TendoNova Inks Partnership With AcCELLerated Biologics

TendoNova has reached an agreement with AcCELLerated Biologics to significantly expand the Ocelot sales network.
 
“The TendoNova Ocelot represents a great opportunity for improving the lives of over 30 million Americans affected by tendon pain,” TendoNova CEO Mark A. Samuels said. “Our partnership with AcCELLerated Biologics will enable access to customers for their biologic products that are utilized adjacent to our Ocelot.”

The Ocelot System performs mechanical fragmentation or debridement of a targeted area. Fragmentation and debridement are commonly used to encourage the growth of healthy tendons to supplant painful pathologic tendon tissue. Chronic tendon pain disorders, or tendinopathies, include tennis elbow, plantar fasciitis, and jumper’s knee. Tendinopathy is prevalent in athletes and those who engage in repetitive tasks. If left untreated, tendinopathy can lead to months or years of pain and even career-ending injuries.
 
“For the past decade, AcCELLerated Biologics has been at the forefront of training and equipping physicians with new biologic tools useful in the treatment of a variety of injuries,” AcCELLerated Biologics CEO Steve Whyte stated. “Working with TendoNova allows us to expand our offering to help improve the surgical treatment that could be combined with biologics to produce positive outcomes.
 
Emory sports medicine physician (and head team physician for the Atlanta Hawks), Dr. Ken Mautner, commented, “The potential to combine biologics and Ocelot to target diseased tendons with minimally invasive ultrasound-guided procedures has enormous potential. Helping develop the Ocelot, and using the Ocelot in my practice, is part of our longer-term plan to improve our ability to help our patients.”
 
TendoNova completed its manufacturing ramp-up in December 2022 and presently manufactures the Ocelot in Atlanta.
 
Founded in 2017, TendoNova is a medical device company that develops micro-invasive sports medicine procedures. The company’s initial product is the Ocelot TSD 1000, a patented, U.S. Food and Drug Administration-cleared medical device for the fragmentation or debridement of soft tissue. TendoNova is also working on a digital health solution projected to provide device operating feedback during a procedure to reduce training times and improve outcomes.
 
AcCELLerated Biologics LLC is a nationwide medical distribution company focused on consulting and providing the physician, their staff, and the community with products related to platelet rich plasma (PRP), Pure PRP, bone marrow aspirate/adipose tissue (stem cells) and other products that support biologics use.