Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
A fix for broken bones
"In the developing world, deaths and injuries from orthopedic trauma now outnumber malaria, TB and AIDS combined." Thus starts a story from American Public Media about the work of Dr. Lew Zirkle, founder of the nonprofit Surgical Implant Generation Network. The story on the Richland, Wash. company's work to design and distribute an innovative bone repair implant for developing countries aired last November on North Carolina Public Radio and is available online.
