The system is intended to enhance the healing process following rotator cuff procedures by strengthening the injured tendon, and the hyaluronic acid-based patch was the final component to receive clearance, according to an Aug. 17 press release from Anika Therapeutics.
The implant is an HA-based scaffold with a knitted structure meant to increase flexibility, strength and regenerative capacity in comparison to first-generation collagen patches. The HA technology allows the patches to reabsorb as the tissue remodels over time and be manipulated arthroscopically.
The patches combined with fixation implants and single-use arthroscopic delivery instruments are meant to enhance cell infiltration, tissue remodeling and tendon thickening within the healing process, according to the release.
