New Collagen Meniscus Implant Opens New Vista for Knee Repair
...etes and people with arthritis seek out the clinic's expertise in ligament, articular cartilage and meniscus repair, regeneration and replacement and help people...al was soft enough, yet durable and slick enough not to damage the opposing articular cartilage in peoples' knees," Stone said. "So, I sought to re-grow the me...Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows
...urn to sports), earliest MRI findings and physical exam findings. Operative reports and intra-operative images were also used to classify meniscal and articular cartilage pathology. All of the patients were counseled as to the benefits and risks of delaying ACL reconstruction and advised to avoid any at-r...Study identifies potential fix for damaged knees
...e and bone," Dr. Bedi said. Damage to so-called articular cartilage can occur in various ways, ranging from ...erties of healingyou are essentially born with the articular cartilage that you have," Dr. Bedi said. Left untr...ng properties with T2-values that resembled native articular cartilage." Dr. Williams, Dr. Bedi and other su...Early detection of osteoarthritis in dogs could open doors for a cure
... us diagnose impending osteoarthritis before it is too late to help the patient in the most effective manner." Osteoarthritis causes degradation of articular cartilage, leading to pain, inflammation and loss of motion in the joint. Veterinarians predict that 20 percent of middle-aged dogs and 90 percent of ...Study assesses new surgical procedure for regenerating cartilage in damaged knee joints
...s testing a new procedure for regenerating damaged articular cartilage in the knee joint to relieve the pain of...s the composition, structure, and functionality of articular cartilage, the type of tissue normally found in th...nate these problems. "The aim is to produce new articular cartilage that more closely mimics the original ti...Adena Shoulder Surgeon Blends Innovative Techniques with Personalized Patient Care
...wship trained and one of the few physicians around the country to utilize the latest techniques of cartilage regeneration for treating injuries of the articular cartilage in both the knee and the shoulder. Dr. Cohen sees patients at the Adena Bone and Joint Center, an integrated practice of Adena Health System...Rush University Medical Center experts present latest research findings at AAOS meeting
...s and Complications Normalization of Glenohumeral articular Contact Pressures after Either Latarject or Iliac ... p.m. Educational session: Surgical Management of articular Cartilage Defects of the Knee, Friday, February 27...s and Complications Normalization of Glenohumeral articular Contact Pressures after Either Latarject or Iliac ...Orthomimetics Secures CE Mark Approval for Chondromimetic
...he-shelf implant that helps to support the repair of defects involving both articular cartilage and bone - defects that can result from sports injuries, surgical...nt outcome of first-line surgical procedures for the regenerative repair of articular cartilage, meniscus, ligament and tendon injuries using natural biomaterial...MR arthrography is more accurate than MR in diagnosing shoulder tears
... was 83%; for supraspinatus tendon tears was 92%; and for partial-thickness articular surface tears was 68%. Sensitivity on MR arthrography on the other hand was...was 98%; for supraspinatus tendon tears was 100%; and for partial-thickness articular surface tears was 97%. "With MR arthrography we were able to see things wit...Meniscal damage and joint malalignment predictors of cartilage loss
...onsidered, but not both together, and no studies have included joint laxity. Unlike radiographs, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can distinguish articular cartilage from meniscal tissue and detect the impact of specific factors on OA progression. Almost all studies of knee OA progression with MRI outcom...Risks of Delaying ACL Reconstruction in Young Athletes May Be Too High, Study Shows
...urn to sports), earliest MRI findings and physical exam findings. Operative reports and intra-operative images were also used to classify meniscal and articular cartilage pathology. All of the patients were counseled as to the benefits and risks of delaying ACL reconstruction and advised to avoid any at-r...Kensey Nash Announces IDE Submission for Cartilage Repair Device
...pany's unique biomaterials technology for treating articular cartilage defects of the knee. The clinical trial ... implant designed to treat chondral lesions. articular cartilage injury is commonly encountered in people...one million procedures each year to repair damaged articular cartilage in the knee and a majority of these are ...Genzyme Announces Presentation of New Positive Data on Carticel(R)
