When the nerves are damaged, recovery is slow and painful; and even with nerve transfer surgery, there’s no guarantee that movement and feeling will be restored. Regenerative medicine company, Orthocell, are making the impossible possible, restoring movement and feeling for patients through a resorbable collagen scaffold that encourages the reformation of new nerve tissue. Damien, a downhill skateboard rider, recounts the accident that rendered his arm immobile, and how he rediscovered his purpose following his treatment with the Orthocell product, Remplir. We chat to Paul Anderson, the brain driving the innovation, and Dr Alex O’Bierne, the Orthopaedic Surgeon who pioneered Orthocell’s operative technique.

The name behind the innovation 

Paul Anderson – CEO and Managing Director of Orthocell

orthocell.com

Dr Alex O’Beirne  - Orthopaedic Surgeon Fiona Stanley Hospital and Western Orthopaedic Clinic
www.wocwa.com.au/surgeons/alex-obeirne/

When the nerves are damaged, recovery is slow and painful; and even with nerve transfer surgery, there’s no guarantee that movement and feeling will be restored. Regenerative medicine company, Orthocell, are making the impossible possible, restoring movement and feeling for patients through a resorbable collagen scaffold that encourages the reformation of new nerve tissue. Damien, a downhill skateboard rider, recounts the accident that rendered his arm immobile, and how he rediscovered his purpose following his treatment with the Orthocell product, Remplir. We chat to Paul Anderson, the brain driving the innovation, and Dr Alex O’Bierne, the Orthopaedic Surgeon who pioneered Orthocell’s operative technique.
The name behind the innovation 
Paul Anderson – CEO and Managing Director of Orthocell
<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/VKZzCxngoXcD6zM4HwNQ2r?domain=orthocell.com">orthocell.com</a>
Dr Alex O’Beirne  - Orthopaedic Surgeon Fiona Stanley Hospital and Western Orthopaedic Clinic  <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/AQMKCvl1mVuqmRNjFXhZ3H?domain=wocwa.com.au/">www.wocwa.com.au/surgeons/alex-obeirne/</a>

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Can chronic pain be managed using virtual reality?&nbsp; Does your DNA dictate if a medication will work for you?&nbsp; We explore questions like these in Beyond the Medicine Cabinet, the podcast that showcases innovation in medical technology, brought to you by Kooyong Group, and hosted by Zo&euml; Callister-Hakewill .&nbsp; Not only will you hear stories of game changing technological breakthroughs in health and medicine, but you will also hear from the people who have been helped by these innovations.
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