Rotation's Bioinductive Shoulder Implant Succeeds In Australian Trial

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.

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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...

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