AlloSource and Community Tissue Services(TM) Partner to Create the Joint Restoration Foundation.New Company Will Promote the Benefits of Joint Restoration Allograft allograft: see transplantation, medical. Tissue and Increase Its Availability to Patients Nationwide CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of bone and soft tissue allografts allografts (al´  graf´ts),n.pl the transplantation of tissue between genetically nonidentical individuals of the same species. , as well as allograft skin for burn applications, along with Community Tissue Services[TM] (CTS (1) (Clear To Send) The RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Contrast with RTS. (2) (Common Type System) The data typing used in . ), a leading non-profit provider of tissue allografts and the largest provider of skin grafts to surgeons for severe burn patients in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , today announced the formation of the Joint Restoration Foundation (JRF JRF Joseph Rowntree Foundation (UK social policy research and development charity) JRF Jewish Reconstructionist Federation JRF Journal of Religion and Film JRF Jordan River Foundation JRF Jackie Robinson Foundation ). The new company will be a non-profit organization focused on processing technologies and the promotion of the beneficial uses of joint restoration allograft tissue, including fresh osteochondral allografts, tendons, and meniscus meniscus /me·nis·cus/ (me-nis´kus) pl. menis´ci [L.] something of crescent shape, as the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid in a pipet or buret, or a crescent-shaped cartilage in the knee joint. . The need for these life-enhancing allografts has grown as surgeons experience successful patient outcomes. "The establishment of the Joint Restoration Foundation will expand the availability of these allografts on a national level and provide increased opportunities for recipients in our donor communities," said Pete Jenkins, newly appointed Executive Director of JRF. "We look forward to the growth and advancements that will be achieved with this partnership with CTS." As Executive Director, Pete Jenkins will be responsible for oversight of JRF, and manage the day-to-day operations of the foundation. According to Judith E. Woll, M.D., CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Community Tissue Services[TM], "I am excited we can now provide fresh tissue allografts to surgeons and hospitals in all our locations for patients who need them. In many cases, fresh grafts allow mobility that couldn't be accomplished with alternate grafts or prostheses Prostheses A synthetic object that resembles a missing anatomical part. Mentioned in: Microphthalmia and Anophthalmia ." Diane Wilson, COO of Community Tissue Services[TM], is the Chairman of the Board of JRF and will be responsible for leading the organization. Details regarding Joint Restoration Foundation (JRF) include: * JRF will oversee and coordinate the efforts of partners to produce quality allografts, which will be made available to surgeons and their patients nationwide. * The partners will fund, through JRF, Research & Development projects that enhance graft safety, provide for new tissue applications and are made available to the medical professionals and their patients. * Consistent quality standards will be set and monitored by JRF. * Allografts will be provided under the single JRF brand name. About AlloSource Founded in 1994, Centennial, Colorado based AlloSource continues to increase the availability of high quality, safe allografts. Showing respectful appreciation for the gift of donation, AlloSource saves and improves lives by maintaining the highest standards in recovery, processing and storage of human tissue and cells, while striving to develop new therapeutic technologies. AlloSource provides service to the country's most reputable non-profit organ procurement organizations that have direct input and oversight into the company's business operations. AlloSource is accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the American Association of Tissue Banks. It operates three facilities in Centennial, Salt Lake City and Cincinnati and employs over 240 people. For more information, visit www.allosource.org About Community Tissue Services[TM] Community Tissue Services (CTS), an independent, not-for-profit organization, is accredited by the American Association of Tissue Banks and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 Registered. Community Tissue Services[TM] serves the public through recovery, processing and distribution of human tissue donations used for transplantation. Community Tissue Services[TM] is composed of eight regional offices and three satellite offices: Dayton, Ohio (Corporate Office); Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas, 18th-largest city in the United States[1], and voted one of "America’s Most Livable Communities. ; Fresno, California; Indianapolis, Indiana; Memphis, Tennessee; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and Toledo, Ohio. Satellite locations: Boise, Idaho, Connersville, Indiana, and Medford, Oregon. For more information, please visit www.communitytissue.org. |
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