ROTATION MEDICAL’S BIOINDUCTIVE IMPLANT: POSITIVE RESULTS (Orthopedics This Week)
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Rotation Medical Inc., a company focused on solutions for rotator cuff disease, has announced results of a retrospective study that should be exciting for those interested in tissue healing. According to the September 27, 2016 news release, the biopsy study, published online in Arthroscopy, “supports the biocompatibility of the company’s bioinductive implant and its ability to promote new connective tissue with the histological appearance of tendon.”
“This is a breakthrough study, as it is the first to show that the Rotation Medical bioinductive implant promotes the rapid growth of tendon-like tissue in humans,” said Dr. Steven P. Arnoczky, lead investigator of the study and director of the Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research at Michigan State University. “While clinical studies have demonstrated evidence of new tissue generation via imaging, the histologic character of this tissue could only be inferred. The unique opportunity to evaluate biopsies from implant recipients confirms the findings of the preclinical animal study, and demonstrates that the implant is bi...
