Ortho Regenerative Technologies Inc. Receives Key Patent Protecting Lead Product In The United States
MONTREAL, Sept. 1, 2016 /CNW/ - Ortho Regenerative Technologies Inc. ("Ortho" or the "Corporation"), a regenerative medicine company focused on products for repair of sports medicine injuries, announced today the issuance of a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark office entitled "Soluble Physiological Chitosan Formulations Combined with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) for Tissue Repair". US Patent 9,427,469 covers: 1) Specific chitosan formulations together with platelet rich plasma; and 2) Use of those formulations for biological repair of tissue.
"The issuance of this patent marks an important milestone for Ortho as it provides protection for our lead product candidate in the world's largest sports medicine market," said Edward C. Margerrison, PhD, President and CEO of Ortho.
Protected in the patent is the Corporation's lead product candidate, Restore-R, a proprietary biopolymer being developed to biologically repair shoulder rotator cuff injuries. Surgical attachment of the tendons, the current standard of care, usually fails to reduce pain and/or restore function because of inadequate biological healing. Currently no method or product provides biological healing of the tissue in this indication, and as a result, the failure rates of surgery are unacceptably high.
The new patent is the first of four (4) patent applications in the Corporation's portfolio to issue. The patents and patent applications protect the Corporation's proprietary product candidates and their use. These patent applications are currently pending in Canada, the EU, and other major market territories around the world.
About Restore-R.
Restore-R is a room temperature-stable biopolymer being developed to be used in surgical procedures to repair shoulder rotator cuff injuries. The patented biopolymer has been specifically designed and formulated to reduce the high failure rate of surgical repair of the rotator cuff in the shoulder. Restore-R is designed to work within the current standard of care in an orthopedic surgical suite without significant additional surgical time, at a price expected to fit into current payer payment paradigms in the US.
About Ortho Regenerative Technologies Inc.
Ortho Regenerative Technologies, Inc. ("Ortho") is a biotechnology Corporation developing its patented biopolymer product Restore-R to address an unmet medical need in the multi-billion dollar Sports Medicine market. Restore-R is being developed to biologically repair shoulder rotator cuff injuries, where surgical attachment of the tendons, the current standard of care, usually fails to reduce pain and/ or restore function because of inadequate biological healing. Currently no method or product provides biological healing of the tissue in this indication, and as a result, the failure rates of surgery are unacceptably high. Lack of biological repair of these tissues leads to reduced mobility, enduring pain, workplace absence, and expensive revision surgery. Restore-R has been designed as an add-on to currently existing surgical procedures to promote biological healing of the tissue and significantly reduce complications and failure rates.
Ortho's proprietary biopolymer technology platform, Restore, has broad potential use for the development of multiple additional products addressing other unmet needs in ligament, tendon, and soft tissue repair. Subsequent indications include repair of the meniscus in the knee, other ligaments and tendons such as the ACL and the spinal disc.
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SOURCE ORTHO REGENERATIVE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
