
Aequalis
Revolutionary medical device for limb correction
Principal Investigators
- Isabelle Villemure
Polytechnique and CHU Sainte-Justine - Reggie Hamdy
Shriners Hospital for Children - Marie-Lyne Nault
Université de Montréal and CHU Sainte-Justine
Medical sector
Neuro-musculoskeletal diseases
Technology Area
Therapeutic technology
Children with uneven lower limbs usually receive cumbersome and complex treatment to gradually lengthen their legs with external fixators. The Aequalis project aims to develop a new generation of implantable medical device that improves and accelerates long bone elongation in children and eliminates the need for cumbersome external fixators.
Achievements and impact
Within three years, the team developed an innovative prototype of an internal fixative that does not affect growth plates. This technology is currently being tested in the sheep model. For young patients, it offers the hope of a treatment to improve their quality of life without the need for cumbersome and problematic external fixators.