Jessica M. Cottner

Articles by Jessica M. Cottner

FDA Approves Autologous Cellular Knee Implant

Vericel Corporation’s MACI autologous cellularized scaffold to repair articular cartilage defects has become the first implant of its kind to receive U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. The approval was announced at the end of December 2016. Vericel’s MACI Knee Implant is comprised of an avascular sheet of the patient’s own cells which has grown […]

Jan 9, 2017

FDA Approves Novel Bone Foam

CERASORB Ortho FOAM, a novel form of bone void fill developed by curasan AG, a former Riemser Inc. subsidiary, received approval this past December for commercial sale from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CERASORB Ortho FOAM, an innovative new bone void fill, is made with a resorbable ceramic and porcine collagen. This […]

Jan 4, 2017