• RISE PFI (Coordinator), Trondheim, Norway
• The National Institute for Research & Development in Chemistry and Petrochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
• Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
• Oxy Solutions AS, Oslo, Norway
• SYMME 3D, LTHD Corporation, Timisoara, Romania

The incidence of cancer of all kinds is growing all over the world, and thereby the number of surgical interventions in the field of oncological surgery records a continuous growth year after year. In some cases, the complete removal of one or more organic structures from the pelvis is required. These surgical interventions are associated with a high post-operative morbidity and mortality. The pelvic prosthesis developed in MedIn project will be designed to increase the quality of life of people after surgical interventions. Other complications which may occur refer to overall infectious. In general, wound infection associated with this type of surgical interventions is reported to be as high as 40%. This remains an unmet need to be covered through an innovative oxygenated wound dressing that will be developed within the scope of this project.

The objective of the MedIn project is to develop two new medical devices:i) pelvic prosthesis and ii) wound dressings for the corresponding post-operative surgical management.

• Laboratory-scale technology for the material development
• Complete pelvic prosthesis manufacture
• Detailed methodology for the prosthesis prototype
• One international patent application 2 research papers in recognized scientific journals
• Workshops, kick-off meetings, round tables and participation at international conferences

• Meetings

25.01.2018 – Kick-off Meeting, Bucharest, Romania

21.09.2018– Project meeting, RISE PFI, Trondheim, Norway

• Conferences:

1. Ioana Chiulan, Denis M. Panaitescu, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Cristian Andi Nicolae, Raluca A. Gabor, Sorin Valentin R?di?oiu, Elvira Alexandrescu, Bogdan Tric?. „Cellulose/ethylene glycol methyl ether acrylate 3D structure with controllable physical properties”. 11th International conference on Advanced Nanomaterials (Aveiro, Portugal). Poster.
2. Ioana Chiulan, Denis Panaitescu, Adriana Frone, Cristian Nicolae, Raluca Gabor, Elena Radu, Claudia Minciuleanu, Elvira Alexandrescu. „Composite hydrogels based on bacterial cellulose and oligo(ethylene glycol) acrylates as drug delivery systems”. 7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress (Liverpool, UK). Poster.
3. Ioana Chiulan, Elena Ruxandra Radu, Raluca Augusta Gabor, Cristian Andi Nicolae, Denis Mihaela Panaitescu, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Valentin R?di?oiu. „Silane functionalized fumed silica for silicones rubber composites”. The XXXV-th Romanian Chemistry Conference (Caciulata, Romania). Oral presentation.
4. Ioana Chiulan, Elena Ruxandra Radu, Raluca Augusta Gabor, Cristian Andi Nicolae, Denis Mihaela Panaitescu, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Sergiu Stoian. „Influence of nanosilica content on the thermal and mechanical properties of liquid silicone elastomers”, 9th International Conference on Biopolymers and Polymer Sciences (Bucharest, Romania). Poster
5. Elena-Ruxandra Radu, Ioana Chiulan, Denis Mihaela Panaitescu, Adriana Nicoleta Frone, Raluca Augusta Gabor, Cristian Andi Nicolae, Roxana Trusca. „Composite hydrogels based on bacterial cellulose and oligo(ethylene glycol) acrylates for potential biomedical applications”. The 6th edition of the International Colloquium „Physics of Materials” (Bucharest, Romania). Poster