SAIL Fusion Announces the U.S. Commercial Launch of its BowTie™ Sacroiliac Fusion System

Pierce Nunley, MD performed the primary BowTie surgical procedure as a part of a restricted market launch

DEL MAR, Calif., June 12, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SAIL Fusion, a medical machine firm targeted on advancing the surgical therapy of sacroiliac joint dysfunction by means of options constructed upon confirmed AO ideas, at the moment introduced the U.S. industrial launch of its novel BowTie Sacroiliac Fusion System. BowTie is the primary SI fusion expertise to be based mostly on long-standing, validated joint fusion ideas established by the AO basis and is now the lone commercially obtainable machine that integrates each intra‑articular and transfixing elements. Pierce Nunley, MD, Director of the Backbone Institute of Louisiana, carried out the primary home surgical procedure on June 11^th at The Backbone Heart of Excellence in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The MIS BowTie expertise and its posterior-inferior surgical method obtain the AO-based ideas of minimal tissue disruption, thorough joint preparation, and inflexible fixation to allow true and strong arthrodesis. The machine includes a novel bowtie form in addition to built-in transfixation and iliac screws to maximise rigidity. It additionally makes use of a proprietary porous construction and roughened floor expertise to facilitate osteointegration.

Right this moment’s first home surgical procedure is a part of a restricted industrial launch that will likely be expanded within the coming months.

Dr. Nunley commented, “As a spine surgeon, our focus is all about the best way to create a correct fusion with correct biomechanics. Not like different units, BowTie is doing all the things we find out about fusing joints. It straight addresses the joint decortication of the sacrum and ilium with good bleeding bone for early osseointegration. Then inserting a tool that actually has three biomechanical fixations: one is the BowTie that creates an interlocking fixation, two is the iliac screw, and three is the transfixation screw that crosses the ilium and into the sacrum. That is the perfect mixture to make sure an especially excessive fusion price. There’s nothing else prefer it.”

“We’re extraordinarily excited to start our restricted industrial launch of BowTie right here in the US,” remarked David Jansen, the President & CEO of SAIL. “This is a vital milestone in recognizing surgeons’ want to convey AO ideas to SI fusion procedures. Dr. Nunley’s process at the moment is the primary main step in disrupting an SI fusion business that has been far too reliant on lateral units which are extra applicable for stabilization than true joint fusion.”

About SAIL Fusion

SAIL Fusion is a medical machine firm advancing the therapy of sacroiliac joint dysfunction. The corporate is concentrated on offering lasting reduction for sufferers with continual ache attributable to the pelvis and is the primary to use confirmed joint fusion ideas established by the AO basis to the SI joint. SAIL’s proprietary BowTie expertise and posterior-inferior surgical method reduce tissue disruption, completely put together the joint, and supply inflexible fixation to allow true and strong SI joint fusion. To study extra, go to www.SAILspine.com.

SAIL Fusion is a Cor Medical Ventures portfolio firm, co-founded with orthopedic surgeons Dr. Hyun Bae, Dr. Vikas Patel, and Dr. Peter Whang.