MedShape Receives $2.6M DOD Development Grant for Novel NiTiNOL Dynamic Compression Devices

Daniel Latt, MD/PhD, associate professor and orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson and Naohiro Shibuya, DPM, from Texas A&M College of Medicine, are working with MedShape Inc. on research and development of a compression fusion device using superelastic nickel-titanium (NiTiNOL) for use in diabetic foot limb salvage surgery. The study is funded by a Technology/Therapeutic Development Award from the U.S. Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Program.