Chapter 452: Dead Dao Friends Don't Die Poor Dao
If "Puze's Latest Medicine" is not very weighty, then "Cell" is absolutely convincing.
As the world's third-largest magazine in terms of impact factor, Cell's influence is definitely not as simple as it sounds.
As a simple example, if there is something new published in another magazine, the first thing that comes to many people's minds is whether it is true? Yes, the first feeling is skepticism!
And if an article is published in "Cell", the first feeling of the vast majority of people is: this should be true!
Because Cell regularly publishes some new guides every year, many of these guides are directly used.
All of this is because of Cell, whose name is more convincing than any other brand.
When "The Scam of the Times" was released, people who were watching and skeptical seemed to have found the backbone, even if they didn't say it in their mouths, but they had already admitted it in their hearts.
Is it true that cobalt-chrome is a hoax of the times?
If so, the impact is just too great.
Tens of millions of people in the world have cobalt-chromium alloy implants in their bodies, which means that one in every dozens of people in the United States may have cobalt-chromium alloy in their bodies.
And these people are basically some older patients, what is the most elderly?
Complications, all sorts of strange diseases.
After all, it is normal for people to get old and have some physical problems.
In normal times, people may think that this is a very normal thing, after all, people are old, their organs are failing, and it is normal for them to have some minor problems.
But at this time, "Cell" reported that the hazards of cobalt-chromium alloys have many complications.
This makes everyone can't help but wonder if the discomfort and complications of their parents and elders are related to the cobalt-chromium alloy in the body?
On November 1, on the streets of Detroit, thousands of citizens gathered in Central Park, dressed in distinctive clothes and holding signs, and walked towards the Hankerson Building.
It was the first time in nearly two decades that the city of Detroit had seen such a large march.
The huge number of people and the grand scale shocked the passers-by on the side!
At this time, on the top floor of the Hankerson Building, Pierce looked at the dense crowd outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and looked at them holding signs and wearing a special red armband around their arms, and they were just standing downstairs.
From a distance, you can see a few slogans:
"Hankson, please stand up and explain!"
"Where's the right to know?"
"Positive response to cobalt-chrome!"
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Seeing these signs, Pierce was upset, he could not have imagined that at a time when he was in a stalemate with China, Cell would publish such a journal, which was really not a wise choice for Fino.
However, upset to upset, Pierce didn't feel scared.
Since the growth of Fino Group, I don't know how many times we have experienced devastating disasters, large and small!
Can this little thing make them afraid?
It is too much to underestimate the ability of a Fortune 50 company.
In Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Bukdi, the current chairman of the Fino Group, came to the state government, and as the largest taxpayer of Phoenix, Bukedi has a lot of say in the city.
According to conservative estimates, the Fino Group has employed nearly 30,000 people in Arizona, built the city's newest government building, and created the most popular scholarship at the state university.
If something happens to the Fino Group, none of this will exist.
Bukedi is confident enough that the Arizona government, with its own laws, will not let the Fino Group do anything, and even if it does, it is not now.
The U.S. presidential election is coming soon, and at this time, the friendship of a Fortune 50 company is something that anyone must strive for.
This is also a source of confidence for Bucdi.
At the same time, many senior executives within the Fino Group began to negotiate with a number of companies and companies in the hope of getting help from each other.
After all, in the capitalist world, interests are the longest-term friend.
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Bai Ye's proposal report was postponed, and it was an extension that he took the initiative to apply, after all, compared to the proposal report, the most important thing at present is to solve the lack of prostheses caused by the lack of cobalt-chromium alloy.
Many people in China are now waiting for the emergence of a new prosthesis to replace cobalt-chromium alloy, and millions of people are waiting for a usable prosthesis to replace it.
After the issuance of the ban on sales of the Fino Group, the impact is too great, and it is getting bigger day by day.
No matter who wins, if there is no suitable prosthesis, the patient is the one who suffers and is injured!
Bai Ye won, yes, cobalt-chromium alloy is a failed prosthetic material that is harmful to the human body, but so what?
Do you currently have a product that can replace cobalt-chrome alloys?
