Zimmer Acquires Knee Creations, LLC's Business
Zimmer Expands Portfolio of Technologies Addressing the Continuum of Care for Knee Patients with Addition of Unique Subchondral Joint Preservation Treatment
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. announced today that it has acquired the business assets of West Chester, Pennsylvania-based Knee Creations, LLC. The acquisition enhances Zimmer's product portfolio of knee treatments through the addition of Knee Creations' Subchondroplasty® procedure. Subchondroplasty is an innovative, proprietary joint-preservation treatment that has been shown to deliver sustained relief to patients with knee pain, with or without arthritis. It is the first procedure to address an unmet clinical need between early interventions, including NSAIDs and arthroscopy, and total joint replacement.
"Zimmer is committed to developing the most comprehensive range of therapies for knee patients, from early intervention and joint preservation products to patient specific instrumentation and personalized joint replacements," said Jeff McCaulley, President, Zimmer Reconstructive. "The acquisition of Knee Creations' revolutionary Subchondroplasty treatment provides Zimmer with another c...
