−Removed: Tenon Medical,
−Removed: (the “Company”), was incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 19, 2012 and was headquartered in San Ramon, California
−Removed: until June 2021 when it relocated to Los Gatos, California.
−Removed: The Company is a medical device company that has developed The Catamaran™
−Removed: SI Joint Fusion System (“The Catamaran System”) that offers a novel, less invasive approach to the sacroiliac joint (the
−Removed: “SI Joint”) using a single, robust, titanium implant for treatment of the most common types of SI Joint disorders that cause
−Removed: lower back pain.
−Removed: The Company received U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) clearance in 2018 for The Catamaran System
−Removed: and is currently focused on the US market.
−Removed: Since the national launch of The Catamaran System in October 2022, the Company is focused
−Removed: on three commercial opportunities:
−Removed: 1) Primary SI Joint procedures, 2) Revision procedures of failed SI Joint implants and 3) SI Joint
−Removed: fusion adjunct to a spine fusion construct.
−Removed: The Opportunity
−Removed: We estimate that
−Removed: over 30 million American adults have chronic lower back pain.
−Removed: Published clinical studies have shown that 15% to 30% of all chronic lower
−Removed: back pain is associated with the SI-Joint.
−Removed: For patients whose chronic lower back pain stems from the Sacroiliac Joint (“SI-Joint”),
−Removed: our experience in both clinical trials and commercial settings indicates the system to be introduced by Tenon could be beneficial for
−Removed: patients who are properly diagnosed and screened for surgery by trained healthcare providers.
−Removed: In 2019, approximately
−Removed: 475,000 patients in the United States were estimated to have received an aesthetic injection to temporarily alleviate pain emanating
−Removed: from the SI-Joint and/or to diagnose SI-Joint pain.
−Removed: Additionally, several non-surgical technologies have been introduced in the past
−Removed: 10 years to address patients who do not respond to conservative options, including systemic oral medications, opioids, physical therapy
−Removed: and injection therapy.
−Removed: To date, the penetration
−Removed: of a surgical solution for this market has been relatively low (5-7%).
−Removed: We believe this is due to complex surgical approaches and suboptimal
−Removed: implant design of existing options.
−Removed: The penetration of this market with an optimized surgical solution is Tenon’s focus.
−Removed: We believe the
−Removed: SI-Joint is the last major joint to be successfully addressed by the spine implant industry.
−Removed: Studies have shown that disability resulting
−Removed: from disease of the SI-Joint is comparable to the disability associated with a number of other serious spine conditions, such as knee
−Removed: and hip arthritis and degenerative disc disease, each of which has surgical solutions where an implant is used, and a multi-billion-dollar
+Added: Medical, Inc.
+Added: (“we” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 19, 2012 and was headquartered
+Added: in San Ramon, California until June 2021 when it relocated to Los Gatos, California.
+Added: We are a medical device company dedicated to transforming
+Added: care for patients with certain sacro-pelvic disorders.
+Added: We currently offer two systems to treat a diseased sacroiliac joint (the “SI
+Added: We have developed The Catamaran ® ™ SI Joint Fusion System (“The Catamaran System”) that
+Added: offers a novel, less invasive approach to the SI Joint using a single, robust, titanium implant for treatment of the most common types
+Added: of SI Joint disorders that cause lower back pain.
+Added: We received U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) clearance in 2018
+Added: for The Catamaran System and are currently focused on the US market.
+Added: Since the national launch of The Catamaran System in October 2022,
+Added: we have been focused on three commercial opportunities:
+Added: 1) Primary SI Joint procedures, 2) Revision procedures of failed SI Joint implants
+Added: and 3) SI Joint fusion adjunct to a spine fusion construct.
+Added: August 2025, we acquired substantially all of the assets of SiVantage, Inc.
+Added: and SIMPL Medical, LLC, including the SImmetry +®
+Added: SI Joint Fusion System (“The SImmetry + System”) that treats disorders of the SI Joint through minimally invasive
+Added: lateral access solution that incorporates well-established orthopedic fusion principles-including joint decortication, bone graft placement,
+Added: and rigid fixation-with the goal of achieving a true biological fusion across the SI Joint.
