arthrocare corp (ARTC) Details

ArthroCare Corporation, medical device company, engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of surgical products based on its Coblation technology in the Americas and internationally. It offers sports medicine products, including ArthroWands that features Coblation based specialized disposable energy-based surgical wands for single patient use to treat shoulder, knee, hip, foot, ankle, elbow, and wrist injuries; and soft-tissue fixation products, such as knotless and traditional anchors for rotator cuff and labrum repairs in the shoulder, screws for ligament reconstruction in the knee, and arthroscopic suture passers, as well as reusable hand-held instruments, procedural kits, and accessories. The company also provides ear nose and throat products consisting of suction wands, channeling wands, and excision wands; carboxymethyl-cellulose based packing and tamponade products that are used in nosebleed or epistaxis, as well as in treatments in an emergency room setting or surgicenter; dissolvable Stammberger sinus dressing and sinu knits to control minor bleeding, facilitate epithelial healing, and preserve the spatial integrity of the sinus area; and epistaxis balloon tamponade products for the hospital emergency room environment to control severe nosebleeds. In addition, it offers SpineWand devices to treat soft tissue conditions in spine; Plasma Disc decompression SpineWands for treating contained herniated discs; Cavity SpineWand to reduce the size of malignant lesions in the vertebrae of patients suffering from spinal compression fractures; and WoundWand for wound debridement in acute and chronic wounds and wound cleansing by removal of necrotic tissue. The company sells its products to surgeons and specialized medical professionals through sales representatives, and independent sales agents and distributors. ArthroCare Corporation was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

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