No!
This is the biggest confidence of the Fino Group, they have been studying orthopedic prostheses for many years, and the research on new materials has never stopped, but there is still no material that can replace cobalt-chrome alloys.
The Fino Group believes that no matter how this event ends, they can get through it smoothly.
Is this what Bai Ye wants to see?
Of course not!
Since he first lived with orthopedic nails, Bai Ye invited South Africa Creek to join the institute, and since then, the material research of the institute has never stopped, and the orthopedic nail is by no means as simple as a nail.
It's a new type of material.
That material opened the door for South African Brook to study new materials.
Can this absorbable, high-strength material replace cobalt-chrome alloys?
This problem is the first problem to be solved by the research institute recently, and for this reason, Bai Ye discussed and discussed with South African Creek and Mordo all day long during this time.
Because this PLA absorbable nail is a substance that can be absorbed and decomposed by the body, the end product is carbon dioxide and water.
However, the hardness and strength of this absorbable bone nail substance are not comparable to that of cobalt-chromium alloy.
Truly!
At this stage, there is still no substance that can replace the market position of cobalt-chromium alloys.
Is it better to choose a titanium alloy of slightly worse quality?
It's the equivalent of technology going backwards for several years, just like the advent of smartphones, and people are still willing to use those antique phones?
So, how can we find a new type of cobalt-chromium alloy that can be replaced?
South African Creek can be said to be racking its brains these days and has not received an effective solution.
What to do?
The three of them sat in the office, frowning one by one, staring at the desktop, racking their brains to find a way.
Bai Ye raised his head, and when he looked at the ceiling in a daze, he suddenly saw a patch on the ceiling of the roof, which seemed to be the reason for the peeling off of the wall.
Suddenly!
An idea appeared in Bai Ye's mind!
He hurriedly asked South Africa Creek: "Old Nan, how long can the material of PLA absorbable bone nails last in the body?"
South Africa Creek frowned: "This new type of PLA material is mainly for fixation and making bone nails is okay, his strength can only be maintained for 3-6 years, only within six years, his strength and elasticity can be maintained in a good state, if the time is too long, it is difficult to maintain his effect!"
"You don't want to use this material to make prostheses, do you? Lao Bai, this is not suitable, the prostheses made of this kind of thing are even inferior to titanium alloy or stainless steel, this kind of thing...... No, I can't!"
Bai Ye shook his head: "No, what I want to ask is, how long will this new type of plA substance be decomposed in the human body, and how long can it maintain its reliability in this environment of the human body?"
South African Stream: "It will take a while for this new PLA absorbable substance to be completely decomposed under normal conditions, about ten years...... What do you mean?!"
South Africa's brook suddenly widened her eyes when she was halfway through speaking, staring at Bai Ye incredulously, and then suddenly slapped the table and stood up: "Brother-in-law, you are simply a genius!"
"What do you mean...... Terrible...... It's amazing! It's really amazing! It's not my brother-in-law, this situation is completely feasible!"
Bai Ye saw that Nan Nanxi had already guessed his thoughts, and he also smiled, he was worthy of being a master of materials, and he had already guessed what he was going to do before he was reminded!
And Moldor looked at the two of them blankly, not knowing what they were talking about.
"You two...... Teacher, what are you talking about?"
South Africa's brook was an anxious child, and he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and said directly: "Professor Moldo, what my brother-in-law means is that the new absorbable substance of PLA is a stable orthopedic fixation material, which can be used as a bone nail in the clinic, and his stability and strength are quite good in all aspects, and the cobalt-chromium alloy is not without benefits at all." ”
"But we can combine the two to create a new breed where we can make up for each other's shortcomings. ”
Bai Ye nodded: "Yes, Moerdo, I have an idea, that is, to make a substance like a PLA coating on the surface of the cobalt-chromium alloy alloy, so that we can not only give full play to the physical properties such as hardness and strength of the cobalt-chromium alloy, but also use the absorbability and non-toxicity of PLA to build a safe and reliable coating to prevent the abnormal ionization of the cobalt-chromium alloy in the human body." ”
"The stability and existence of PLA absorbable substances can be maintained for about ten years, and the service life of prostheses is generally about ten years, and they will be replaced in ten years, so PLA substances have played a particularly perfect role in these ten years!"
