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Tenon Medical Announces Initial Clinical Cases Successfully Completed with Company’s New Catamaran(R) SE SI Joint Fusion System
~ Procedures Completed in Various Spine & Pain Centers of Excellence Throughout the Country Including in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Arizona and Utah
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[{"type":"text","content":"~ Procedures Completed in Various Spine & Pain Centers of Excellence Throughout the Country Including in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Arizona and Utah ~~Feedback From Initial Physician Users to Support Broader Market Introduction~ LOS GATOS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 30, 2024 / Tenon Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:TNON) (\"Tenon\" or the \"Company\"), a company transforming care for patients suffering from certain Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) disorders, today announced completion of the initial clinical cases utilizing the Company's new Catamaran SE SI Joint Fixation Device. The new implant offers a 30% reduction in implant width as compared to the original Catamaran Fixation Device, providing physicians with options for smaller SI joint anatomy or revising previously treated SI joints with failed alternative SI joint implants where space is limited. Initial user experience with the Catamaran SE is underway with a select group of physician operators who are expected to provide valuable feedback to support a broader Catamaran SE market introduction in the coming months. Successful procedures utilizing the Catamaran SE have been completed in various centers of excellence throughout the country including in Idaho, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Arizona, and Utah.The Catamaran and Catamaran SE SI Joint Fixation Devices are single robust, fully MRI-compatible titanium implants. Each device consists of two pontoons, connected by an osteotome bridge, designed to transfix the SI joint along its longitudinal axis, providing immediate fixation and stabilization of the joint, with the aim of achieving a successful long-term fusion. The Catamaran implant was developed with respect to AO principles of arthrodesis including 1) adequate joint preparation, 2) rigid fixation and stabilization, and 3) adequate bone graft augmentation. Via a minimally invasive inferior-posterior approach, the Catamaran & Catamaran SE implants are delivered within the dense cortical bone of the sacrum and ilium to transfix and stabilize the SI joint for the treatment of SIJ dysfunction. To date there have been over 750 Catamaran fixation devices implanted to treat primary SI Joint dysfunction and sacroiliitis, as well as revise previously treated SI joints with failed alterative SI joint implants.This news of the initial clinical use of the Catamaran SE follows the Catamaran SI Join...