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The origins of Marrow Access Technology and the Smart Shot as told by Joseph Saladino - BoneChat

23 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Joseph Saladino saw that microfracture surgery for cartilage repair wasn't working well. He partnered with Dr. Ko to build the SmartShot, a device that replaces the mallet-and-pick method with precision engineering. Saladino left Medtronic, raised capital, and moved toward commercializing it.

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Recently a headline came across my desk of an NBA player who had a failed microfracture. You know, wow, they're still doing microfracture. I, when I saw this therapy in the early 2000s, I figured that somebody would come up with something better than a, a mallet and a pick. So we started investigating that, realized that we could solve that problem through design. And I worked with Dr. Ko. Essentially asked the question, is this a problem worth solving? And his answer, it's worth solving and I want to be part of it. So we founded the company, got to a working prototype. At that point, I left Medtronic, raised money, and, uh, prepared for commercialization of the SmartShot device.