Latest ACell Stories

COLUMBIA, Md., May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ACell, Inc., a leading developer of next-generation regenerative medicine products, announced today that its MatriStem medical devices demonstrate the highest constructive remodeling response in a recent study comparing 14 extracellular matrices (ECM) designed to aid in surgical procedures. The study, "Macrophage phenotype as a predictor of constructive remodeling following the implantation of biologically derived surgical mesh materials,"...

Award to Support Innovation in Wound Care to Address Unmet Needs in Space and on Earth COLUMBIA, Md., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ACell, Inc., a leading developer of next-generation regenerative medicine products, announced today that it has received the Space Medicine and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP) award, given by National Space Biomedical Research Institute's (NSBRI) Industry forum. The award will support ACell in the development of...

COLUMBIA, Md., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ACell MatriStem® medical devices were featured in a peer-reviewed article, "Porcine Urinary Bladder matrix: a Retrospective Study and Establishment of Protocol," published in the October, 2012 issue of the Journal of Wound Care (www.journalofwoundcare.com). Analysis showed a decrease in mean closure time after application of MatriStem in wounds that had received previous applications of other advanced wound care products. All wounds...

COLUMBIA, Md., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A patient diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis was successfully treated and discharged after ACell MatriStem was used in an effort to save her leg from amputation, reported Marcie Fraser of Your News Now. Jonna Rue went to the hospital when her foot became blood-red and swollen. A flesh eating bacteria was quickly destroying the tissues in her leg. Doctors intervened surgically to remove a great deal of tissue in an attempt to stop the...

HOUSTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two small U.S. companies are the recipients of the 2012 Space Medicine and Related Technologies Commercialization Assistance Program (SMARTCAP) award. ACell, Inc., of Columbia, Md., and Enterade USA LLC of Newberry, Fla., each received a $100,000 SMARTCAP award to help in moving their health care products toward commercialization as they address unmet health needs in space and on Earth. SMARTCAP is a new competitive program launched...

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthpoint Biotherapeutics today announced the company has entered into a distribution agreement with Efe Consultoria & Importacao Ltda to commercialize the OASIS® Extracellular Matrix product line in Brazil. OASIS® products are based on an extracellular matrix material derived from porcine small intestinal submucosa (SIS®), which is designed to support the body's natural healing mechanisms in difficult-to-heal and chronic...

EXTON, Pa., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kensey Nash Corporation (Nasdaq: KNSY), a leading medical technology company that provides innovative resorbable biomaterial technology for a wide range of medical procedures, today announced the achievement of several milestones for its Meso BioMatrix(TM) surgical mesh including the first clinical implant of the product. The Meso BioMatrix(TM) product is indicated for use in the United States for implantation to reinforce soft tissue where...

Northwest Hair Restoration Surgeon, Dr. Robert Niedbalski is looking for participants for the first ever study on eyebrow restoration using ACell Matristemin the Seattle "“ Tacoma, WA area. ACell has been shown effective in hair follicle cloning in the scalp but never in eyebrow hair restoration. Tacoma, WA (PRWEB) August 02, 2011 Robert Niedbalski, D.O., renowned hair transplant surgeon and medical director at Northwest Hair Restoration in Tacoma, WA, is the only doctor in the...

BELGRADE, Mont., May 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bacterin International Holdings, Inc. ("Bacterin") (NYSE Amex: BONE), a creator and developer of revolutionary bone graft material and antimicrobial coatings for medical applications, today announced that it is commencing distribution of the Company's third human acellular biological scaffold, hMatrix®, an acellular dermal scaffold. Bacterin's hMatrix® is an acellular matrix processed from donated human dermal tissue that is used to...

FREMONT, Calif., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Biomerix Corporation announced today it has received two Class III Medical Device Licenses by Health Canada for its REVIVE and ASSURE Hernia Repair Meshes. REVIVE and ASSURE surgical meshes feature the Biomerix Biomaterial, a proprietary, biointegrative, synthetic tissue scaffold. The Biomerix Biomaterial is designed to play a role similar to the body's extracellular matrix, a biological structure that supports tissue repair and regeneration....