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 | - ORI celebrated its 22 year anniversary in 2009.
| - ORI staff have published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts and have presented over 60 scientific talks and posters at regional, national, and international level meetings.
| - ORI currently holds 5 patents on medical devices and design concepts.
| - ORI received a Department of Veterans Affairs, Rehabilitation R & D Service Research grant of more than $500,000 dollars.
| - ORI hosts a continue medical education conference for orthopaedic surgeons at Flint Oak Ranch in southeastern Kansas every year.
| - The former Research Director of ORI, Dr. Francis W. Cooke , is a founding member and past president of the Society for Biomaterials, the largest biomaterials scientific group in the world.
| - Wichita Fusion Nail was developed at ORI went into general marketing nationwide in Fall 1997 and has had a 100% success in the first 54 recipients.
| - ORI staff presents lectures and seminars to orthopaedic residents in the areas of biomechanics and biomaterials, and assists them in related research projects.
| | - Over the years, ORI has provided internship, thesis, and dissertation research opportunities for a number of engineering students, both from American and overseas institutions.
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