Saturday, February 7, 2009
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Lots to talk about. Looking forward to it.
ReplyDeleteHear anything about SpineWave?
ReplyDeleteThere is alot of confusion in the biologics arena. What is the difference between osteostimulative and osteoinductive.
ReplyDeleteRyan: I can understand the difficulty in attempting to explain the meaning of Osteostimulative versus Osteoinductive. The process by which bone grafting material induces or stimulates a cascading of events that culminates in signaling, recruitment, proliferation, and differentiation of osteoblasts is where the confusion lies. This definition is commonly used by companies marketing both materials.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend the following; An osteostimulative material needs an osseous defect that provides nutrients (blood) to stimulate bone growth. In addition, a synthetic bone graft that is osteostimulative will not grow ectopic bone. An osteoinductive material can grow bone anywhere, i.e. spinal canal, around nerve roots, and soft-tissue (muscle) as has been selectively reported by surgeons.
Hope this helps.
Ryan: The word on the street is that Spine Wave is supposedly asking Distributors with guarantees to work on a contingency basis. Meaning; you sell, you get paid a commission. No more free lunches. If there is any truth to this I would suspect our friends at Spine Wave our experiencing a cash-flow problem.
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ReplyDeleteThey also laid off their manufacturing support engineers as well as a few other staff. As far as I know, no design engineers or marketeers were let go. They also put their IPO on hold.
ReplyDeleteOE: Based on the current economic climate it is quite evident that companies like Spine Wave have no shot at an IPO. Maybe one of these days!
ReplyDeleteIs "Osteostimulative" even a word, or just something made up by a marketing team to act as if a product is almost Osteoinductive? I've never found it in a medical dictionary.
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