Tenon Medical(R) Announces First Patients Treated with New JIB Instrument Kit for Company’s Catamaran(R) SI Joint Fusion System
~ The new kit provides for a lower profile access portal designed to enhance stability, and tools for improved graft handling ~
~ Matthew T Davies, MD and team from Lakewalk Surgery Center successfully perform first cases in Duluth, MN ~
LOS GATOS, CA / ACCESSWIRE / September 6, 2023 / Tenon Medical, Inc. ("Tenon" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:TNON), a company transforming care for patients suffering with certain sacroiliac joint (SI Joint) disorders, today announced completion of the first patients treated with the Company's newly released JIB Instrument Kit. Matthew T. Davies, MD, a board-certified Neurosurgeon from Orthopedic Associates in Duluth, Minnesota successfully treated the first three patients with the JIB kit at Lakewalk Surgery Center on August 31, 2023. Dr. Davies is a recognized leader in the diagnosis and treatment of the SI Joint, utilizing innovative minimally invasive SI Joint fusion procedures to treat painful SI Joint dysfunction and degenerative sacroiliitis. He has performed more than 300 SI Joint fusion procedures and recently incorporated the Catamaran implant into his SI Joint fusion treatment algorithm.
The JIB Kit is a next generation instrument set utilized to implant the Company's Catamaran Fixation Device during a SI Joint fusion procedure. The JIB Kit is used with the current Catamaran instrument tray for accessing the implant site, implant delivery, and expediting bone graft removal and insertion into the Catamaran implant. The JIB Kit incorporates physician feedback gained from early surgeries and provides a lower profile access portal designed to enhance stability, and tools for improved graft handling.
"Stabilizing the joint and ultimately fusing it is the optimal outcome in relieving pain for patients with painful SI joint disorders. The Catamaran's ability to transfix the SI joint along its longitudinal axis, coupled with a surgical approach that optimizes the opportunity to fuse the joint truly differentiates it from other SI implants," states Matthew Davies, MD. "The addition of the new, lower profile access portal and improved graft handling tools to the Catamaran System are all positive upgrades that should continue to enhance the ease of use of the Catamaran implant. The opportunity to maximize our minimally invasive techniques with a lower profile and more efficient instrumentation is a positive for myself and my SI joint patients."
"We are excited with the initial use of our new Catamaran JIB Kit by Dr. Davies and his team at Lakewalk Surgery Center," commented Steven M. Foster, President and CEO of Tenon Medical. "The Tenon Medical organization is fortunate to have Dr. Davies and other key physician advisors who are willing to work closely with our team. This ongoing collaboration is focused on the continued enhancement of our technology and associated techniques as we seek to deliver optimal outcomes for our physician customers and their patients. We are very pleased with the traction we are getting with the Catamaran System as more and more physicians seek a procedure and technology that offers the best chance of successfully stabilizing and fusing the SI joint long term for their patients suffering with SI joint pain."