Rotation's Bioinductive Shoulder Implant Succeeds In Australian Trial

09 Sep 2016

The device has 510(k) clearance for a broad tendon-repair indication, but the company is sponsoring clinical trials to further validate the technology, which induces new tissue growth around partially torn rotator cuffs rather than simply mechanically reattaching it.

MT1609_RotationMedicalImplant_1200x675 — Rotation's bioinductive implant shown on a model of a shoulder, repairing a rotator cuff • Source: Rotation Medical, Inc.

Rotation Medical Inc.'s highly-porous, bioinductive collagen implant induces new tissue formation and creates an environment conducive to the healing of partial-thickness shoulder rotator cuff tears, new clinical data show.

Results of the study, led by Desmond John Bokor of Macquarie University in Australia, were published in the...