Camber Spine Announces Addition of Biologics to Its Portfolio
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 7, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Camber Spine, a leading innovator in spine and medical technologies, today announced that it is expanding its portfolio by offering biologics through a signed private label ag... Devices, Orthopaedic, Product Launch, Distribution Camber Spine, Scylla, cellular bone graft, allograft, bone matrix (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - August 7, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Research in Regenerative Medicine proposes a quality control framework for umbilical cord blood-sourced allografts
(Future Science Group) The recent study from Burst Biologics challenges existing standards and outlines future safety and potency benchmarks. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 22, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Does autograft choice in ACL reconstruction affect recurrent ACL revision rates?
(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) Young athletes who have anterior cruciate ligament surgery are more likely to need an additional surgery if they received a hamstring graft compared to a bone-patellar tendon-bone graft, according to research presented today at the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. The research was conducted by group of clinicians led by Dr. Christopher C. Kaeding of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Lateral extra-articular tenodesis reduces hamstring autograft
(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) The addition of lateral extra-articular tenodesis to a hamstring autograft in knee surgery in young active patients significantly reduces graft failure and persistent anterolateral rotatory laxity at two years post operatively. The research, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Orthopedic Sports Medicine Society, received the O'Donoghue Sports Injury Award. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Cerapedics Appoints Patrick O'Connor as Vice President of Clinical and Market Development
WESTMINSTER, Colo., June 24, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Cerapedics, a privately-held orthobiologics company, today announced the appointment of Patrick O'Connor as Vice President of Clinical and Market Development. "We are p... Devices, Orthopaedic, Neurosurgery, Personnel Cerapedics, i-FACTOR Peptide, Bone Graft, spine surgery (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 24, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Helping the body's ability to grow bone
(University of Portsmouth) For the first time, scientists have been able to study how well synthetic bone grafts stand up to the rigors and 'strains' of life, and how quickly they help bone re-grow and repair. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 24, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Biologics in acute burn injury - Kogan S, Halsey J, Agag RL.
There have been significant advances in the care of burns over the past decade. As a result of the improved survival of burn patients, attention has shifted to the optimized management of their wounds. Traditionally, autografts have been described as the g... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 19, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Implant with lingual cortex perforation: Explant or wait for osseointegration ?
While placing the implant there was an incorrect angulation and the implant gave away apically at the lingual cortex.   Buccal bone graft and membrane were placed.  Should one explant, graft and place implant later or should one wait for it to osseointegrate?The postImplant with lingual cortex perforation: Explant or wait for osseointegration ? appeared first onOsseoNews Dental Implants. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts - June 3, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: osseonews Tags: Clinical Cases Surgical Source Type: news

Immediate Implant Placed too Labial gets saved by Soft Tissue: No Graft Needed
The implant was placed, by me, too labial in my opinion. Because the patient had adequate quantity/quality of attached tissue the case was saved. In this case no bone graft material was used.The postImmediate Implant Placed too Labial gets saved by Soft Tissue: No Graft Needed appeared first onOsseoNews Dental Implants. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts - May 29, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: Timothy C Carter Tags: Clinical Cases Surgical Source Type: news

Need buccal bone augmentation for implant – Indication for Bond Apatite?
The patient is a 67 year old physician who underwent surgical removal of #30 with socket preservation allograft 6 months ago. Would you graft at the time of implant placement?The postNeed buccal bone augmentation for implant– Indication for Bond Apatite? appeared first onOsseoNews Dental Implants. (Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts)
Source: Dental Implants Discussed by Experts - May 28, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: osseonews Tags: Clinical Cases Surgical Source Type: news

MiMedx Appoints Timothy R. Wright as Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Industry Veteran to Lead Next Phase of MiMedx MARIETTA, Ga., May 9, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- MiMedx Group, Inc. (OTC PINK: MDXG) ("MiMedx" or "the Company"), an industry leader in advanced wound c... Devices, Wound Care, Personnel MiMedx Group, PURION, placental tissue, allograft (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - May 9, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

New AlphaGRAFT DBM Fiber Technology Improves Regenerative Capacity
Optimized handling enables combination with allograft or autograft for use in spinal fusion procedures Provides moldable allograft with cohesive handling characteristics and osteoconductive scaffold for delivery of autologous stem cells Regenerative capacity exhibits all five elements of new bone formation in validated animal modelsThis story is related to the following:Surgical Implants (Source: Industrial Newsroom - Health, Medical and Dental Supplies)
Source: Industrial Newsroom - Health, Medical and Dental Supplies - May 7, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Source Type: news

How CareDx Is Bringing AI to Transplant Care
Brisbane, CA-based CareDx has partnered with Cibiltech, a French company that develops artificial intelligence-based products for predictive medicine, to commercialize Predigraft.  Predigraft is a data analysis tool designed to provide an early prediction of a patient's risk of allograft rejection and transplant loss. It was developed from Cibiltech’s software algorithm called iBox, which is built off the outcomes data from tens of thousands of transplant patients. The deal is yet another example of how AI is disrupting the status quo in medtech. MD+DI recently publishe...
Source: MDDI - May 3, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Software Source Type: news

FDA clears moldable OssiMend bioactive bone graft from Collagen Matrix
Collagen Matrix said today that it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its line of OssiMend Bioactive Moldable bone graft matrix products, intended for use in spinal procedures. The Oakland, N.J.-based company said that the newly cleared OssiMend product is composed of anorganic carbonate apatite bone mineral, 45S5 bioactive glass and highly purified Type I collagen, and that it can be molded into putty for filling irregular defect sites. The moldable Ossimend product is designed to be slowly resorbed and replaced by new bone tissue, and comes in various sizes, Collagen Matrix said. “We continue to expand our product portfo...
Source: Mass Device - April 12, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: 510(k) Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Regulatory/Compliance Spinal collagenmatrix Source Type: news

Miach Orthopaedics touts results of two-year study on ACL repair
Miach Orthopaedics said that a study of its bio-engineered implant for autograft anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair revealed results similar to those achieved by traditional ACL repair surgeries two years post-procedure. The non-randomized, two-arm study conducted at Boston Children’s Hospital enrolled 10 patients treated with Miach Orthopaedics’ bridging scaffold-enhanced ACL repair (BEAR) implant with hamstring autograft ACL reconstruction and was conducted under an FDA Investigational Device Exemption. The BEAR implant was designed to be surgically placed between the torn ACL ends at the time of repair, and to...
Source: Mass Device - March 13, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Nancy Crotti Tags: Blog Clinical Trials Featured Implants News Well Orthopedics Research & Development Surgical Miach Orthopaedics Source Type: news