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Last month ArthroSave and MedScaler successfully hosted a webinar titled “Postponing the need for total knee replacement: The benefits of Knee Joint Distraction”. The presentations by Dr. Peter van Roermund and Dr. Ronald van Heerwaarden give in depth insight in the advantages of KneeReviver. Especially Dr. van Heerwaarden who is an independant orthopedic surgeon with a focus on joint preserving surgery, has a very clear opinion about KneeReviver.  Curious which insight were shared? Click button below.

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On March 31, Michelle Teunissen obtained her doctorate with her dissertation ‘A joint effort’. In addition to her animal experimental research into knee distraction, Michelle has also successfully applied this treatment for the first time in a dog (Dobermann) with end-stage osteoarthritis. The dog was actually going to be put to sleep. Now -two years later- he runs and plays through the meadows.

Michelle’s research reveals important new insights into the tissue repair process in knee distraction, which helps us at ArthroSave to optimize treatment. For a long time it was thought that osteoarthritis cannot be cured. With this research, Michelle shows how knee distraction develops cartilage and bone growth.

Dissertation: A joint effort: How dogs contribute and benefit from the “One Medicine” approach to osteoarthritis.

If you click on the read more button you can use the passcode:156723 to read the full thesis.

Picture from left to right: Dr.Peter van Roermund, Ir.Karianne Lindenhovius, Dr.Michelle Teunissen, Dr. Simon Mastbergen, Prof. Marianna Tryfonidou

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Twenty-one start-ups from across Europe have secured their places at the EIT Health Catapult final. ArthroSave is one of them! The finalists represent the most promising European start-ups across biotech, medtech and digital health.

Each team will now pitch their solution to the EIT Health network at the EIT Health Summit, due to take place May 24th – 25th 2022, in Stockholm, Sweden. The EIT Health network is one of the largest healthcare communities worldwide including over 150 leading healthcare organisations.

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Learn more about the finalists here:

ArthroSave has been selected as a semifinalist in the EIT Health Catapult competition. Discover more about innovative projects for the healthcare industry. Don’t miss out on the semifinals event on 1-3 December 2021!

By taking part in the EIT Health Catapult, successful start-ups receive high-quality, bespoke training in business modelling and planning, investment deal negotiation and specialised pitch preparation, while gaining access to Europe’s top healthcare experts and investors. The start-ups receive intensive training as they build their credibility and visibility through pan-European exposure.

Finalists are showcased at the EIT Health Summit as they go head-to-head for their share of the €210,000 investment prize fund with the Audience Award Winner displayed on the New York Nasdaq Tower.

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We are so thrilled to have been selected for the first edition of Pole Position – an initiative tailored for ambitious deeptech companies who want to fasten their growth. This initiative will help us scale more efficiently by providing access to the best experts and network.

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October 9, 2021- Hoop voor versleten knieën Volkskrant.

Osteoarthritis mainly affects the knees, followed at some distance by hips. A cure seems far away. Danish researchers drew a gloomy conclusion a few years ago in Science Translational Medicine: Once cartilage is damaged, forget it. There is no treatment, only symptom treatment is possible. However…..

From Rochester USA, the Dutch professor of Regenerative Medicine Daniël Saris makes a remarkably optimistic sound.
It is indeed possible to grow cartilage, he says. He is doing research about a technique for local cartilage defects first at the UMC Utrecht, now at Mayo Clinic USA. For patients with severe knee osteoarthritis in a late stage of the disease knee joint distraction is an option. Saris sees a solution for a growing group of patients…

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“Medical facts” publishes about thesis Sander Hoorntje.

Hoorntje studied the optimal surgical treatment for young, active patients with knee osteoarthritis who would like to sport and work again. Knee osteoarthritis is becoming increasingly common, also with relatively young people. Placing a knee prosthesis in this active group is not desirable, since the risk of failure is high, requiring a second operation. This happens at 1 out-of 3 patients.

Hoorntje’s research shows that joint preserving treatments can be a good first step. There are also treatments in which patients retain their own knee joint. Such as stand correction or the treatment in which the knee joint is put on a small distance for six weeks (knee distraction), with the aim of reducing osteoarthritis complaints. Patients who undergo this treatment often return to sports and work.

