1st US cases performed with CartiHeal’s Agili-C implant: 3 insights

Vinod Dasa, MD, and Michael Hartman, MD, performed the first two U.S. procedures using CartiHeal’s Agili-C implant at Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Medicine.

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Here are three things to know:

1. CartiHeal’s proprietary implant is designed for joint surface lesion treatment.

2. The first two U.S. patients were enrolled in the Agili-C Investigational Device Exemption pivotal study.

3. In Europe and Israel, 80 patients have been enrolled and treated in the study, which aims to demonstrate Agili-C’s superiority over microfracture and debridement to treat cartilage or osteochondral defects in the knee.

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