+Added: 2026 Financing
+Added: March 11, 2026, we entered into securities purchase agreements with certain accredited investors pursuant to which we issued and sold
+Added: in a private placement 20% original issue discount senior convertible promissory notes (the “Convertible Promissory Notes”)
+Added: in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $5.2 million for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $4.3 million.
+Added: The Convertible Promissory
+Added: Notes have a maturity date of September 11, 2026, which, at our option, can be extended to December 11, 2026.
+Added: Following the 6-month anniversary
+Added: of the issuance date, the Convertible Promissory Notes will be convertible at any time at the option of the holder into shares of our
+Added: common stock at a conversion price per share equal to the greater of 80% of the VWAP for the three trading days immediately prior to
+Added: the date of conversion and $0.1567, subject to adjustment for stock splits and pro rata distributions as provided in the Convertible
+Added: Promissory Notes.
+Added: If the maturity date of the Convertible Promissory Notes is extended, their outstanding principal amount will be increased
+Added: Any prepayment of the Convertible Promissory Notes will be paid at 102.5% of the principal amount being prepaid.
+Added: we are required to prepay the Convertible Promissory Notes from 15% of the net proceeds we may receive from future securities financing
+Added: transactions less certain amounts attributable to the original issue discount.
+Added: Capital LLC acted as our placement agent in connection with this offering and received a cash fee equal to 7.0% of the aggregate gross
+Added: proceeds raised in the offering and reimbursement of certain expenses in the amount of $65,000.
+Added: February 25, 2026, we received a letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department notifying us that, for the 30 consecutive business
+Added: day period between January 9, 2026 through February 24, 2026, our common stock had not maintained a minimum closing bid price of $1.00
+Added: per share required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) (the “Bid Price
+Added: Pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we were provided an initial period of 180 calendar days, or until August
+Added: 24, 2026 (the “Compliance Period”), to regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
+Added: In order to regain compliance with the
+Added: Bid Price Rule, our common stock is required to maintain a minimum closing bid price of $1.00 for a minimum of ten consecutive business
+Added: days during the Compliance Period prior to August 24, 2026.
+Added: If we do not regain compliance with the Bid Price Rule by August 24, 2026,
+Added: we may be eligible for an additional 180-day period to regain compliance.
+Added: of the date of this report, our common stock has not regained compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
+Added: If we cannot regain compliance during
+Added: the Compliance Period or any subsequently granted compliance period, our common stock will be subject to delisting.
+Added: At that time, we
+Added: may appeal the delisting determination to a Nasdaq hearings panel.
+Added: notice from Nasdaq has no immediate effect on the listing of our common stock, which will continue to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital
+Added: Market under the symbol “TNON.” We are currently evaluating our options for regaining compliance with the Bid Price Rule.
+Added: 2025 PIPE Financing
+Added: November 10, 2025, we entered into securities purchase agreements with certain accredited investors in an at-the-market private investment
+Added: in public equity financing (the “PIPE Financing”) pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell an aggregate of 2,217,904
+Added: shares of common stock and/or pre-funded common stock purchase warrants, and common stock purchase warrants, each exercisable for one
+Added: share of our common stock, at a combined offering price of $1.285 per share and warrant to purchase one share of common stock.
+Added: have an exercise price of $1.16 per share and expire 3 years from the date of issuance.
+Added: The PIPE Financing closed on November 14, 2025,
+Added: and we issued to the investors 2,217,904 shares of common stock and 2,217,904 common stock purchase warrants.
+Added: Pursuant to the purchase
+Added: agreements, we received proceeds, net of transaction expenses, of approximately $2.7 million.
+Added: Steven Foster, the Company’s Chief
+Added: Executive Officer and Director, Nathaniel Grawey, the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, and Wyatt Geist, the Company’s
+Added: Chief Innovation Officer, participated in the PIPE Financing as investors.
+Added: The shares of our common stock and the shares underlying warrants
+Added: issued in the PIPE Financing are entitled to customary resale registration rights.
+Added: estimate that over 30 million American adults have chronic lower back pain.
+Added: Published clinical studies have shown that 15% to 30% of
+Added: all chronic lower back pain is associated with the SI Joint.
+Added: For patients whose chronic lower back pain stems from the SI Joint, our
+Added: experience in both clinical trials and commercial settings indicates the system to be introduced by Tenon could be beneficial for patients
+Added: who are properly diagnosed and screened for surgery by trained healthcare providers.
