One project goal is to develop a stimulation device for targeted electrical stimulation of articular cartilage for future human application. To this end, a demonstrator of a multi-electrode array implant is developed, including a feedback system for determining the electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of the surrounding tissue, using a human ex vivo model of the knee joint. Furthermore, the rheological, tribological, and biological properties of biphasic scaffold structures to repair osteochondral defects are investigated. Therefore, further studies on gender-specific molecular patterns of chondrogenic and osteogenic cell differentiation are conducted.

A01 / A01 / A03 / A04 / A05 / B01 / B02 / B03 / C01 / C03 / S01 / INF

Electrical and mechanical stimulation of cartilage

Prof. Dr. med. habil. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Bader
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Seitz
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PD Dr. rer. hum. habil. Anika Jonitz-Heincke
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Rostock University Medical Center
Department of Orthopaedics
Doberaner Straße 142
18057 Rostock

University of Rostock
Chair of Mikrofluidics
Justus-von-Liebig Weg 6
18059 Rostock

Vivica Freiin Grote
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Carla Maximiliane Niendorf
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Dr. med. Sina Gräber
Mario Jackszis
Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Lutter
Iman Soodmand 
Alexander Riess
Dr. rer. hum. Janine Waletzko-Hellwig

Nada Abroug
Pedram Azizi
Dr. rer. hum. Simone Krüger
Dr.-Ing. Roland Matzmohr
Dr. rer. hum. Franziska Sahm
Zezhong Song
Mareike Specht
Dr. med. Martin Stephan
Dr. rer. nat. Marco Stubbe
Prof. Dr. Thomas Tischer
Dr.-Ing. Alina Weizel