After listening to Bai Ye's explanation, Mordo's eyes suddenly lit up, this idea is really amazing!
But...... Why didn't you feel surprised?
He smiled slightly, this is Bai Ye, his own teacher who seems to be omnipotent!
Bai Ye looked at South Africa Creek and asked, "Old Nan, what is the success rate of the kind of product I just conceived?"
Nan Nanxi excitedly picked up a piece of paper and a pen, wrote and drew on the paper, and even had some molecular equations, he said as he wrote: "Brother-in-law, you are really a god! When you said it just now, I had already begun to think about his feasibility, if nothing else, there should be no problem, because the plasticity of this PLA substance is too strong." When we were studying this substance, we had already discovered that this plasticity could be said to be a new type of artificial prosthesis, which is too suitable!"
No one could have imagined that the research on a new type of artificial prosthesis would be a piece of thinking induced by a falling wall.
After pondering for a while, the three of them immediately divided their labor and began further research.
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These days, because of the cobalt-chromium alloy matter, the whole industry is in an uproar, and even many media such as NBC TV in the United States have begun to report on the cobalt-chromium alloy matter.
After all, this matter involves too much, and it is too much involved, and it is no longer a matter of the Fino Group.
The Fino Group has a lot of money, and the backstage is not comparable to ordinary companies.
But those small companies are different, they have no background, they originally wanted to follow the Fino Group to eat meat and drink soup, and now even the Fino Group is a little trembling and cautious, so they have to let these surrounding companies start to find their own way out of the future.
Because, if something happens to the cobalt-chrome alloy, it is definitely the small companies that have the problem.
It has been half a month since the domestic cobalt-chromium alloy supply stopped, which is not an optimistic thing for those companies that have been in a tight capital chain all the time.
It was during this tense period that the domestic health authorities issued a notice:
"Regarding the use of cobalt-chromium alloy artificial prostheses, according to the relevant research findings of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...... Cobalt-chromium alloys are indeed essential for ...... There are obvious side effects, and I hope that patients and their families, as well as medical staff, should be cautious when choosing artificial prostheses!"
Although this announcement does not prohibit the use of cobalt-chromium alloys, it does indeed explain the harmfulness of this cobalt-chromium alloy prosthesis!
This is an announcement of the order issued by the state, and the accuracy is beyond doubt, and the patients who originally wanted to have joint replacement surgery have been watching sideways.
How will this matter be resolved in the end?
At this time, Bai Ye had already sent Monica to secretly contact these medical institutions for the production and development of cobalt-chromium alloys in order to prepare for the next step.
On November 3, this day, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finally spoke!
This is the first time that the FDA has made a public statement since the cobalt-chromium alloy accident, and as the safety review bureau of the United States and many countries around the world, their authority is too high.
"When a series of problems were exposed to cobalt-chromium alloy, our regulatory bureau immediately conducted a variety of reviews of cobalt-chromium alloys on the market, and found that the quality of cobalt-chromium alloy prostheses on the market was uneven, and even safety and reliability were difficult to achieve!"
"This is our dereliction of duty, cobalt-chromium alloy is a new type of alloy material with high technical difficulty and high technology content, in the next time, we will strengthen the review of cobalt-chromium alloy, and strictly deal with those cobalt-chromium alloy companies that have potential safety hazards on the market. ”
"The FDA will establish a special committee on cobalt-chromium alloys to conduct a public review of cobalt-chromium alloy products and conduct a comprehensive investigation of medical companies that are currently qualified to produce and sell them, and the consultant of this committee is Mr. Pierce from Hankson Company, who has extensive experience in the field ......of cobalt-chromium alloys. ”
The announcement of this news immediately detonated the entire cobalt-chrome alloy circle!
Dead friends don't die poor?
Fino Group is going to push the pot!
The words of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are thought-provoking!