ADVANCING ROTATOR CUFF HEALING AT THE ENTHESIS
ROTIUM® is a bioresorbable wick placed at the tendon–bone interface designed to:
- Kickstart and optimize the healing environment
- Promote native tissue remodeling & integration
- Deliver consistent, long-term healing outcomes in rotator cuff repairs
The biologic healing challenge
- Retear rates remain high—averaging over 35% across published studies
- The focus has been on mechanical fixation, overlooking the biologic gap at the enthesis
- Healing often occurs through scar tissue formation, compromising long-term durability
The rotium advantage
- ROTIUM is an interpositional bioresorbable scaffold designed for placement at the tendon–bone interface.
- By capturing and retaining biologic factors at the repair site, ROTIUM is engineered to support the healing environment and tissue remodeling during the critical phases of tendon-to-bone healing.
efficiency meets biology
Rotium scaffold implant
Designed for efficiency, ROTIUM integrates seamlessly into standard rotator cuff repair techniques without adding surgical time.
The bioresorbable scaffold delivers targeted biologic support directly at the repair site to enhance the healing environment and promote native tissue remodeling.
ROTIUM Bioresorbable Wick Animation
Unique Design Features
- An Interpositional Scaffold
- 100% Synthetic
- Wicks biology at the tendon-bone interface to kickstart the healing process
- Designed for ease of use: no additional instrumentation or fixation required
- Optimal Sizes for Footprint Coverage
- 20×20 mm
- 40×30 mm
- Specs:
- Thickness: 0.85 mm
- Resorption: 3-4 months
VERSATILE & SIMPLIFIED TECHNIQUE
Step 1
Pass suture through scaffold.
Step 2
Taco & push through cannula.
Step 3
Position on the repair footprint.
Step 4
Complete repair with cuff over ROTIUM®.
- Applicable with any Rotator Cuff Repair technique
- No disposables
- No special instrumentation required
Advantages for the Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) & Hospitals
- Cost-Effectiveness – Affordable without compromising quality, appealing to price-sensitive markets
- Efficient Technique – Incorporated into current RTC surgeries without the need for extra disposables, staples or instrumentation
- Robust Synthetic Structure – For ease of handling during implantation and no special storage requirements
Arthroscopic images courtesy of Dr. Jacob Kirsch
Clinical Success & Proven Science
Backed by 16 years of research, Atreon’s technology delivers science-driven solutions that support healing, enhance repair, and elevate surgical outcomes.
Patient Outcomes Study Findings: Patients who received the ROTIUM scaffold had a significantly lower cumulative treatment failure rate (7.1%) compared to those who did not receive the scaffold (50%) over an average follow-up of 17 months.
Beleckas, C. M., Minetos, P., & Badman, B. L. (2023). J Orthopaedic Experience & Innovation, 4(2).
Animal Study Findings: Results showed that ROTIUM scaffold-augmented repairs exhibited increased failure strength and bone-tendon integration with the development of Sharpey-like fibers at the tendon-bone interface, suggesting improved healing.
J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2022;31(2):402-412