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Orthopedic Soft Tissue Repair

Each year more than 1.6 million patients undergo surgeries for the repair of tendons, ligaments and cartilage in the shoulder, knee and ankles. The lack of efficacy of some of past offerings in soft tissue repair has created a pent-up demand for new treatment tools.

The orthopedics industry conjures up images of bones, pins, plates and other hardware, but it has a softer side. Each year, because of sports injuries, jobs that involve repetitive motions or everyday accidents such as stepping off of a curb and landing the wrong way, more than 1.6 million patients undergo surgeries for the repair of tendons, ligaments and cartilage in the shoulder, knee and ankles. (See Exhibit 1.) That large number only takes into account the number of patients with insufferable pain who seek treatment; the actual number of injuries is much larger.

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