+Added: 2019, approximately 475,000 patients in the United States were estimated to have received an aesthetic injection to temporarily alleviate
+Added: pain emanating from the SI Joint and/or to diagnose SI Joint pain.
+Added: Additionally, several non-surgical technologies have been introduced
+Added: in the past 10 years to address patients who do not respond to conservative options, including systemic oral medications, opioids, physical
+Added: therapy and injection therapy.
+Added: date, the penetration of a surgical solution for this market has been relatively low (5-7%).
+Added: We believe this is due to complex surgical
+Added: approaches and suboptimal implant design of existing options.
+Added: The penetration of this market with an optimized surgical solution is Tenon’s
+Added: believe the SI Joint is the last major joint to be successfully addressed by the spine implant industry.
+Added: Studies have shown that disability
+Added: resulting from disease of the SI Joint is comparable to the disability associated with a number of other serious spine conditions, such
+Added: as knee and hip arthritis and degenerative disc disease, each of which has surgical solutions where an implant is used, and a multi-billion-dollar
market exists.
−Removed: The SI-Joint is
−Removed: a strong weight bearing synovial joint situated between the lumbar spine and the pelvis and is aligned along the longitudinal load bearing
−Removed: axis of the human spine when in an upright posture.
−Removed: It functions as a force transfer conduit where it transfers axial loads bi-directionally
−Removed: from the spine to the pelvis and lower extremities and allows forces to be transmitted from the extremities to the spine.
−Removed: It also provides
−Removed: load sharing between the hip and spine to contribute towards attenuation of impact shock and stress from activities of daily living.
−Removed: The SI-Joint is
−Removed: a relatively immobile joint that connects the sacrum (the spinal segment that is attached to the base of the lumbar spine at the L5 vertebra)
−Removed: and the ilium of the pelvis.
+Added: SI Joint is a strong weight bearing synovial joint situated between the lumbar spine and the pelvis and is aligned along the longitudinal
+Added: load bearing axis of the human spine when in an upright posture.
+Added: It functions as a force transfer conduit where it transfers axial loads
+Added: bi-directionally from the spine to the pelvis and lower extremities and allows forces to be transmitted from the extremities to the spine.
+Added: It also provides load sharing between the hip and spine to contribute towards attenuation of impact shock and stress from activities
+Added: of daily living.
+Added: SI Joint is a relatively immobile joint that connects the sacrum (the spinal segment that is attached to the base of the lumbar spine
+Added: at the L5 vertebra) and the ilium of the pelvis.
Each SI Joint is approximately 2-4mm wide and irregularly shaped.
−Removed: Motion of the SI-Joint
−Removed: features vertical shear and rotation.
−Removed: Although the rotational forces about the SI-Joint are relatively low, repetitive motions created
−Removed: by daily activities such as walking, jogging, twisting at the hips, and jumping can increase the stresses on the SI-Joint.
−Removed: If the SI-Joint
−Removed: is compromised through injury or degeneration, the load bearing and motion restraints from the surrounding anatomical structures of the
−Removed: SI-Joint will be compromised resulting in abnormal stress transfers across the joint to these structures, thereby further augmenting
−Removed: the degenerative cascade of the SI-Joint.
−Removed: Eventual pain and cessation of an individual’s normal activities due to a painful and
−Removed: unstable SI-Joint have led to an increase in the recent development of SI-Joint stabilization devices.
+Added: of the SI Joint features vertical shear and rotation.
+Added: Although the rotational forces about the SI Joint are relatively low, repetitive
+Added: motions created by daily activities such as walking, jogging, twisting at the hips, and jumping can increase the stresses on the SI Joint.
+Added: If the SI Joint is compromised through injury or degeneration, the load bearing and motion restraints from the surrounding anatomical
+Added: structures of the SI Joint will be compromised resulting in abnormal stress transfers across the joint to these structures, thereby further
+Added: augmenting the degenerative cascade of the SI Joint.
+Added: Eventual pain and cessation of an individual’s normal activities due to a
+Added: painful and unstable SI Joint have led to an increase in the recent development of SI Joint stabilization devices.
Non-Surgical Treatment
4 unchanged sentences
Non-surgical treatments
−Removed: ● Drug Therapy :
−Removed: opiates and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications.
