AO innovation funding portfolio
Development Incubator
Focuses on product ideas to advance clinical innovations in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.
Biphasic Plate
Improving stabilization by providing a predictable mechanical environment fracture
Distal Radius Intramedullary Nail
(DRIM-Nail) for the fixation of extraarticular fractures
3D SIM
Sound-Wave Induced Morphogenesis (3D SIM) is poised to revolutionize tissue engineering
Small bone external fixator
Versatile and simple system for external fixation of fractures of fingers
Strategy Fund
Focuses on innovative ideas that strengthen the AO position in surgeon education, digitalization, pre-clinical and clinical research tools.
Knowledge Translation Pilot
Bridging the chasm between research evidence and its application
Patient-Centered Outcomes Measures Polytrauma
Patient-Centered Outcomes Measures for Polytrauma patients
AO XR
AO Extended Reality (XR) pioneers integration of mixed-reality (MR) technologies into surgical education
Clinical Study Hub
Designed as one large prospective clinical project consisting of multiple sub-projects
AI@AO: X-rays Prox. Femoral Fractures
Establishing a database of high-quality, annotated, anonymized, fractures images
Surgical videos in education
Creating high-quality surgical video material with multichannel applications
AI@AO: CTs of Pelvic Fractures
Pilot an AI driven software to assist surgeons detecting and classifying pelvic fractures from CT scans