...pain and functional impairment from defects in the articular cartilage of their knee. These findings revealed t... to treat patients who have clinically significant articular cartilage lesions on the thigh bone part of the kn...tation is common. In the Study of the Treatment of articular Repair (STAR), forty-nine percent (49%) of patient...Knee Pain? An Exclusive Study Engineers Cartilage to Match Patient's Own Tissue
...A has the potential to offer this research opportunity to 10 -15 patients. Patients between the ages of 18-55 with knee pain symptoms indicative of an articular cartilage injury may be eligible to enroll in the study. Patients in the study will have a MRI study and must be able to undergo arthroscopic microfra...New Phase IV Clinical Study Indicates LidoSite Provides Rheumatology Patients Superior Pain Relief
...Park, NJ and Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ. "Patients who avoid regular treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis risk further loss of articular cartilage in the knee." The study, involving six study sites and 14 physicians, followed 63 patients over the course of two routine injections of hy...FasT-Fix® Meniscal Repair System
Description:...implants vertically or horizontally, tighten the suture, and trim the excess. Because the FasT-Fix System contains no hard device heads, trauma to the articular cartilage is minimized. For gold standard strength without arthroscopic knot tying, choose FasT-Fixthe fast and simple meniscal repair system from Sm...AIM Titanium Humeral Nail System
Description:...the lower extremity. Before choosing humeral nailing, adequate planning should be used to minimize difficulties. Rotator cuff injury, proximal humerus articular cartilage destruction, radial nerve injury and extension of comminution are all possible complications of this procedure. ...Swanson Titanium Carpal Lunate Implants
Description:...um to provide temporary postoperative stability while a capsuloligamentous system forms around the implant. The design of this implant includes a deep articular concavity on the distal surface to receive and secure the head of the capitate....3.0 mm Cannulated Screw and Threaded Washer
Description:...1 mm threaded or non-threaded guide wire. The Threaded Washer provides a recessed internal buttress which allows the screw to be buried beneath the articular surface....Stem cells offer cartilage repair hope for arthritis sufferers
...maged cartilage that is one of the main symptoms of osteoarthritis. Scientists at Cardiff University have successfully identified stem cells within articular cartilage of adults, which although it cannot become any cell in the body like full stem cells, has the ability to derive into chondrocytes - the cell...Rice bioengineers pioneer techniques for knee repair
...lage offers the first hope of replacing the entire articular surface of knees damaged by arthritis. The techniq...used the self-assembly approach to grow the entire articular surface of the distal femur. Each of these unbroke...old me 10 years ago that we would be making entire articular end caps via self assembly I would have said you w...Stem cells from muscles can repair cartilage
... Damage to articular cartilage (cartilage covering the ends of bones wh...atments and experimental approaches to repair this articular cartilage have achieved limited results, but curre...ured site is a promising new approach to repairing articular cartilage. Previous studies have suggested that ...Kensey Nash Announces Agreement to Acquire Rights to OsseoFit Product
...emption (IDE) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to study the use of the Company's unique biomaterials technology for treating articular cartilage defects of the knee. The clinical trial, which is expected to start later this year, will utilize the Company's Cartilage Repair Device, whi...Small Bone Innovations Introduces New Distal Radius Plating System to Repair Complex Fractures
...d Osteological Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The result is an anatomic locking plate that provides optimized fit and improved articular support over a broad range of anatomic variations. The plate's poly axial locking screw technology is a patented, low profile design with a proven cli...Quantitation of the Protein MIA as a Marker for Chondrocytes in Research Samples
... Materials and Methods Cell culture Human primary chondrocytes derived from articular cartilage were cultivated in DMEM supplemented with penicillin (100 U/ml), streptomycin (10 g/ml) (both Sigma), and 10 % fetal calf serum (Gibco...