Axya Medical Announces 510k Clearance for its Bone Anchor System and Kit.Business Editors and Health/Medical Writers BEVERLY, Mass.--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 8, 2000 Axya Medical Inc., a privately held medical device company, announced today that it has received 510 (k) clearance for its Bone Anchor System and Kit. This system is designed to be used with the AxyaWeld(TM) instrument. The Bone Anchor System and Kit utilizes 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 and bone anchors to secure soft tissue structures in surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. where bone anchors are indicated. Axya has developed a patented, proprietary method of utilizing ultrasonic energy to weld polymeric materials used in surgical procedures. Its initial products are designed to ultrasonically weld suture, thereby eliminating knot tying by the surgeon. The instrumentation has been developed in collaboration with a number of surgeons representing several surgical specialties. This collaboration led to the conclusion that the elimination of knot tying through suture welding is a cost-effective alternative to what can be a time consuming, tedious task. The suture welds produced by the Axya technology exceed U.S.P. standards for knotted suture. Additional products are being developed for open or 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 procedures. Axya is also consulting with cardiac and vascular surgeons in the development of its technology for application to those specialties. Axya's institutional investors include Vector Fund Management and Marquette Venture Partners, both of Chicago, Illinois; Prism Venture Partners, Westwood, Massachusetts; US Bancorp Piper Jaffray, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Delphi Ventures, Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. ; and Johnson &Johnson Development Corporation (JNJ JNJ Johnson and Johnson (stock symbol) JNJ Journal of Nursing Jocularity ), New Brunswick, New Jersey This article is about the city in New Jersey. For the Canadian province, see New Brunswick. New Brunswick, also known as "the Healthcare City"[2] or "Hub City",[3] is a city and the county seat of the County of Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. . |
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