Biomedicine
FDA approves knee-injury device for humans
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, October 21st, 2007
Previous treatment options forced surgeons to completely remove the damaged portion of the meniscus. Typically the removal of the meniscus leads to painful, debilitating arthritis in the knee. Herb Schwartz, president and CEO of Schwartz Biomedical, LLC, and James Cook, MU professor of veterinary medicine and surgery and William C. Allen Endowed Scholar for Orthopedic Research in MU's College of Veterinary Medicine, developed the BioDuct Meniscal...
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