REGENERATING STRENGTH
Orthox is a leading medical device company founded to transform how injuries to cartilage, and other hard to heal human tissues, are treated.
Orthox is a leading medical device company founded to transform how injuries to cartilage, and other hard to heal human tissues, are treated.
OUR PRODUCTS
FibroFix™: Feels and functions like cartilage; regenerates cartilage
Our FibroFix™ Cartilage implants combine exceptional strength, resilience and smooth, low friction surface properties with the capacity to support regeneration of patients own tissue. This unique combination offers a new treatment paradigm in cartilage repair, providing immediate functional replacement with long term regrowth of healthy, new cartilage tissue.
OUR PATIENTS
25 million* patients suffer cartilage damage every year
The most frequently damaged joint is the Knee, accounting for over half of all cartilage injuries. For many patients, options are limited and they go on to develop debilitating Osteoarthritis, a condition from which half a billion people suffer worldwide and the fourth largest cause of disability globally. FibroFix™ offers an alternative: reducing symptoms, increasing mobility, restoring function, and repairing the damage before its too late.
*International Cartilage Repair Society
OUR SCIENCE
Implants formed from natural silk
Silk – the natural biomaterial at the heart of FibroFix™ technology – is one of the worlds first medical materials. The classical Greek surgeon, Galen of Pergamon, first used silk threads to close surgical incisions and nearly two millenia later the remarkable smooth, strong and safe properties of silk mean it is still used in thousands of surgical procedures every year. Orthox have built on silk’s outstanding track record of success as a biomaterial to create FibroFix™: the worlds first cartilage repair implants created from purified silk protein.
YOUR RECOVERY
Simple surgery, swift recovery
Our surgeons have developed a quick, minimally invasive procedure to implant FibroFix™ using a dedicated set of custom designed instruments. Surgery usually takes less than 30 minutes, spares healthy tissue and enables patients to return home the same day. Because of the robust, load bearing properties of FibroFix™, and the minimally invasive surgical procedure, post-operative patient rehabilitation can be quick, supporting a rapid return to normal activity.
FibroFix™ Cartilage
Orthox’s lead product, FibroFix™ Cartilage, is designed to repair and regenerate the tough, shock absorbing meniscal cartilage in the knee.
FibroFix™ Technology
FibroFix™ is based on Fibroin, a protein extracted from silk fibres, which Orthox process using proprietary technology.
