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RTI Surgical Company Overview RTI Surgical is a global surgical implant company that designs, develops, manufactures and distributes biologic, metal and synthetic implants. The company’s current focus is on investing in differentiated products and building scale in Spine and becoming a world-class private label OEM partner. RTI’s implants are used in spine, orthopedic, sports medicine, general surgery, trauma and other surgical procedures to repair and promote the natural healing of human bone and other human tissues and improve surgical outcomes.
RTI Surgical manufactures metal and synthetic implants and process donated human musculoskeletal and other tissue and bovine and porcine animal tissue in producing allograft and xenograft implants using their proprietary BIOCLEANSE®, TUTOPLAST® and CANCELLE® SP sterilization processes. RTI processes tissue at facilities in Alachua, Florida, and Neunkirchen, Germany, and manufactures metal and synthetic implants in Marquette, Michigan and Greenville, North Carolina. They are a member of AdvaMed and accredited in the U.S. by the American Association of Tissue Banks. RTI Surgical implants are distributed directly to hospitals throughout the U.S. and in more than 50 countries worldwide with the support of both in-house and third-party representatives as well as through larger purchasing companies. RTI Surgical is a publicly traded company and is listed on Nasdaq under the symbol RTIX.
RTI Surgical’s spine portfolio includes hardware, interbody and orthobiologic products, including coflex, SImmetry, Fortilink IBF System with TETRAfuse and ViBone. Conditions that RTI Surgical products help treat range from lumbar spinal stenosis and sacroiliac joint pain to degenerative disc disease and a broad range of spinal disorders.
History In January 1969, The Tutoplast Tissue Sterilization Process was developed to sterilize and preserve tissue for implantation. The Tutoplast Process inactivates pathogens and removes bacteria, and the low dose gamma irradiation ensures sterility of the final packaged product.
In May 1992, Dr. Matthew Songer, an orthopedic surgeon, founded Pioneer in 1992 in Marquette, MI. Songer was not satisfied with the spinal cables on the market, which encouraged him to develop his own, a product we still distribute, called the Songer® Spinal Cable.
In October 1992, Tutogen Medical (Tutogen) formed and built its headquarters in Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany. Tutogen manufactured safe, high-quality xenograft and allograft implants for use in surgeries around the globe.
In January 1998, Tutogen expanded to the United States by moving its corporate headquarters to Progress Park in Alachua, Fla.
In February 1998, the University of Florida Tissue Bank transferred its allograft processing operations, related equipment and technologies, distribution arrangements, and research and development activities to Regeneration Technologies. This spin off from the University of Florida (UF) is one of the most successful UF technology transfers to date.
In March 2000, RTI made history in the allograft industry by developing its patented BioCleanse Sterilization Process. The BioCleanse Process is a low-temperature chemical sterilization process that inactivates or removes bacteria, fungi, spores and viruses from tissue without compromising the tissue’s biocompatibility or structural integrity.
In August 2000, RTI completed an initial public offering and began trading on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol RTIX.
In August 2002, a US Patent for assembled bone implants was issued on August 6.
Acquisitions RTI was founded in February 1998 with a mission to reduce risk of contamination from allograft in orthopedic procedures, expanding into higher growth biologics markets via acquisitions of differentiated technologies. Pioneer was acquired in July 2013 by RTI Biologics, and the firm was then renamed RTI Surgical.
In February 2008, Regeneration Technologies merged with Tutogen, creating RTI Biologics, Inc. Both companies were in Progress Park in Alachua, Fla. Following the merger, RTI became one of the leading providers of sterile biologic implants for surgeries, offering surgeons both allograft and xenograft implants.
In July 2013, RTI acquired Marquette, Mich.-based Pioneer® Surgical Technology, Inc., a global manufacturer of metal and synthetic implants, becoming RTI Surgical. In July 2013, the acquisition resulted in an expanded product portfolio. Today, RTI continues to provide surgeons with safe biologic, metal and synthetic-based implants.
In January 2018, RTI signed an agreement to acquire Zyga Technology, Inc., a leading spine-focused medical device company that develops and produces innovative minimally invasive devices to treat underserved conditions of the lumbar spine. Zyga Technology’s primary product is the SImmetry® Sacroiliac Joint Fusion System.
In March 2019, RTI completed the acquisition of Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in motion preservation and non-fusion spinal implant technology. Paradigm Spine’s primary product is the coflex® Interlaminar Stabilization® device.
Honors and awards[edit source] • RTI announced TETRAfuse® 3D Technology won a 2018 Spine Technology Award from Orthopedics This Week. [5] • In April 2018, RTI celebrated a significant global milestone of providing more than 8 million biologic implants processed through RTI’s proprietary sterilization processes with zero confirmed incidence of implant-associated infection. • Orthopaedics News named it a "Top Company to Watch" in 2005. • Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm visited Pioneer in 2005 and cited Pioneer as an example of job creation in the Upper Peninsula.[4]
References[edit source] 1. ^ Benzel, Edward C. & Tator, Charles H. (2000). Contemporary Management of Spinal Cord Injuries: From Impact to Rehabilitation. Park Ridge, IL: American Association of Neurological Surgeons. p. 166. ISBN 978-1-879284-72-2. OCLC 247971013 – via Google Books. 2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2007-11-13. 3. ^ "Pioneer Surgical Technology Acquires Nanotechnology Pioneer Angstrom Medica". Nanowerk. October 25, 2007. Retrieved June 18, 2018. 4. ^ Boyd, Liz (December 16, 2005). "Granholm Tours Pioneer Surgical Technology, Calls Company Example of Job Creation Package's Potential" (Press release). Archived from the original on December 17, 2009. 5. ^ Young, R. (October 15, 2018). Ten Best New Spine Technologies for 2018. Retrieved from https://ryortho.com/2018/10/ten-best-new-spine-technologies-for-2018/5/
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