<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-07-08T08:44:08Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/01B132C0-40A3-45E4-A5E6-1B7E7F51282D" ns1:id="01B132C0-40A3-45E4-A5E6-1B7E7F51282D"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/9DFE8916-96ED-401B-9D53-9375DFD5DBE8" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9A28588F-FEEE-42D8-BE8E-8ED400A2639F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9A28588F-FEEE-42D8-BE8E-8ED400A2639F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2014-01-31T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/C8E23549-52EC-450E-8784-DA9D79D02D55" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2012-07-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">710212</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Tendon Repair Device using a Novel Biomaterial</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>GRD Proof of Concept</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>This project addresses the next and critical step in a long process of bringing a novel
biomaterial, developed at Xiros in Leeds, to market. The first new product to be made from it is a tendon repair implant, and the project involves design and development of the implant and pre-clinical testing. The proposed design incorporates not only a new biomaterial but a novel design, using manufacturing technology new to Xiros.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>