30 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Advanced Multifucntional Drug Releasing Biomaterials. 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Biomaterials /Biomechanics (ISAB2), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 3-6.4.2005. 29 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Niemelä S-M, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Suokas E, Törmälä P . Development of multifunctional materials (MFM): bioabsorbable drug-releasing hard tissue fixation screws. Materials Science Forum: Proceedings for Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (FGM 2004) (In press). 28 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Aro H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Prospectives in Multifunctional Materials (MFM): Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Devices. l’European Congress of Chemotherapy and Infections (ECC) & Réunion Interdisciplinaire de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse (RICAI) 2004 Congress, Paris, France, 1-3.12.2004. 27 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Aro H, Mäkinen T, Waris T, Törmälä P. Multifunctionality of Bioresorbable Bone Fixation Devices Explored. Society for Biomaterials Symposium on Biomaterials in Regenerative Medicine: The Advent of Combination Products, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 16-18.10.2004. 26 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen L, Niemelä S-M, Waris T, Aro H, Törmälä P. Overview of Bioabsorbable Biomaterials: Development of Multifunctional Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. XIV Conference on Biomaterials in Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Rytro, Poland, 10-13.10.2004. 25 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Knuutila K, Viitanen P, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Introduction of Multifunctional Materials (MFM): Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. Ceramics, Cells and Tissues 9th Annual Seminar & Meeting, Materials for Tissue Engineering Chemistry and Microstructure: The Role for Ceramics, Faenza, Italy, 28.9.-1.10.2004. 24 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Aro H, Mäkinen T, Waris T, Törmälä P. Advances in Multifunctional Biomaterials: Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. II Iberian Congress on Biomaterials (BIOÉvora2004), Évora, Portugal, 9-11.9.2004. 23 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Aro H, Törmälä P. Innovation in Bioabsorbable Biomaterials: Development of Multifunctional Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. 10th International Conference on Polymers in Medicine & Surgery (PIMS2004), Cambridge, England, 6-8.9.2004, p. 51. 22 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. A New Generation Biomaterials: Development of Multifunctional Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Devices. 3rd ScanBalt Forum - The Competence Region, Turku Science Park, BioCity and PharmaCity, Finland, 25-26.8.2004. 21 Leinonen S, Suokas E, Veiranto M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Study of Pullout Strength of Ciprofloxacin-Containing Self-Reinforced Poly-L/DL-Lactide 70/30 Bioactive Glass 13 Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Bone. 3rd ScanBalt Forum - The Competence Region, Turku Science Park, BioCity and PharmaCity, Finland, 25-26.8.2004. 20 Leinonen S, Tiainen J, Kellomäki M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Poly-L/DL-Lactide 70/30 Tacks Have Significantly Better Holding Power than Corresponding Screws Tested in Human Cadaver Bone. 3rd ScanBalt Forum - The Competence Region, Turku Science Park, BioCity and PharmaCity, Finland, 25-26.8.2004. 19 Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Study of the Pull-Out Forces of Bioabsorbable Polylactide/Polyglycolide Screws (Biosorb and Lactosorb) and Tacks in Human Cadaver Parietal Bones. 3rd ScanBalt Forum - The Competence Region, Turku Science Park, BioCity and PharmaCity, Finland, 25-26.8.2004. 18 Tiainen J, Leinonen S-M, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Comparison of the Pullout Forces of Bioabsorbable Polylactide/Polyglycolide Screws (Biosorb and Lactosorb) and Tacks: A Study on the Stability of Fixation in Human Cadaver Parietal Bones. Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (FGM2004), Leuven, Belgium, 11-14.7.2004. 17 Leinonen S, Suokas E, Veiranto M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Holding Power of Bioabsorbable Ciprofloxacin-Containing Self-Reinforced Poly-L/DL-Lactide 70/30 Bioactive Glass Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Bone. Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (FGM2004), Leuven, Belgium, 11-14.7.2004. 16 Leinonen S, Tiainen J, Kellomäki M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Holding Power of Bioabsorbable Self-Reinforced Poly-L/DL-Lactide 70/30 Tacks and Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Metatarsal Bone. Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (FGM2004), Leuven, Belgium, 11-14.7.2004. 15 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Ikäheimo I, Koskela M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Development of Multifunctional Materials (MFM): Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. Multifunctional and Functionally Graded Materials (FGM2004), Leuven, Belgium, 11-14.7.2004. 14 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Update on Multifunctional Materials (MFM): Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. 10th General Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomaterials (SSB), Davos, Switzerland, July 1st, 2004, P3. 13 Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Comparison of the Pullout Forces of Bioabsorbable Polylactide/Polyglycolide Screws (Biosorb and Lactosorb) and Tacks: A Study on the Stability of Fixation in Human Cadaver Parietal Bones. International Conference "Strategies in Tissue Engineering" Würzburg, Germany, June 14-16th, 2004, P-15. 12 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Syrjälä H, Waris T, Törmälä P. Bioabsorbable Multifunctional PLGA Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. 1st International Football Medicine Congress (IFOMEC), Munich, Germany, 9-12.6.2004. 11 Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Holding Power of Bioabsorbable Polylactide/Polyglycolide Screws (Biosorb and Lactosorb) and Tacks to Human Cadaver Parietal Bone. 5th ANNUAL SEMINAR OF “TISSUE ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VETERINARY BIOMATERIAL RESEARCH GROUP (BRG)”, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland, June 1st, 2004. 10 Tiainen J, Leinonen S-M, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Pullout Forces of BioabsorbablePolylactide/Glycolide Screws (Biosorb and Lactosorb) and Tacks. 14th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI 2004), Limoges, France, 25-26.3.2004. 9 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Knuutila K, Suokas E, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Waris T, Törmälä P. Mechnical properties of ciprofloxacin-releasing polylactide-coglycolide screws and tacks. 14th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI 2004), Limoges, France, 25-26.3.2004. 8 Leinonen S, Tiainen J, Kellomäki M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N, Ninkovic M. Holding Power of Bioabsorbable Self-reinforced Poly-L/D-lactide 70/30 Tacks, and Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Bone. J Craniofac Surg 2003; 14(2):171-175. 7 Ashammakhi N, Veiranto M, Viitanen P, Suokas E, Aro H, Koort J, Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Niemelä S-M, Ikäheimo I, Koskela M, Syrjälä H, Waris T and Törmälä P. Development of Multifunctional Materials (MFM): Bioabsorbable Osteoconductive Drug-Releasing Hard Tissue Fixation Screws. 4th Annual Seminar of the Center of Excellence on Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland. June 3, 2003.     6 Länsman S, Leinonen S, Kellomäki M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Evaluation of poly-L/D-lactide (PLDLA) 96/4 scaffolds implanted in the subcutis of rats. 3rd ANNUAL SEMINAR OF "TISSUE ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VETERINARY BIOMATERIAL RESEARCH GROUP (BRG)" June 12, 2002, Kuopio, Finland. 5 Leinonen S, Tiainen J, Kellomäki M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Bioabsorbable Self-reinforced Poly-L/LD-lactide 70/30 Tacks have a better Holding Power to the bone than corresponding screws. The 16th Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Muenster, Germany 3-7 September 2002. 4 Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Bioabsorbable polylactide/glycolide tacks have holding power to the bone similar or even better than screws. The 16th Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Muenster, Germany 3-7 September 2002. 3 Leinonen S, Suokas E, Veiranto M, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Pull-out tests of Bioabsorbable Ciprofloxacin-plus Bioactive Glass-Containing Self-reinforced Poly-L/DL-lactide 70/30 Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Bone. The 16th Congress of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Muenster, Germany 3-7 September 2002. 2 Tiainen J, Leinonen S, Ilomäki J, Suokas E, Törmälä P, Waris T, Ashammakhi N. Comparison of the pull-out forces of bioabsorbable polylactide/glycolide screws (biosorb and lactosorb) and tacks: a study on the stability of fixation in human cadaver parietal bones. J Craniofac Surg 2002; 13(4):538-543. 1 Leinonen S, Suokas E, Veiranto M, Törmälä P, Waris T and Ashammakhi N. Holding Power of Bioabsorbable Ciprofloxacin-Containing Self-reinforced Poly-L/DL-lactide 70/30 Bioactive Glass 13 Miniscrews in Human Cadaver Bone. J Craniofac Surg 2002; 13(2):212-8