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Fresh-stored OC Humeral Head Allograft

RTI Biologics’ Fresh-stored Osteochondral Humeral Head allograft enables surgeons to resurface osteochondral defects with mature hyaline cartilage and healthy subchondral bone in a single procedure. The Fresh Humeral Head is cleansed, processed and preserved to maintain chondrocyte viability.

Features & Benefits

  • RTI’s procedures promote safe, high-quality tissue, while maintaining chondrocyte viability, through all phases of pre-transplantation screening, testing and processing in accordance with AATB standards. RTI accomplishes this via:

-Stringent pre-transplantation donor screening and testing
-Highly skilled and trained processors
-Validated processing techniques
-Qualified shipping measures
-Commitment to research & innovation

  • After processing, the grafts are stored refrigerated in a nutrient media to preserve chrondrocyte viability.
  • RTI’s fresh-stored grafts have a validated packaging shelf life of 45 days.
  • All of RTI’s fresh-stored grafts are aseptically processed in a certified ISO Class 5 clean room and soaked in a proprietary antibiotic cocktail.
  • The suitability of fresh-stored allografts is determined via multiple microbial cultures and destructive tests.
Specifications Preservation
Left Humeral Head Refrigerated
Right Humeral Head Refrigerated
  • Sterilization: Aseptically Processed
How to order
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Tissue Definitions

Allograft Tissue
Tissue (bone, tendons, ligaments, skin, heart valves) taken from one person for transplantation into another. More...
Xenograft Tissue
Animal-derived tissue (bovine or porcine) that is transplanted to a human recipient. More...