Treating Spinal Fractures Better - Dom Messerli, Founder of Lenoss Medical

Spinal fractures from osteoporosis cause many to lose their independence. Industry veteran Dom Messerli has a better way of fixing the problem than the risky practice of injecting liquid epoxy into the spine. Using engineered human bone, Lenoss Medical is offering a treatment that is safer, effective and easier to administer than the current standard.

Highlights:

• ·      Sal Daher, CFA Introduces Dom Messerli, Founder of Lenoss Medical
• ·      “Many times, the patients lose their independence when those fractures happen.”
• ·      Current Standard of Care is to Inject Liquid Epoxy into the Spine – What Could Go Wrong?
• ·      Liquid Epoxy Can Leak into Blood Vessels and Create Blockages
• ·      “When it's in the heart, usually what's prescribed is open heart surgery to take out the piece of cured cement out of the heart.”
• ·      Lenoss Medical’s Solution: Engineered Human Bone Material to Build Up the Weakened Spine
• ·      Grafting of Same-Species Bone Material Is Decades Old – What’s new Is Applying the Approach to Spinal Fractures
• ·      “...conducive for new bone formation.”
• ·      There’s No Donor Matching or Donor Rejection Issue Since No Living Cells Are Implanted
• ·      Lenoss Medical Was the Subject of Dom’s MBA Degree Project
• ·      Lenoss Medical Plans to Go to Market Via Distributors Specializing in Products for Spinal Treatments
• ·      The Argument for Hospitals Is Reducing Risk and Simplifying the Process
• ·      FDA Approval Process Was Relatively Low-Burden, Human Cell and Tissue Product Pathway
• ·      Dom Messerli’s Immigrant Story
• ·      “Eventually, I was affected with the layoff. I was waiting for that day. The next day is when I started Lenoss Medical.”
• ·      “...I feel we can have a positive impact with these patients with osteoporosis and the spinal fractures. That drives me.”