−Removed: ● Intra-Articular Injections
−Removed: of Steroid Medications :
−Removed: which are typically performed by physicians who specialize in pain treatment or anesthesia.
−Removed: ● Radiofrequency Ablation :
−Removed: or the cauterizing of the lateral branches of the sacral nerve roots.
+Added: including opiates and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications.
+Added: ● Intra-Articular
+Added: Injections of Steroid Medications :
+Added: which are typically performed by physicians who specialize
+Added: in pain treatment or anesthesia.
conservative steps fail to deliver sustained pain relief and return to quality of life, specific diagnostic protocols are utilized to
explore if a surgical option should be considered.
−Removed: Historically, diagnosing
−Removed: pain from the SI-Joint was not routinely a focus of orthopedic or neurosurgery training during medical school or residency programs.
−Removed: Due to its invasiveness, post-operative pain, and muscle disruption along with a difficult procedure overall, the open SI-Joint fusion
−Removed: procedure was rarely taught in these settings.
−Removed: The emergence of
−Removed: various SI-Joint surgical technologies has generated a renewed discussion of SI-Joint issues.
−Removed: Of particular focus is the diagnostic protocol
−Removed: utilized to properly select patients for SI-Joint surgery.
−Removed: Patients with low back pain typically start with primary care physicians who
−Removed: often refer to pain specialists.
−Removed: Here, the patient will undergo traditional physical therapy combined with oral medications (anti-inflammatory,
−Removed: narcotic, etc.).
−Removed: If the patient fails to respond to these steps the pain specialist may move to therapeutic injections of the SI-Joint.
+Added: Historically,
+Added: diagnosing pain from the SI Joint was not routinely a focus of orthopedic or neurosurgery training during medical school or residency
+Added: Due to its invasiveness, post-operative pain, and muscle disruption along with a difficult procedure overall, the open SI Joint
+Added: fusion procedure was rarely taught in these settings.
+Added: emergence of various less invasive SI Joint surgical technologies has generated a renewed discussion of SI Joint issues.
+Added: Of particular
+Added: focus is the diagnostic protocol utilized to properly select patients for SI Joint surgery.
+Added: Patients with low back pain typically start
+Added: with primary care physicians who often refer to pain specialists.
+Added: Here, the patient will undergo traditional physical therapy combined
+Added: with oral medications (anti-inflammatory, narcotic, etc.).
+Added: If the patient fails to respond to these steps the pain specialist may move
+Added: to therapeutic injections of the SI Joint.
These injections may serve to lessen inflammation to the point that the patient is satisfied.
−Removed: However, the impact from these injections
−Removed: is often transient.
−Removed: In this case the patient is often referred to a clinician to determine if the patient may be a candidate for surgical
−Removed: intervention.
−Removed: A series of provocative tests in clinic, combined with a specific injection protocol to isolate the SI-Joint as the pain
−Removed: generator is then utilized to confirm the need for surgical intervention.
−Removed: Published literature has shown this technique to be a very
−Removed: effective step to determine the best treatment to alleviate pain.
+Added: However, the impact from these injections is often transient.
+Added: In this case the patient is often referred to a clinician to determine
+Added: if the patient may be a candidate for surgical intervention.
+Added: A series of provocative tests in clinic, combined with a specific injection
+Added: protocol to isolate the SI Joint as the pain generator is then utilized to confirm the need for surgical intervention.
+Added: Published literature
+Added: has shown this technique to be a very effective step to determine the best treatment to alleviate pain.
of Existing Treatment Options
−Removed: Surgical fixation
−Removed: and fusion of the SI-Joint with an open surgical technique was first reported in 1908, with further reports in the 1920s.
−Removed: The open procedure
−Removed: uses plates and screws, requires a 6 to 12-inch incision and is extremely invasive.
−Removed: Due to the high invasiveness
−Removed: and associated morbidity, the use of this procedure is limited to cases involving significant trauma, tumor, etc.
−Removed: Less invasive surgical
−Removed: options along with implant design began to emerge over the past 15 years.
−Removed: These options feature a variety of approaches and implant designs
−Removed: and have been met with varying degrees of adoption.
−Removed: Lack of a standard and accepted diagnostic approach, complexity of approach, high
−Removed: morbidity of approach, abnormally high complication rates and inability to radiographically confirm fusion have all been cited as reasons
−Removed: for low adoption of these technologies.
