May 24, 2012
Doctor, Patients Here Tout New Treatments For Tendon Repair
Dr. Steven Stahle spent 15 minutes one recent afternoon preparing Clay Vollet’s arm for a procedure to treat tennis elbow. Then, Stahle, co-founder of the U.S. Center for Sports Medicine in Kirkwood, spent less than two minutes performing the procedure, called Focused Aspiration of Soft Tissue — or, aptly enough, FAST. It was approved by […]
Tags: Focused Aspiration of Soft Tissue, St. Louis Today, tennis elbow, U.S. Center for Sports Medicine
February 7, 2012
Tendon injury treatment firm with Mayo Clinic ties lands $11.8 million
A tendon injury treatment firm that has licensed technology developed at the Mayo Clinic has raised $11.8 million through a PIPE (private investment in a public entity) transaction. Tenex Health is a California company that has developed the FAST (Focused Aspiration of Soft Tissue) procedure for percutaneous removal of tissue that can help restore the […]
Tags: FAST, FDA, Focused Aspiration of Soft Tissue, PIPE, private investment in a public entity, soft tissue, tendons, Tenex Health