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ACell's MatriStem® Wound Powder heals toddler's severed thumb
April 23, 2009
Fox News reports how a 14-month-old toddler in Florida had his severed thumb healed with ACell's MatriStem Wound Powder. Watch the video
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ACell's MatriStem Wound Powder featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show
March 24, 2009
A gentleman talks with Oprah about how his severed finger was healed with ACell's MatriStem Wound Powder. Read about the interview
From the article: ACell, Inc. and its founder, Alan Spievack, MD, were mentioned on The Oprah Winfrey show as a gentleman described how his severed finger healed after applying ACell’s MatriStem Wound Care Powder. Read more...(PDF file)
ACell and Medline Announce Exclusive Marketing and Distribution Agreement for MatriStem Proprietary Bioscaffold for Wound Care
March 23, 2009
From the article: ACell, Inc., Columbia, MD & Medline Industries, Inc., Mundelein, Ill., March 23, 2009 jointly announced today that Medline has signed an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement for ACell’s MatriStem Wound Care Matrix. Under the agreement, ACell will manufacture and Medline will market and distribute the products. Read more... (PDF file)
Medline Introduces MatriStem Extracellular Matrix That Taps Body’s Own Capabilities To Repair Tissue
March 23, 2009
From the article: MUNDELEIN, Ill., March 23, 2009 – Medline Industries, Inc., today announced the launch of MatriStem Extracellular Matrix Wound Sheet, a new cutting-edge wound care technology that acts as a microscopic “scaffold” to encourage wound healing. Read more... (PDF file)
Salamander-inspired therapy may aid injured vets
May 27, 2008
From the article: Last week in an operating room in Texas, a wounded American soldier underwent a history-making procedure that could help him heal the finger that was lost to a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, last year. Read more...
Pig powder healed finger
April 30, 2008
From the article: Researchers are trying to find ways to heal fingers — and someday, even limbs — with tricks that sound like magic spells from a Harry Potter novel. Read more... (PDF file)
Medical Miracle Amazing Pixie Dust Heals Finger
April 30, 2008
Story done by the BBC on ACell's Matristem Wound Care Powder that was used to heal a patient's finger. Video provided by You Tube. Watch the video
A "Holy Grail" Of Healing
February 7, 2008
From the article: You might become a believer in the power of magic dust, when you see how a special powder healed the tip of a patient's finger. Read more...
Doctors Try New Techniques To Heal Human Tissue
February 12, 2007
From the article: Five soldiers at a military base in Texas are about to participate in a remarkable test to see if they can heal portions of fingers they lost in the war in Iraq. Read more...
Federal Circuit Opinion in Cook Biotech and Purdue Research Foundation vs. ACell
November 16, 2006
From the article: Unanimous Federal Appeals Court Decision in ACell’s Patent Victory Over Cook Biotech and Purdue Research Foundation. Read more... (PDF file)
ACell, Inc. wins again in Federal Appeals Court
October 19, 2006
From the article: Federal Appeals Court denies Cook Biotech’s and Purdue Research Foundation’s petition for rehearing in ACell’s victory on patent infringement. Read more... (PDF file)
ACell, Inc. wins court battle initiated by Cook Biotech and Purdue U.
August 18, 2006
From the article: A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which specializes in patent cases, unanimously reversed a July 2005 finding of patent infringement, holding instead that ACell’s product does not infringe Purdue’s patent. Read more... (PDF file)
ACell Therapy Offers Renewed Hope For Horses Incurring Tendon and Ligament Injuries
June 24, 2005
From the article: Stem cell therapy works well, but this process works just as well and doesn’t involve having to collect tissue to get the stem cells, augment them and put them back into the horse. Read more... (PDF file)
Utilization of Reconstructive Surgery, Extracellular Matrix, and Light Emitting Diode Technology to Return Form and Function to a Young Dolphin’s Dorsal Fin.
June 24, 2005
From the article: Liko, a four-year-old male Tursiops truncatus sustained a severe traumatic wound at the cranial junction of the dorsal fin and dorsal body wall. The severity and location of the wound as well as its propensity for reinjury necessitated intervention. As an alternative to partial amputation of the cranial 1/3 of the dorsal fin, a novel surgical reconstruction was performed utilizing ACell extra cellular matrix. Read more... (PDF File)
Regulatory Compliance and ACell Vet® Veterinary Medical Devices
May 12, 2004
From the article: All ACell Vet UBM products, regardless of form (sheet, granule, powder, gel) are medical devices and are manufactured in the United States under a Quality Management System that is based on the FDA’s Good Manufacturing Practices (21 CFR Part 820). Use of the ACell Vet UBM products in veterinary treatments according to the product instructions is fully compliant with U.S. FDA laws and regulations. Read more... (PDF File)