Collagen-based implant induced tissue formation for rotator cuff tears

Rotation Medical Inc. announced its collagen-based Bioinductive Implant induced new tissue formation in all patients with large and massive rotator cuff tears enrolled in the first study on the implant.

The research was presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

“Failure of large and revision rotator cuff repairs continues to be a challenging problem,” Felix H. “Buddy” Savoie, MD, study investigator and chairman of the Department of Orthopedics at Tulane University School of Medicine, said in a company press release. “This study is exciting for the field of rotator cuff repair, as it showed that the Bioinductive Implant induces new tissue formation and assists in healing for patients with large and massive rotator cuff tears.”

The study included 23 patients with 11 large rotator cuff tears and 12 massive rotator cuff tears. All patients underwent arthroscopic surgery. Investigators found all patients had new tissue formation and in 22 patients, the rotator cuff tears successfully healed.

Martha Shadan, president and chief executive officer of Rotation Medical, said in the release, “There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that the Rotation Medical rotator cuff system has the potential to transform the treatment of rotator cuff disease by addressing both the biomechanics and biology required to heal a rotator cuff tendon tear.”

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