JOINTMETRIX MEDICAL

JointMetrix Medical, LLC was created to commercialize technology developed by Peter Cavanagh , Ph.D., D.Sc., former Chairman of Biomedical Engineering at Cleveland Clinic and current Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at University of Washington. Dr. Cavanagh developed JointMetrix Medical's underlying technology over the last decade in connection with NASA-sponsored research to measure astronauts' activity aboard the International Space Station. The company is pioneering clinical use of remote monitoring in Orthopaedics. Its first product, a system intended for use in conjunction with total knee arthroplasty, is expected to be commercially released in the US in 2013.