Links tagged “Cartilage”

Stem Cell treatments – still no correlation between costs and efficacy
The 100% biology total knee replacement, the BioKnee
J&J invests in “cell-free” cartilage repair technology
Cartilage Restoration – 3 case studies illustrate the current state
Cellular Biomedical Group increases knee cartilage in some Chinese patients
Aastrom Biosciences acquires Sanofi’s cartilage repair business for $13M
Dutch are doing a one-step Autologous Chondrocyte knee repair with harvested stem cells
Duke Engineers match both the strength and suppleness of cartilage with artificial materials
Researchers find that Cartilage Cells have a rhythm that effects OsteoArthritis symptoms
California Research Team Prints Cartilage with an Inkjet Printer
Duke Researchers have successfully created articular cartilage
Histogenics pulls in $49M to support commercial development of Cartilage Repair products
Sports medicine startup, Biomimedica, raises $14M for synthetic cartilage to repair joints
Zimmer and ISTO provide and update on the Engineered Juvenile Cartilage Studies
CartiHeal Raises $5M for Agili-CTM, a Single-Stage Arthroscopic Cartilage Regeneration
Researchers are competing to coax chondrocytes into creating cartilage
2 Autologous Cartilage Regeneration companies merge – Biotech Firms Histogenics and ProChon
Sanofi to acquire Genzyme for 4.7X sales multiple
Chinese government approves pricing & reimbursement for NeoStem’s arthroscopic orthopedic autologous adult stem cell based treatment
VIDEO: Dr. Kevin Stone talks about the bio-future of joint replacement
BioSyntech closes asset sale to Indian investor, Piramal Healthcare Ltd(PIRA.BO), for $3.9M
ISTO’s breakthrough in cartilage regeneration —> harvested cartilage cells from deceased juveniles
Carticept Medical gets $20M in Series B Financing
Cartilage repair with a bioactive nanomaterial at Northwestern University
NuOrtho Surgical CEO discusses technology, financing, and the future
TiGenix gains CE mark for ChondroCelect, an ACI treatment for cartilage regeneration, plans launches in in Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Belgium
Orthomimetics reports 10th patient in a clinical study for Chondromimetic, a dual-layered implant for the repair of damaged cartilage and bone
Study Identifies Potential Fix for Damaged Knees – Smith and Nephew’s Trufit cartilage scaffold plugs
New "The Ream and Run" surgical technique, a Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty With Nonprosthetic Glenoid Arthroplasty
Early pre-clinical findings from Kensey Nash's cartilage repair device – de novo tissue
Treatment to regenerate knee and spine cartilage is tested
At MIT, new tissue scaffold regrows cartilage and bone

The future of orthopedics will include 3D printing
Study: Running lowers inflammation in knees
Smith & Nephew acquires cartilage repair product BST-CarGel
Study: Cartilage loss is accelerated after common meniscus surgery
Lab Bio-Prints living human cartilage built using a patient’s own stem cells
Interview with the CEO of TiGenix, maker of the cell-based cartilage repair product ChrondroCelect
Sham surgery is just as effective as an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in diminishing knee pain
China begins new knee OA cell study to evaluate a human adipose-derived mesenchymal precursor cell therapy
Active Implants raises $26M to continue EU clinical trial of meniscus implant, NUsurface
Surgeon Transplants a Tibial Allograft with Meniscus and Cartilage
Carticept Medical studies the Cartiva cartilage device versus MTP fusion in clinical study
Israeli Cartilage Repair startup raises $10M to continue to study Agili-C
In India, Cultured Cartilage Cells re-injected into young patients to Repair Cartilage
Unique Israeli Company CartiHeal Gets CE for Cartilage Defect Repair
British surgeons are using the TiGenix technology to re-grow Knee Cartilage
Orthopedic surgeons in Austin are injecting bone marrow stem cells into knee joints to reduce inflammation
Dr. Robert Johnson, an orthopedic surgeon in Austin, Texas, took stem cells from the bone marrow of the hip of a 59-year-old man and injected it back into the patient’s knee joints. The result? Johnson said the stem cells reduced inflammation and pain and then became the cartilage that the man was missing.
Surgeons prefer 3-cycle HA viscosupplement injections over the new 1-cycle injections
Arthrex to distribute Kensey Nash’s knee cartilage repair scaffold in Europe
Smith and Nephew and Nanotope agree to collaborate on development of Cartilage Regeneration Technology
UK to carry out a stem cell arthritis trial by reimplanting mesenchymal cells and chondrocytes
Connecticut Researchers are turning embryonic stem cells into chondrocytes
Will the FDA take back ReGen Biologics 510(k) clearance?
Cartilage Replacement Using The Body’s Own Cells: Fast, Affordable And A Perfect Fit
Anika Therapeutics Acquires Fidia Advanced Biopolymers
Biomet Announces Acquisition of the Assets of Cartilage Repair Company Cartilix
TiGenix gets CE Mark for ChondroCelect knee cartilage regeneration product
Kensey Nash re-acquires the OsseoFit Bone Void Filler product line from Biomet…”for our future cartilage repair business”
Reduce knee pain after your knee arthroscopy with injections of Curavisc hyaluronic acid
Australian study shows that MACI (matrix-induced autologous chondrocyte) is an effective treatment for knee cartilage
New Product – Synvisc-One is now the only single-injection viscosupplement approved for the treatment of OA knee pain in the US
Students of the Indian Institute of Technology have developed artificial cartilage