Patients Report Reduced Pain, Faster Return to Activities with Rotation Medical Bioinductive Implant for Rotator Cuff Repair

Results of REBUILD Registry Presented at Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting

DENVER--()--Rotation Medical Inc., a medical device company focused on developing new technologies to treat rotator cuff disease, today announced initial results for the REBUILD registry of the company’s Bioinductive Implant at the Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) Annual Meeting. The REBUILD registry adds to the growing body of literature supporting the use of the Rotation Medical Bioinductive Implant as a novel treatment for rotator cuff injury.

REBUILD (Rotation MEdical BioindUctive ImpLant Database) is a prospective, non-randomized, multicenter registry designed to collect patient reported outcomes, including shoulder function, pain and quality of life after receiving the Bioinductive Implant. Interim results of the first 200 patients showed significantly less post-operative pain and use of narcotics, less sling time, faster return to function and better overall shoulder rating. The study will follow up to 300 patients across 20 study centers.

“Patients often opt out or delay surgery in the early stages of rotator cuff disease due to long and painful rehabilitation,” said Dr. Louis McIntyre, study investigator and orthopedic surgeon at Northwell Health Physician Partners Orthopaedic Institute at Sleepy Hollow, New York. “Initial results of the REBUILD registry demonstrate statistically significant improvements in several outcomes measures, including pain, function and overall shoulder rating.”

Data in the REBUILD registry are being compared to data in a national orthopaedic database using standard rotator cuff treatment. Patients in the REBUILD registry report feeling better six months after receiving the Bioinductive Implant than those who received standard treatment did at two years.

“Payors and providers are increasingly looking for data that demonstrate the effectiveness of medical devices on key health economic drivers,” said Martha Shadan, president and CEO of Rotation Medical. “With the results of the REBUILD registry, we believe our Bioinductive Implant is well-positioned to transform the treatment of rotator cuff disease, enabling patients to get back to work and other activities more quickly with less pain and use of narcotics than traditional rotator cuff repair.”

About Rotator Cuff Tears

Rotator cuff damage is the most common source of shoulder pain, affecting more than 4 million people annually in the U.S. Traditional approaches to treating degenerate or torn rotator cuffs often do not address the poor quality of the underlying tendon tissue, and a significant number of these tendons, after standard treatment, either degenerate further and/or re-tear.

About the Rotation Medical BioInductive Implant

Cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March 2014, the Rotation Medical Bioinductive Implant is designed to address both the biomechanics and biology required to heal a rotator cuff tendon tear by inducing new tissue growth at the site of implantation, resulting in increased tendon thickness and healing of tendon defects with new tissue growth. The collagen-based implant is about the size of a postage stamp and it is part of the Rotation Medical rotator cuff system, which also includes disposable instruments that allow the arthroscopic procedure to be performed easily and quickly. For important safety information, visit http://rotationmedical.com/our-solution/risks/.

About Rotation Medical

Rotation Medical Inc. was founded in 2009 and is committed to improving the treatment of rotator cuff disease with the Rotation Medical rotator cuff system, a breakthrough technology that has the potential to prevent rotator cuff disease progression and reduce re-tears by inducing the growth of new tendinous tissue. The company is privately held and funded by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Life Sciences Partners (LSP) and Pappas Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.rotationmedical.com/.

Contacts

Merryman Communications
Joni Ramirez, 323-532-0746
joni@merrymancommunications.com

Release Summary

REBUILD registry initial results showed significantly less post-operative pain/use of narcotics, less sling time, faster return to function & better overall shoulder rating with Bioinductive Implant.

Contacts

Merryman Communications
Joni Ramirez, 323-532-0746
joni@merrymancommunications.com