranganathan’s project.
2. The project aims to produce 3D printed total knee replacement and plate implants with built-in drug delivery systems that providers can tailor to each patient.
3. Dr. Ranganathan is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.
4. For the project, Dr. Ranganathan is collaborating with Tae Won Kim, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and orthopedics instructor at the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
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