There is movement in the gradual limb correction arena, with OrthoPediatrics Corporation’s finalization of a license agreement with Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network for its EPIC Plate Physeal Tethering Technology.
According to the August 8, 2016 news release, “The EPIC Plate was designed in collaboration with the Network’s researchers from the Kids Research Institute at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. This is the second product the Company has licensed as part of their on-going partnership. Sydney based Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon Professor David Little collaborated with the Company on the design of the system, saying, ‘Guided growth has become a mainstay in deformity correction. The EPIC Plate is designed with an extremely low profile and allows access to areas where standard plates are challenging to use.’”
OrthoPediatrics’ Executive Vice President David Bailey said, “We are excited to further expand our physeal tethering business. The EPIC Plate offers a smaller and lower profile physeal tethering option, allowing us to expand indications into foot and ankle, elbow and wrist procedures for pediatric patients.”
Bailey told OTW, “We have been in partnership with Sydney Children’s Hospital for several years, and EPIC plates are one of several joint development programs underway there. The EPIC plates are now undergoing testing and design validation, and we plan to introduce them to the U.S. market by late 2016.”
“Guided growth products such as PediPlates and Delta plates are currently a mainstay of OrthoPediatrics’ product line. EPIC plates are smaller and lower profile physeal tethering plates that will allow us to expand indications into pediatric foot and ankle, elbow, and wrist procedures.”
