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  • September - Actifit 2yr clinical result lectures at SICOT in Gothenburg, AGA in Vienna and ICRS in Barcelona.

    International Cartilage Repair Society in Barcelona Sept 26th-29th. Lunch symposium with lectures from Prof Verdonk, Tim Spalding, Dr Lisa Kon, Dr Heinz Laprell and Dr Konrad Slynarski.

  • October - Actifit 2 year clinical result lectures at the London knee meeting, Bone-tec in Hannover, SIGASCOT in Verona and Hosmote in Oslo.

  • November - International training workshop Frankfurt, Nov 5th. Actifit 2yr clinical results lecture at EFOST, Brussels.

  • December - Actifit 2yr clinical results lecture at SFA, Aix-en Provence.

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Meniscal treatment options

Orteq's Actifit® was developed specifically to help repair meniscal damage. At present there are two options available when the meniscus is damaged; either remove the damage by a partial meniscectomy, or attempt to repair it by stitching the torn material together. There are no guarantees that either approach will work.

In 1948, Fairbank reported 93% of knees that have been operated on suffer degenerative changes. In 2006, Bonneux reported in the Journal of Knee Surgery that meniscal tears predispose a knee to articular cartilage degeneration and eventual osteoarthritis.

The knee joint is a severe environment with high load and shear stresses and around 20% of partial meniscectomies fail.

Typically, the treatment options for a failed meniscectomy are:

  • injections with viscousity enhancing liquids - a short term solution
  • a further meniscectomy - continuous series of operations with reduced success each time
  • meniscus transplant - expensive, scarce and complex
  • knee replacement - very expensive, drastic and a last resort

Orteq developed Actifit® as a biodegradable implant developed from our proprietary polymer. Actifit®'s inter-connected, porous composition promotes rapid in-growth of blood vessels and fibrocartilage, which subsequently transforms into new meniscus-like tissue.