+Added: fixation and fusion of the SI Joint with an open surgical technique was first reported in 1908, with further reports in the 1920s.
+Added: open procedure uses plates and screws, requires a 6 to 12-inch incision and is extremely invasive.
+Added: Due to the high
+Added: invasiveness and associated morbidity, the use of this procedure is limited to cases involving significant trauma, tumor, etc.
+Added: invasive surgical options along with implant design began to emerge over the past 15 years.
+Added: These options feature a variety of approaches
+Added: and implant designs and have been met with varying degrees of adoption.
+Added: Lack of a standard and accepted diagnostic approach, complexity
+Added: of approach, high morbidity of approach, abnormally high complication rates and inability to radiographically confirm fusion have all
+Added: been cited as reasons for low adoption of these technologies.
Commercialization
−Removed: Tenon initiated
−Removed: its national commercial launch of The Catamaran System in October 2022 to address what we believe is a large market opportunity.
−Removed: Catamaran System includes instruments and implants designed to prepare and fixate the SI-Joint for fusion.
−Removed: The Catamaran System is distinct
−Removed: from other competitive offerings in the following ways:
−Removed: ● Transfixes the SI-Joint
−Removed: ● Inferior / Posterior Sacroiliac
−Removed: Fusion Approach
−Removed: ● Reduced Approach Morbidity
−Removed: ● Direct And Visualized Approach
−Removed: to the SI-Joint
−Removed: ● Single Implant Technique
−Removed: ● Insertion Trajectory Away from
−Removed: the Neural Foramen
−Removed: ● Insertion Trajectory Away from
−Removed: Major Lateral Vascular Structures
−Removed: ● Autologous Bone Grafting in
−Removed: the Ilium, Sacrum and Bridge
−Removed: ● Radiographic Confirmation of
−Removed: Bridging Bone Fusion of the SI-Joint
+Added: Catamaran and SImmetery + Systems make up the Company’s growing portfolio of advanced SI Joint technologies.
+Added: these platforms uniquely position Tenon with multiple surgical approaches – lateral and inferior-posterior – both designed
+Added: to be minimally invasive, enable authentic arthrodesis and supported by robust clinical evidence, including the published prospective
+Added: Mainsail™ and EVoluSIon™ SI Joint fusion studies.
+Added: We anticipate that these differentiated technologies will enable physicians
+Added: to customize treatment plans for their patients with an innovative portfolio that spans SI Joint, spinal fusion, and deformity adjuncts
+Added: — each solution engineered to deliver fusion outcomes more reliably.
+Added: We believe that this multi-platform, multi-approach strategy
+Added: strengthens Tenon’s competitive advantage in the expanding SI Joint fusion market and underscores the Company’s commitment
+Added: to delivering effective, durable outcomes for physicians and patients.
+Added: Catamaran System
+Added: initiated its national commercial launch of The Catamaran System in October 2022 to address what we believe is a large market opportunity.
+Added: The Catamaran System includes instruments and implants designed to prepare and fixate the SI Joint for fusion.
+Added: The Catamaran System is
+Added: distinct from other competitive offerings in the following ways:
+Added: ● Trans-articular
+Added: placement across the SI Joint
+Added: ● Inferior-posterior
+Added: sacroiliac fusion approach
+Added: approach morbidity
+Added: visualization to the SI Joint
+Added: implant technique
+Added: trajectory away from the neural foramen
+Added: trajectory away from major lateral vascular structures
+Added: bone grafting in the ilium, sacrum and bridge
+Added: ● Radiographic
+Added: confirmation of bridging bone fusion of the SI Joint
fixation device and its key features are shown below:
−Removed: “Pontoon” in the ilium
−Removed: “Pontoon” in the sacrum
+Added: Robust single titanium
+Added: Incorporates fusion principles
+Added: to facilitate long-term fixation
+Added: Immediate stabilization
+Added: along the long axis of the joint.
+Added: Fenestrated pontoons designed
+Added: to facilitate bony in-growth.
“Pontoons and Bridge
−Removed: filled with autologous bone from drilling process
−Removed: Leading edge osteotome creates defect and facilitates ease of insertion
+Added: window” filled with autologous bone from drilling process
+Added: Proprietary osteotome bridge
+Added: designed to disrupt the joint in preparation for fusion
+Added: Catamaran System represents a novel less invasive approach to treat SI Joint dysfunction.
