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. 2016 Jun 4;8(6):219. doi: 10.3390/polym8060219

Table 2.

Table 2 gives an overview of the commercially available products, their composition, the procedure type and typical clinical findings.

Construct Type Group Product Company Composition Procedure Typical Clinical Findings References
Degradables PLGA-based BioSeed®-C BioTissue, AG PGA-PLA scaffold reinforced with PDS and seeded with autologous chondrocytes and suspended in fibrin Two-step procedure; MACI No clinical superiority compared to ACI-p; radiologically better than ACI-p. [115,116]
Chondrotissue® BioTissue AG Non-woven PGA textile treated with hyaluronic acid combined with either PRP or BMC. One-step procedure; AMIC Promising outcomes from case series with evidence of hyaline cartilaginous tissue; no comparative studies available. [26,177,178,181]
Collagen-based NeoCart® Histogenics Corporation Scaffold using bovine type I collagen seeded with autologous chondrocytes cultured in a bioreactor Two-step procedure; MACI Good clinical outcomes and superior to microfracture in comparative study. [182,183]
NovoCART® 3D TETEC® Tissue Engineering Technologies AG 3D collagen-chondroitin sulfate scaffold seeded with autologous chondrocytes Two-step procedure; MACI Performed better than ACI-p in high demanding patients, effect was not significant; high rate of graft hypertrophy in case series studies. [184,185,186]
CaReS® Arthro Kinetics Hydrogel using type I collagen from rat tails seeded with autologous chondrocytes cultured in autologous blood Two-step procedure; MACI Superior results when compared to microfracture in matched-pair analysis after 3 years [188,189]
Chondro-Gide® Geistlich Pharma AG, Wolhusen, Switzerland Collagen type I/III matrix sutured to debrided microfractured defect and supported by fibrin glue One-step procedure; AMIC No comparative studies available. [190,191,192]
Maioregen® Fin-Ceramica Faenza S.p.A., Italy Threelayered nanostructured scaffold with a top layer consisting of type I collagen, a middle layer of 60% type I collagen and 40% hydroxyapatite and a bottom layer with 60% hydroxyapatie and 40% type I collagen. One-step procedure; AMIC No comparative studies available. [193,194]
Other natural polymer-based constructs Hyalograft® C Anika Therapeutics, Inc. Hyaluronan (HYAFF-11S), a benzylic ester of hyaluronic acid, scaffold seeded with autologous chondrocytes and fixated using fibrin glue Two-step procedure; MACI Performed better than microfracture after 2 years up to 7 years; faster improvements compared to Chondro-Gide® [195,196,197,198]
Cartipatch® Tissue Bank of France Hydrogel using an ultrapurified agarose-alginate suspension (GelForGel) seeded with autologous chondrocytes cultured in monolayer conditiones in autologous serum Two-step procedure; MACI Inferior results compared to mosaicplasty after 2 years in comparative study. [199,200]
Chondron™ Sewon Cellontech Co. Ltd Hydrogel using autologous chondrocytes mixed with fibrin glue (ratio 1:1). Two-step procedure; MACI No comparative studies available. [201,202,203]
BST-CarGel® Piramal Healthcare Ltd Chitosan mixed with autologous blood One-step procedure; AMIC Little evidence; clinically equal to microfracture but radiologically superior in comparative study [204]
GelrinC™ Regentis Biomaterials PEG-fibrinogen hydrogel applied as liquid formulation and cured in-situ using long wave UV light One-step procedure; AMIC No comparative studies available. [105,205]
Non-degrad-ables Metals HemiCAP® Arthosurface INC. Titanium cancellous screw with cobalt-chrome articular surface One-step procedure; FKR No comparative studies available; possible feasible treatment option for failed regenerative treatments. [206,207,208]
Episealer® Condyle Solo Episurf medical AB Cobalt-chrome monobloc with titanium-hydroxyapatie coating One-step procedure; FKR No clinical evidence yet. [209,210,211]