A knee replacement operation can also be postponed or prevented. As a result, no costly revision operations are required, which is a favorable outcome for both the patient and society. The stand correction and knee distraction are now relatively rarely performed in the Netherlands; unjustified according to the results of Hoorntje.

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Friday October 1, 2021
Alexander Hoorntje successfully defended his thesis in The Netherlands

Regarding his thesis:

Alexander compared two patient groups on return to sport and return to work. He performed a cross-sectional follow up study in patients <65 years who previously participated in a randomized controlled trial comparing Knee Joint Distraction and high tibial osteotomy.

The outcome of this study showed that the results are comparable. These findings may support further investigation into knee joint distraction as a possible joint-preserving option for challenging “young” osteoarthritis patients.

In Leeds Teaching Hospital two patients were successfully treated with the KneeReviver for a knee joint preserving surgery as start of the KARDS study. ArthroSave has trained orthopaedic surgeons and the theatre staff to use the KneeReviver system. The patients are suffering from severe knee osteoarthritis being too young for a total knee replacement.

The patients were treated on 22 July 2021 in the KARDS study to keep longer their own knee joint while postponing the placement of a first knee replacement. ArthroSave partners with STERIS IMS a provider of reprocessing services facilitating safe and reliable sterile ready delivery of the KneeReviver to the KARDS participating hospitals in the United Kingdom.

Leeds Teaching Hospital is the leader of the KARDS study; Knee ARthroplasty vs Distraction Study (KARDS) is a pragmatic, two-arm NI multi-centre trial designed to establish the clinical & cost-effectiveness of knee joint distraction in a NHS setting. In total 344 patients will be included in two years.

Surgical joint distraction without alignment correction for knee osteoarthritis has gained momentum as an option to delay knee replacement. NICE guidance in this area has found the evidence around this intervention to be lacking in quality and quantity and so has sponsored the KARDS study for further research into this procedure that should lead to future reimbursement. In total 20 hospitals in the United Kingdom are participating in the KARDS study.

With a grant of € 6.7 million from the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland), 14 orthopedic departments of Dutch hospitals are conducting research under the supervision of UMC Utrecht into the (cost) effectiveness of knee distraction. Knee distraction is a promising new joint preserving treatment for patients under the age of 65 with end-stage knee osteoarthritis postponing the total knee replacement for years.

Current clinical research and the recent review of this by the National Health Care Institute showed that treatment with knee distraction for patients younger than 65 years of age is a promising intervention, but at present insufficiently substantiated to be part of reimbursed care. Without reimbursement, such promising treatment for a large population of patients dies a silent death. “With the grant we can now conduct thorough research and demonstrate that the application of knee distraction for the designated target group is really good care,” said study leader, epidemiologist and health technology assessment researcher at UMC Utrecht Paco Welsing.

This is very good news as this means that in 2022-2024 in the Netherlands 600 patients with severe knee osteoarthritis under the age of 65 will be treated with knee distraction and preserving their own knee. We are pleased ArthroSave is fully involved in this study.

For more information (in Dutch):

After pitching in our local regions in May 2021, ArthroSave progressed to the semi-finals of the EIT Health Catapult 2021! The EIT Health Catapult is a training and competition programme that boosts the development of European health start-ups by exposing them to top-quality experts and international investors.

We kindly present you the result of an extensive study about knee distraction as treatment for painful osteoarthritis of the knee at relatively young patients.

The study was done in the department of rheumatology and immunology at the UMC Utrecht by PhD student Mylène Jansen. It resulted in a beautiful thesis which she will defend at June 15 2021. The research was a joint effort with several orthopedics in the Netherlands and Belgium during the last 3.5 years.

The extensive research gives an insight in the clinical outcome of knee distraction treatment also in comparison with other treatments like high tibial osteotomy and total knee replacement.

During this research, patients treated with ArthroSave’s KneeReviver were also taken into account. PhD student Mylène Jansen did also research at the possible repair of degenerated cartilage and sclerotic subchondral bone during knee distraction.

