FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

April 27, 2015

Info: Henry Raines, 941-953-5509, bennettorthopedics2@verizon.net

SUNCOAST ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON, WILLIAM F BENNETT M.D. RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION

PRESENTS INNOVATIVE NEW SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND INVENTION AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

COAUTHORS PAPER FOR THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION ON STEM CELL THERAPY AND REGENERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

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William F Bennett, M.D., Ziptek LLC, Sarasota, Florida, just returned from the AAOS Annual Meeting for orthopedic surgeons. While there, he presented his invention, the ZipE knotless tissue repair and attachment surgical technique. There were over 600 orthopedic company exhibitors and Ziptek was one of them. The presentation received significant interest from US orthopedic surgeons, other orthopedic publically traded companies and numerous foreign countries, including various European, Israel, South Korean, Columbian, Brazilian, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey and London based and US based distributors who have an interest in distributing Ziptek’s ZipE tissue repair devices.

For information about Ziptek’s devices, please check out www.ziptekglobal.com .

Ziptek  LLC (the “Company”) is a Sarasota, FL. based medical device company that has developed what Ziptek  believes to be a valuable addition to tissue repair and tissue attachment devices. ZipE -knotless tissue repair and attachment solution devices, pronounced Zip and say the letter “E”, allow for rapid and easy repair in minimally invasive surgical procedures where the surgeon is working in small spaces or through small incisions using an arthroscope.

The ZipE device allows the surgeon to repair the tissue without having to tie knots in tight spaces-quick and simple. It may not replace every indication to tie surgical knots but has the potential to replace many knot tying repair indications and affords your surgery the opportunity to combine the self-locking surgical button/capture with knot tying techniques.

It is like a Zip-Tie or cable wrap, with which you bind electric or electronic cables- it is a surgical button that travels down a suture and locks from moving in the opposite direction. It is a self-locking surgical button which can act like a tack and creates increased surface contact area for tissue healing. It spreads out the forces over the contact surface area as a washer does with a bolt. Since many tissue repair indications include placing tissue onto a flat surface it acts like a tack holding a rug to the floor.

Ziptek LLC is accelerating its strategy to enter the knotless soft-tissue repair solutions market, initially with a rotator cuff repair device. The company takes pride in offering patent protected and patent pending ZipE knotless tissue repair and attachment solution devices for surgeon’s needs which should be available in 2015.

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William F Bennett, M.D., Bennett Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Sarasota, FL, https://www.bennettorthosportsmed.com/ , recently coauthored Regenerative Treatments to Enhance Orthopedic Surgical Outcome in the April 2015 edition of The Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (abstract below).

Dr. Bennett’s fellow authors include Dr. Arnold Caplan, from Case Western Reserve University and OrthoCyte Corp. (US), considered “The father of the mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)”, William D. Murrell, Jr. M.D., M.Sc.,  a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon sub-specialized in orthopaedic sports medicine at Dr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center, Dubai, as well as orthopedic surgeons from the famous Andrews Clinic.

Dr. Bennett notes, “Research continues to show the benefit of non-surgical therapies such as stem cell and platelet rich plasma (PRP) treatments for orthopedic problems.  Cost of such treatments are rapidly declining, just one fifth of the cost of a few years ago, putting them within the budget of more and more patients.  We look forward to a day in the near future when all patients and experience regenerated and restored health and mobility.”

Dr. Bennett is an esteemed, experienced Sarasota orthopedic surgeon, internationally known as an expert shoulder and knee specialist. Designated one of the Top Orthopedic Surgeons in Sarasota by U.S. News and World Reports, Dr. Bennett has been practicing since 1995. As a sportsmedicine physician, he treats all injuries, but has been a pioneer in the areas of shoulder surgery, adult stem cells, and platelet rich plasma (“PRP”) treatment of joints. He sees patients from various parts of the world who seek his advanced expertise in treating hip, knee, elbow, and shoulder injuries. Arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery, minimally invasive custom knee replacement, cartilage regeneration, meniscus surgery, ACL reconstruction and hip arthroscopy are common procedures performed by Dr. Bennett.

Regenerative Treatments to Enhance Orthopedic Surgical Outcome

William D. Murrell, Adam W. Anz, Humeira Badsha, William F. Bennett, Robert E. Boykin, Arnold I. Caplan, Regenerative Treatments to Enhance Orthopedic Surgical Outcome, PM&R, Volume 7, Issue 4, Supplement, April 2015, Pages S41-S52, ISSN 1934-1482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.01.015.

 

Abstract: Abstract
In orthopedic surgery there has been a never-ending quest to improve surgical outcome and the patient’s experience. Progression has been marked by the refinement of surgical techniques and instruments and later by enhanced diagnostic imaging capability, specifically magnetic resonance. Over time implant optimization was achieved, along with the development of innovative minimally invasive arthroscopic technical skills to leverage new versions of classic procedures and implants to improve short-term patient morbidity and initial, mid-term, and long-term patient outcomes. The use of regenerative and/or biological adjuncts to aid the healing process has followed in the drive for continual improvement, and major breakthroughs in basic science have significantly unraveled the mechanisms of key healing and regenerative pathways. A wide spectrum of primary and complementary regenerative treatments is becoming increasingly available, including blood-derived preparations, growth factors, bone marrow preparations, and stem cells. This is a new era in the application of biologically active material, and it is transforming clinical practice by providing effective supportive treatments either at the time of the index procedure or during the postoperative period. Regenerative treatments are currently in active use to enhance many areas of orthopedic surgery in an attempt to improve success and outcome. In this review we provide a comprehensive overview of the peer-reviewed evidence-based literature, highlighting the clinical outcomes in humans both with preclinical data and human clinical trials involving regenerative preparations within the areas of rotator cuff, meniscus, ligament, and articular cartilage surgical repair.

Read the report in its entirety here:
http://www.pmrjournal.org/article/S1934-1482(15)00047-7/abstract?cc=y

For interview availability contact: Henry Raines, 941-953-5509, bennettorthopedics2@verizon.net