Indigenous customised jaw-joint (TMJ) implant fitted in four patients at MAIDS, New Delhi
On 7 October 2025 the Health Ministry said clinicians at the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, New Delhi, successfully fitted an indigenously developed customised Temporo-Mandibular Joint (TMJ) implant in four patients; the implant was developed at ICMR's mPRAGATI facility at IIT Delhi.
Summary
On 7 October 2025 the Health Ministry announced that the clinical team at the Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS), New Delhi — an ICMR Centre for Advanced Research — successfully performed customised Temporo-Mandibular Joint (TMJ) implant procedures on four patients. The implant was developed indigenously at the ICMR-DHR MedTech Product Development Acceleration Gateway of India (mPRAGATI) at IIT Delhi, coordinated by ICMR's Medical Device and Diagnostics Mission Secretariat. Custom-designed for jaw movement and stability with a dedicated muscle-attachment feature, it costs nearly one-fifth of Indian industry-made versions and one-eighth to one-tenth of imported ones, and local manufacturing cuts turnaround to about two weeks. Health Minister J.P. Nadda said it reflects the growing strength of India's MedTech sector.
Key facts
- Procedure
- Customised TMJ implant in 4 patients — MAIDS, New Delhi
- Developed at
- ICMR-DHR mPRAGATI, IIT Delhi
- Cost
- ~1/5 of Indian industry versions; 1/8–1/10 of imported
- Turnaround
- About two weeks
- Feature
- Dedicated muscle-attachment for function and recovery
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The indigenous customised TMJ implant used at MAIDS in October 2025 was developed at the ICMR-DHR mPRAGATI facility located at:
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Correct answer: B — IIT Delhi
PIB: the TMJ implant was indigenously developed at ICMR-DHR mPRAGATI, a facility coordinated by MDMS at IIT Delhi.
Consider the following statements about the indigenous TMJ implant (October 2025): 1. It costs one-eighth to one-tenth of imported implants. 2. Its turnaround time is about two months. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Only 1 is correct. PIB: the implant costs nearly one-fifth of Indian industry-made versions and one-eighth to one-tenth of imported ones; local manufacturing has reduced turnaround time to around two weeks.