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LARRY L. HENCH
LARRY L. HENCH
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It was a casual conversation in 1967 with an Army colonel seated next to him on a bus ride from a conference that changed the course of biomaterials history. The colonel explained to Larry the pressing need for a material that could help regenerate or repair the lost limbs of injured soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War.
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Of particular importance to the hearing impaired was the FDA's approval in the mid-1980s of the use of bioactive glass devices as ossicular chain implants for the reconstruction of the minuscule bones of the middle ear to restore hearing. Subsequent FDA approval allowed bioactive glass implants to replace missing teeth, enabling maintenance of jaw stability and repair of maxillofacial bone defects.
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In 2008 he established, through the London Materials Society, the annual June Wilson Memorial Award to commemorate his late wife's achievements in the field of biomedical materials research. In 2011 Imperial College London established the Larry Hench Award for best PhD in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.
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At the time of his death Larry was the University Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Florida Institute of Technology's College of Engineering, and director of the Technology Center for Medical Materials and Photonics. Larry published over 800 research papers and 30 books, including several textbooks with his wife June Wilson (e.g., An Introduction to Bioceramics, World Scientific Press, 1993; Bioceramics, Pergamon Press, 1995; Clinical Performance of Skeletal Prostheses, Springer, 1996)
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His companion for many years, Margaret Saunders, died shortly after his passing. He was predeceased by his wives Suzanne Hench and June Wilson-Hench and son Steven Hench.
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