Main Objectives

Joint Prosthesis Technology Research Center of National Yang Ming University was established in December 2003. Its main objectives are to focus on: the development of joint prosthesis designs; manufacturing and validating techniques; finally, fortify the consolidation and promotion works between different technologies. The combination of various department studies, including clinical medical science, engineering science, and biotechnology, enhance the building up of the joint prosthesis research technological platform. Our center will also be enrolled in organizing customer service, eventually, take charge to improve current conventional industry to contemporary biotechnology.

Origin of the Center

Amongst the traditional industries, competitions raise the standards of the products. It is, therefore, extremely difficult to increase profits, and decreasing annual profits has been the trend for most firms. Considering these facts, companies tend to move to the countries where offer lower labor and manufacture cost. In order to enhance the marketability, it is unavoidable to convert the traditional industry into high-tech industry. The combination of metal and plastic processing techniques are required during the manufacturing of joint prosthesis and evidently Taiwan is expert in metal work and processing techniques (including casting, forging, turning, injection molding, etc.); therefore, manufacturing of joint prosthesis will be one of the best and quickest transforming industries nationally.

Though the processing techniques of internal joint prosthesis and the specialized OEM service have reached the international standard, yet the related researches and validation techniques are still scarce. There is an urgent need to develop product research and certified examining laboratory; in order to promote nation’s industries related with joint prosthesis.

Superiority in Performance

National Yang Ming University, a research based university, is experienced in joint prosthesis technology research. Our research team has abundant resources and technical researching results. We have also obtained technological experiences regarding our educational research and in combination with industrial knowledge based on manufacturing processes. Due to our status and background in the center, we are able to communicate conveniently with medical doctors, manufacturing firms and academic bachelors, moreover, have unspoken consensus between each other. Through our university, research outcome can be directly applied to the industrial level; and furthermore accomplish personnel training.

Prospective Benefits

In order to reduce research time and examination expense, the center will establish research platform, manufacture platform and many more related platforms. Furthermore, through advertising schemes, we can assist traditional industries initiate the manufacturing of the high-value-added products, consequently, convert traditional industries into biotech industries. In the manufacturers’ prospective, the manufacturing and marketing of these high-value-added products may increase production profits many folds. Respectively, to the benefits of Taiwan as a whole, there is a high possibility to reduce the risk of capital and technology outflow. Moreover, these transformed companies would have higher desires to remain within Taiwan to further improve educational research, as well as, industrial experience and knowledge.