MTF Acquires PRP & PRFM Technologies From Cascade Medical Enterprises
Cascade Medical Enterprises, LLC Announces the Sale of Their Orthopedic Business (press release) WAYNE, N.J., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Cascade Medical Enterprises, LLC (CME), a leading company with proprietary platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-rich fibrin matrix (PRFM) technology for use in orthopedic therapeutic applications in soft tissue and bone repair, announced the sale of their technology to Musculoskeletal [...]
Conmed/Linvatec to Distribute MTFs Sports Medicine Allograft Tissues and Platelet-Rich Plasma
CONMED Corporation Partners With the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation for Sports Medicine Applications (press release) CONMED Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) and the Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), the world’s largest tissue bank, have announced that CONMED’s subsidiary, CONMED Linvatec, will serve as the exclusive world-wide marketing representative for MTF’s sports medicine allograft tissues. Additionally, CONMED Linvatec [...]
High Profile Athletes Run to Stem Cell Treatment With PRP Injections
Athletes Opt for Stem Cells (Biloine Young @ OTW) The news that Peyton Manning went to Europe to receive stem cell therapy on his neck has thrust that treatment—still unapproved by the FDA—back into the medical spotlight. A report by Fox Sports relates that the Colts quarterback and four-time MVP asked for the stem cell [...]
Can Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Release Pain?
PRP – Any Good For Pain? (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Doctors have been using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for years to promote healing after surgery. But is PRP any good for pain? Doctors at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, are trying to find out if PRP can relieve knee pain in patients with mild to [...]
Stryker Signs Exclusive License to Distribute the RegenKit-THT, a One-Step Autologous PRP Delivery System
Stryker RegenKit®-THT Offers Safe and Rapid Preparation of Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma (A-PRP) (press release) Stryker Joint Preservation, a business unit of Stryker’s Orthopaedics group, today announced at the 2011 American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine meeting that it has entered into an exclusive collaboration with RegenLab SA to distribute Stryker’s RegenKit-THT, a one-step system designed [...]
Use of PRP Reduces Blood Loss After Total Knee Surgery
PRP Cuts Surgical Blood Loss (OTW) Patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery experience markedly less blood loss when treated with platelet-rich plasma (PRP), according to Dr. Jeffrey Traina, an orthopaedic surgeon at Natchez Community Hospital. PRP use is a relatively new therapy, Traina said, so scientific data is just being gathered: “My study looked at [...]
Tiger Woods and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma)
Why ‘Blood Spinning’ Is Legal (link to WSJ) Tiger Woods and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) (link to TriathalonDoctor.com) Health Caring: Sorry, Tiger Woods, but platelet-rich plasma therapy is far from proven (link to Jacksonville.com)
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