In addition to the the smart shoulder implant research team at SCORE, the initiative will be conducted in collaboration with other experts. These include Scott Delp, Ph.D., who is the James H. Clark professor at the schools of engineering and medicine at Stanford University; Scott Banks, Ph.D., professor and director of the orthopaedic biomechanics laboratory at the University of Florida; and B.J. Fregly, Ph.D., professor at the department of mechanical engineering at Rice University and a scholar in cancer research with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). This team has experience collaborating with Scripps on collecting, processing and analyzing data on Scripps’ smart knee implant.

Scripps made history in 2004 when Clifford Colwell, M.D., implanted the world’s first electronic knee prosthesis into a patient at Scripps Green Hospital. Researchers have used data from this smart knee prosthesis to understand how forces affect the knee joint, which in turn has led to the development of better knee implants and improved rehabilitation protocols following knee replacement surgery.


Photo: Darryl D'Lima, M.D., Ph.D., director of orthopedic research at Scripps Health. Image courtesy of Scripps Health.


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