TendoCoil
An external anchor that monitors and provides incremental suture tension, improving success rates of tendon repair surgery, enhancing internal healing of the tendon, and even reducing chances of requiring additional surgery.
During a tendon repair physicians are unable to know if a suture is tightened adequately to allow maximum healing.
Inadequate connection of the two tendon ends can lead to local edema, and peritendinous adhesion, all of which may result in physical impairment such as reduced motion or lack of grasping strength in the hand, or reduced strength and capacity in other areas in the body. 11% of tendon repair procedures fail!
Rehabilitation process following the tendon repair procedure is very long with slow recovery since the patient doesn’t perform well and routinely needs rehab exercises.
Inventors
Contact info
Avital Pritz, Director of Medical Devices and Digital Health
For further information please contact:
avital@mor-research.comExternal device for tensioning the sutures that measures the amount of tension applied via the suture.
During rehab it will provide small incremental pulls (20-30/ per hr.) that will enhance the internal healing of the tendon.
Currently, there is no commercial solution in the market to address the problem.
The Tendon Repair Market size was valued at USD 2.2 billion in 2022 and is estimated to account for USD 4.7 billion by 2032.
It is estimated that there are 700,000 hand-tendon ruptures in the developed world annually. With an estimated price of $600 per device the TAM is $420M.
A FIH study of 8 patients is being conducted
Prototype is under development