If you like to register for this congress, please contact us first. For max 10 applicants we have a 30% discount promo code available.

Find out schedules, presentation titles, names of speakers and abstracts within the 100+ scientific sessions scheduled over the 3 days of the congress. Distinguished guests are Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Freddie Fu from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA and our Awardees for the EFORT Honorary Award.

Four Dutch healthcare start-ups have been selected in the EIT Health Bridgehead 2021 program!

ArthroSave is among them.

We will receive support in reaching markets in Europe and beyond, to plan how to access new markets quickly and decisively, tap into local networks of partners and clients, access infrastructure and understand new regulatory systems. ArthroSave will mainly focus on UK and BRD for this fantastic program.

ESSKA, 2021 Congress

Very informative speech of Prof. Dr. Floris Lafeber regarding Joint Distraction versus osteotomy.

You can join this virtual speech at May 14, 13.06- 13.12 hour.

Mr. Lafeber explains about the latest insights regarding the comparison of Joint Distraction and Osteotomy.

For many patients and professionals this presentation gives you up to date information which helps you to decide if our treatment with KneeReviver might be taken in consideration.

As winner of the Academic Startup Competition in 2019 we share our knowledge and experience to the winners of 2020 to help them building and structuring their start-up. As alumni we do support this competition being an ambassador .

Click here for: Tips and tricks on pitching in a Digital Mission.

ArthroSave will be present on the annual EFORT Congress which will take place this year from 30 June to 2 July.

You can meet us at the exhibition floor. We look forward to meeting you there.
https://congress.efort.org

In the UK a clinical study for patients with severe knee osteoarthritis will start. In this study the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Knee Joint Distraction will be compared to Knee Arthoplasty.

The study will start in 2021 in twenty hospitals and will be coordinated by the University of Leeds. The study has been funded by the NHS and will lead to reimbursement when the results are positive.

The German magazine Arthroskopie has published an informative article about knee joint distraction with the title ‘Knee joint distraction in the treatment of severe osteoarthritis’. References to the scientific background are included. 

Next week ArthroSave will be present at the NOV congress in ‘s-Hertogenbosch – The Netherlands. We hope to meet you at our booth, to discuss the advantages of knee joint distraction treatment with the KneeReviver.

We are proud to share that Karianne is nominated for the VIVA400 award in the category ‘Zorgdragers’. The VIVA400 list is composed of women who excel in their workfield and forms a platform and network for ambitious and entrepreneurial women. They are a great inspiration for others through what they do, through the successes they have achieved and through what they want to achieve (even more). Nominated women are successful women who matter and make the difference. The awards are presented on December 12th.

The first weekend of November dr. Roel Custers and dr. Nienke van Egmond organise the first Utrecht Joint Preserving Course. On Friday presentations are given about knee joint distraction treatment and on Saturday we provide a hands-on kadaveric course how to use the KneeReviver for knee joint distraction treatment.

We are proud that we, a spin-off of the UMC Utrecht and Pontes Medical, can translate our academic knowledge into better medical care and strengthening the economy.

At the 12th of October we performed a showcase at the Rond Reuma Live patients convention. We showed our KneeReviver device and told patients all they need to know about knee joint distraction treatment.

Last September, our CEO and CSO went to an Incubator programme in Sillicon Valley following the win of the Academic Startup Competition. They were hosted by Gigi Wang and the Consulate General of the Netherlands in San Francisco, Walter van der Weiden, and made great connections in the field of regulatory, reimbursement, marketing, entrepreneurship and investment. In the second week they were hosted by @FocusInnovationStudioSF and have had indepth meetings with clinicians, hospitals and FDA experts.

The Academic Startup Competition is an initiative of VSNU, the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and StartupDelta. The competition put knowledge transfer and academic spin-offs in the international spotlight.

As a result of the selection, ArthroSave will be able to pitch at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) and will be offered a trip to Silicon Valley by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Change. The GES will give ArthroSave the opportunity to learn how to scale up their innovation faster and take the step from startup to scale-up.

