AO Innovation Funding portfolio

Browse our technologies and innovative projects

Development Incubator

Focuses on product ideas to advance clinical innovations in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

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Liposphere

Protective coating layer to reduce wear-related knee joint pain
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Momentum Health

New digital health app to remotely screen scoliosis in patients
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Biphasic Plate

Improving stabilization by providing a predictable mechanical environment fracture
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Fracture Monitor

Implantable telemetric sensor system for monitoring of bone healing
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Distal Radius Intramedullary Nail

(DRIM-Nail) for the fixation of extraarticular fractures
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3D SIM

Sound-Wave Induced Morphogenesis (3D SIM) is poised to revolutionize tissue engineering
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Small bone external fixator

Versatile and simple system for external fixation of fractures of fingers
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S-REX Screw

New spinal screw under development

Strategy Fund

Focuses on innovative ideas that strengthen the AO position in surgeon education, digitalization, pre-clinical and clinical research tools.

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AO Knowledge Translation

Bridging the chasm between research evidence and its application
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Patient-Centered Outcomes Measures Major Injury Patients

Patient-Centered Outcomes Measures for Major Injury Patients
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AO XR

AO Extended Reality (XR) pioneers integration of mixed-reality (MR) technologies into surgical education
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Clinical Study Hub

Designed as one large prospective clinical project consisting of multiple sub-projects
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AI@AO: X-rays Prox. Femoral Fractures

Establishing a database of high-quality, annotated, anonymized, fractures images
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Surgical videos in education

Creating high-quality surgical video material with multichannel applications
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AI@AO: CTs of  Pelvic Fractures

Pilot an AI driven software to assist surgeons detecting and classifying pelvic fractures from CT scans
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OSapp

A new, interactive, virtual osteosynthesis software tool and learning platform
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DEHST

Digitally enhanced hands-on surgical training.

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