Amniox Medical Brings Revolutionary Amniotic Membrane Technology to the Forefront of Podiatry

Amniox Medical Brings Revolutionary Amniotic Membrane Technology to the Forefront of Podiatry Amniox Medical Press Release Amniox launching NEOXTM Grafts at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Annual Scientific Conference Amniox Medical, Inc., a leader in Amnion regenerative tissue therapies, will introduce their NEOXTM Grafts at the 2012 Annual Scientific Conference of the [...]

Cornell Researchers Have Created Bio-Engineered Discs in Rats

  Researchers create bioengineered spinal implants (OrthoSuperSite) Cornell University engineers have created a biologically based spinal implant that could potentially aid in the relief of back and neck pain, according to a university press release. The research was published in a recent edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and focused on the implantation and testing of these engineered [...]

Blackstone Group to Purchase Wound Care Leader, Kinetic Concepts (KCI), for $5B

         Blackstone in Talks to Buy Kinetic (Wall Street Journal) Blackstone Group is in talks to buy Kinetic Concepts Inc., a wound-care and hospital bed provider, in a deal that could be worth about $5 billion, making it one of the largest leveraged buyouts since the financial crisis, according to a person close [...]

What Role Does Biologics Play in Sports Medicine?: 4 Physician Responses

What Role Does Biologics Play in Sports Medicine?: 4 Physician Responses (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Four leading orthopedic sports medicine physicians discuss how biologics are being used in sports medicine and what impact they will have on sports medicine in the future.  T. Jeffrey Emel, MD, at Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center, Tulsa. At [...]

Study Finds New Sealant Gel Effective in Closing Spinal Wounds Postoperatively

Study finds new sealant gel effective in closing spinal wounds postoperatively (OrthoSuperSite) A national multicenter randomized study by researchers with the UC Davis Health System has found a polyethylene glycol hydrogel sealant to be effective in the postoperative sealing ofspinal wounds, according to a press release. The gel plugs miniscule leaks in the dura of the spinal cord. [...]

Tornier Launches New Rotator Cuff Repair Mesh Made From Resorbable Polymer Fibers

Tornier Launches Rotator Cuff Mesh (OTW) BioFiber Surgical Mesh is a proprietary three-dimensional fiber structure designed to provide a strong but flexible scaffold for cell migration and enhanced healing. The fibers of the mesh are derived from proprietary resorbable polymers called polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).

Anulex Reduces Staff After Receiving an FDA Warning Letter Regarding Xclose Anular Repair System

Layoffs occur at Anulex following FDA’s warning letter (MedCityNews) The FDA had granted Anulex a 510(k) approval for the Xclose soft tissue repair system to be used for general and orthopaedic surgery. But after the company did a post-market study to see how Xclose performed when used to repair the annulus, the FDA took offense [...]

Use of PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma) Does Not Accelerate Rotator Cuff Healing

No benefit of platelet-rich plasma found for rotator cuff healing (OrthoSuperSite) Using autologous platelet-rich plasma at the time of rotator cuff repair fails to have a significant positive impact on healing time as determined by ultrasound observation, according to a study presented at the AANA meeting.  

MedMarket Diligence Releases Report on Sealants, Glues, Hemostasis in Orthopedic Applications

Potential for Sealants, Glues, Hemostats and Other Securement Products in Orthopedic Applications (MedMarket Diligence) Frequency of Major Surgical Interventions (000)

Kensey Nash Acquires Medical Adhesives and Coatings Technology for $20M

Kensey Nash Acquires Medical Adhesives and Coatings Technology (press release)

Graftys Secures Funding to Develop Resorbable Biologic Materials for Orthopedic Applications

Graftys Completes Third Round of Financing for 4 Million Euros ($5,3 Million), and Adds a New Financial Partner (press release) Graftys, founded in 2005, is based in Aix en Provence and Nantes (France) and has opened a local office in Chicago in 2009.  The Graftys team (23 employees) develops, manufactures and markets biomaterials and biotechnologies [...]

MiMedx to Acquire Surgical Biologics for Their Processed Amniotic Tissue

MiMedx Announces Agreement to Acquire Surgical Biologics (press release) The amniotic tissue processed by Surgical Biologics is donated by mothers who have scheduled Cesarean sections. The human amniotic membrane comprises the innermost layer of the placenta, and lines the amniotic cavity.  Each donor is screened and tested in accordance with FDA regulations and AATB standards.

Collagen Matrix Is Expanding Facilities in New Jersey

Collagen Matrix, Inc. Expands Operations and Moves Corporate Headquarters to Oakland, New Jersey (Press Release) Shu-Tung Li, Founder and CEO of Collagen Matrix, Inc. Honored as 2009 New Jersey Executive of the Year

UMass Develops an Inexpensive, Synthetic Bone Called FlexBone to Aid in Tissue Grafting

Synthetic FlexBone Could Help Speed Bone Transplant Recovery (ScienceDaily) Smart orthopedic implants, self-fitting tissue scaffolding created by UMMS researchers (PhysOrg.com) University of Massachusetts Medical School has developed a new type of tissue and bone scaffolding polymer – biodegradable safely reabsorbed by the body as it breaks down over time, heat activated, malleable, with nanoparticle core and shape [...]

FDA Advisory Committee Chair, Dr. John Kelly, Weighs in on ReGen Controversy

FDA Advisory Committee Chair Weighs in on L’Affaire ReGen (WSJ) Device Manufacturer Says Politics, Not Science is Driving FDA’s Actions (ReGen Press Release) FDA Determines Knee Device Should Not Have Been Cleared for Marketing (FDA) FDA Panel Questions the Benefits of Regen’s Menaflex Meniscus Repair Implant – March 2010 This is a dangerous precedent.   What [...]

TiGenix Pulls in Another UK Grant for Its Cartilage Cell Expansion/re-Implantion Technology

Another Grant for TiGenix (OTW)

MiMedx Group Announces a Proposed $5M in Private Placement

MiMedx Group Announces Proposed $5,000,000 Private Placement (Press Release)

Soft Tissue Regeneration Naps $500K to Develop ACL Repair

Soft Tissue Regeneration brings in $500,000  (MassHighTech) http://www.softtissueregeneration.com

Integra LifeSciences (IART) Sees Opportunity in the Older, Fatter Patient

Older, Fatter Population Keeps Device Maker’s Profits In Good Shape (Investors.com)

Study: Cayenne’S AperFix System Works Well for PCL Reconstruction as Well as ACL Reconstruction

Cayenne Medical AperFix(R) System Shows Successful Outcomes For PCL Reconstruction  (PRNewsWire)

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