On the 11th of February an article (Dutch) was published on the website of  Annatommie mc in which Dr van Rhee explains the treatment.

On the 1rst of February an article (Dutch) was published in the national paper Volkskrant in which Prof Lafeber and Dr Custers explains knee joint distraction.

On the 23rd of November an article (Dutch) was published in the national Dutch paper AD in which Dr Spruijt explains knee distraction and the advantages of this technique. Importantly, this technique is now also available in the Haga Hospital (photo by © NICO SCHOUTEN) in which Dr Spruijt works.

On the 15th of October an article (Dutch) was published in the national regional news website of RTVNoord. The Martini Ziekenhuis in Groningen is the first hospital in the region North Holland to offer knee joint distraction.

On the 1st of October an article (Dutch) was published on the UMC Utrecht webpage. UMC Utrecht has treated the first patients in regular care which is another milestone of this treatment.

On the 26th of September a succesful patient-meeting was held at the UMC Utrecht specifically focussing on knee joint distraction. The program, organised by the Rheumatology and Orthopedic departments of the UMC Utrecht, consisted of an update of the current scientific status of the treatment and a discussion to receive patient input on  new research. Moreover, it was discussed whether it would be useful to set-up a patient organisation/network specifically for patients treated or interested in joint distraction. Dr Custers, Prof Lafeber, Dr Jansen and Dr Mastbergen presented the latest results and future work on knee joint distraction. Dr Oosterwijk presented on the possibilities for patient organisation The evening was characterised by a lively discussion between the presenters and the patients and resulted in valuable input for future  presenters. Over 50 patients attended the evening.

On the 18th of September, for the first time the knee Reviver was used to treat a OA patient with knee joint distraction at Annatommie mc. This is a new milestone and indicates a growing amount of hospitals using this system in the Netherlands.

On 6-8 September the 5th Joint Preservation congres was held at Warsaw Poland. Prof Lafeber and Dr Mastbergen were invited to present in a dedicated session entitled “Joint distraction as joint preserving treatment”.

To promote innovation prince Constantijn, who is an ambassador of innovative companies in the Netherlands, visited de ‘StartupDelta Summit’ on Industriepark Kleefse Waard. Also joint distraction and the knee reviver was presented by our CEO Karianne Lindenhovius.

To promote the UMC Utrecht UREKA Mega Challenge, a innovation gameshow, the knee reviver was chosen as lead on the posters around the UMC. The engineer and orthopaedic surgeon, both valuable academic team-members are holding the Knee reviver.

To mark its 70th Anniversary, EULAR has documented its history and contribution to rheumatology in an anniversary timeline presented at large billboards during the annual meeting of EULAR 2017 at Madrid, Spain. Joint distraction was included as novel surgery in this timeline.

Orthopedic surgeon Dr Custers explains the joint distraction treatment in the short documentary of innovations of importance to the patient made by the Dutch Arthritis Foundation as part of their 90th anniversary. The distraction specific part begins around 8.00 minutes.

(documentary is in Dutch)

A large grant is awarded by the Dutch Technology Foundation STW to the project entitled “William Hunter Revisited: Activating intrinsic cartilage repair to restore joint homeostasis” in which ArthoSave participates to study the mechanisms behind intrinsic cartilage repair as seen with joint distraction. ArthroSave, together with the UMC Utrecht and University Utrecht, will specifically focus on early changes in joint tissues as induced by joint distraction.

On 11 Novemebr 2016 Professor Lafeber gave a TED-like presentation, being 1 of the 25 invited speakers, on the special conference “Verder in Beweging” to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Sint Maartenskliniek Nijmegen. This clinic is one of the early adaptors of the joint distraction treatment in the trials performed in collaboration with the UMC Utrecht.

(presentation is in Dutch)

On 13 October 2015 the popular program “Tijd voor Max” on National Public Television aired an item dedicated to joint distraction as treatment for osteoarthritis patients. The General Practitioner Dr Ted explains osteoarthritis and why joint distraction can be a good solution for the young patient.

(video is in Dutch)

Prof. Dr. Lafeber explains the principles of joint distraction in more detail in this video of the UMC Utrecht.