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Start-Up Spotlight: Bio2 Technologies Inc., Space-Tech Biomaterial For Extremities Surgery

 
• By Bob Kronemyer

Originating from aerospace technology, Bio2 Technologies’ Vitrium biomaterial platform is designed for multiple applications across musculoskeletal surgery. The firm has already begun commercialization in the US and expects to get a CE mark later this year.

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A resorbable, inorganic material that has the ability to elicit bone remodeling comparable to biologic materials looks promising for orthopedic extremity surgery. Because it is synthetic, Vitrium from Bio2 Technologies Inc. does not carry the risk of biologic materials, and is much less expensive, according to president and CEO Paul Nichols.

Vitrium is a three-dimensional porous scaffold that can also withstand physiologic loads. “The product has broad application across musculoskeletal medicine,”...

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