Warm congratulations to Prof Sohini Kar-Narayan and Dr Jehangir Cama who, in partnership with the Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust, have secured a £1.4 million Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Award from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to advance work on the team’s “smart” joint “trial liner”. The sensors measure forces passing through the joint to help the surgeon assess and balance the soft tissues, which aids the accurate positioning of the implant. The team’s hip replacement invention is set to be the first of its kind in the world and could transform the future of hip replacement surgery.

From left to right: Dr Alex Samoshkin, Professor Sohini Kar-Narayan, Affiliate Associate Professor Vikas Khanduja and Dr Jehangir Cama (Photo by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)

For more information, see:

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/news/teams-hip-replacement-surgery-invention-is-set-to-be-world-first/

BBC news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yp148wp78o