Axya Medical Announces 510k Clearance for Arthroscopic Use.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers BEVERLY, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Oct. 4, 2000 Axya Medical Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has received 510 (k) clearance for its Axya Bone Anchor System and Kit (AxyaWeld(TM)) for arthroscopic use. Axya has developed a proprietary ultrasonic welding technology to secure suture suture /su·ture/ (soo´cher) 1. sutura. 2. a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound. 3. to apply such stitches. 4. material, thereby eliminating the need to place multiple knots in tissue closure or reattachment reattachment, n in dentistry the reattachment of the gingival epithelium to the surface of the tooth. reattachment The reanastomosis of a thing detached. See Penile reattachment. . The welding process virtually eliminates the risk of knot slippage or unraveling. AxyaWeld is now being used for soft tissue repair in open and laparoscopic Laparoscopic A minimally-invasive surgical or diagnostic procedure that uses a flexible endoscope (laparoscope) to view and operate on structures in the abdomen. Mentioned in: Obstetrical Emergencies general surgical and urological procedures. Orthopaedic surgeons are using the device in open rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. repair in shoulder surgery. Arthroscopic indications include a number of orthopaedic surgical procedures including rotator cuff repair, Bankhart procedures, and repair of the 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. in knee surgery. Axya's institutional investors include Vector Fund Management, Marquette Venture Partners, Prism Venture Partners, Piper Jaffray Ventures, Delphi Ventures and Johnson and Johnson Development Corporation. |
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