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Joint implants: An elution solution

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An optimized drug-eluting polymer for the surface of articulating artificial joints may make them infection-free.

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Figure 1: A ball-and-socket hip-joint replacement.
Figure 2: An antimicrobial-eluting implant can prevent periprosthetic infection.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical School of Thomas Jefferson University, 1015 Walnut Street, Suite 501, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

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