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Cartilage Repair Hydrogel Adds New Study Sites

Biloine W. Young - April 22nd, 2013

http://ryortho.com/breaking/cartilage-repair-hydrogel-adds-new-study-sites/

Regentis Biomaterials Ltd., a privately held company focused on developing proprietary hydrogels for tissue regeneration, is expanding its clinical study of GelrinC for cartilage repair to 12 new sites in Germany, Belgium, Poland, the Netherlands and Israel. Researchers say the study will enroll an additional 30 new patients, bringing the total number of treated patients to 53...

Company officials say that the biodegradable GelrinC implant helps grow hyaline-like cartilage in damaged knees by completely filling cartilage lesions with acellular material. They claim that the regenerated cartilage takes the exact form of the defect allowing a patient???s knees to function normally and pain-free...

Ron Arbel, M.D., who treated the expanded study???s patient at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center said, "The current results from the clinical study indicate that GelrinC is an effective treatment that surgeons can easily apply to patients suffering from traumatic cartilage damage..."