+Added: Its trans-articular placement, combined with
+Added: a design rooted in fusion principles, ensures immediate fixation and stabilization supported by peer reviewed clinical and radiographic
+Added: evidence of fusion with a compelling safety profile.
+Added: The Catamaran System is a singular implant designed with several proprietary components
+Added: which allow for it to be explicitly formatted to address the SI Joint with a single, less invasive approach and implant.
+Added: This contrasts
+Added: with several competitive implant systems that require multiple approach pathways and implants to achieve fixation.
+Added: In addition, the inferior-posterior
+Added: approach is designed to be direct to the joint and through limited anatomical structures which may minimize the morbidity of the approach.
+Added: The implant features a patented dual pontoon open cell design which enables the clinician to pack the pontoons with the patient’s
+Added: own autologous bone designed to promote bone fusion across the joint.
+Added: The Catamaran System is designed specially to resist vertical shear
+Added: and rotation of the joint in which it was implanted, helping stabilize the joint in preparation for eventual fusion.
+Added: instruments we have developed are proprietary to The Catamaran System and specifically designed to transfix the SI Joint and facilitate
+Added: an inferior-posterior approach that is unique to the system.
+Added: also has developed a proprietary 2D radiographic placement protocol as well as a protocol for 3D navigation utilizing the latest techniques
+Added: in spine surgery.
+Added: These Tenon advancements are intended to further enhance the safety and ease of the procedure and encourage more physicians
+Added: to adopt the procedure.
+Added: October 2022, we received Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) approval from WCG IRB for two separate Tenon-sponsored post
+Added: market clinical studies of The Catamaran System.
+Added: The approval by WCG allows designated Catamaran study centers to begin recruiting and
+Added: enrolling patients into the clinical studies.
+Added: The first approval from WCG IRB supports a prospective, multi-center, single arm post market
+Added: study that will evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with sacroiliac joint disruptions or degenerative sacroiliitis treated with
The Catamaran System.
−Removed: is a singular implant designed with several proprietary components which allow for it to be explicitly formatted to address the SI-Joint
−Removed: with a single approach and implant.
−Removed: This contrasts with several competitive implant systems that require multiple approach pathways and
−Removed: implants to achieve fixation.
−Removed: In addition, the inferior-posterior approach is designed to be direct to the joint and through limited
−Removed: anatomical structures which may minimize the morbidity of the approach.
−Removed: The implant features a patented dual pontoon open cell design
−Removed: which enables the clinician to pack the pontoons with the patient’s own autologous bone designed to promote bone fusion across
−Removed: The Catamaran System is designed specially to resist vertical shear and rotation of the joint in which it was implanted, helping
−Removed: stabilize the joint in preparation for eventual fusion.
−Removed: The instruments
−Removed: we have developed are proprietary to The Catamaran System and specifically designed to transfix the SI-Joint and facilitate an inferior-posterior
−Removed: approach that is unique to the system.
−Removed: Tenon also has
−Removed: developed a proprietary 2D placement protocol as well as a protocol for 3D navigation utilizing the latest techniques in spine surgery.
−Removed: These Tenon advancements are intended to further enhance the safety of the procedure and encourage more physicians to adopt the procedure.
−Removed: In October 2022,
−Removed: we received Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) approval from WCG IRB for two separate Tenon-sponsored post market clinical
−Removed: studies of The Catamaran System.
−Removed: The approval by WCG allows designated Catamaran study centers to begin recruiting and enrolling patients
−Removed: into the clinical studies.
−Removed: The first approval from WCG IRB supports a prospective, multi-center, single arm post market study that
−Removed: will evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with sacroiliac joint disruptions or degenerative sacroiliitis treated with The Catamaran
−Removed: Patients will be followed out to 24 months assessing various patient reported outcomes, radiographic assessments, and adverse
−Removed: The second prospective, multi-center, Catamaran study will evaluate 6-to-12-month radiographic outcomes to assess fusion of patients
−Removed: that have already undergone treatment with The Catamaran System.
−Removed: In addition, retrospective and prospective clinical outcomes will be
−Removed: Based on market
−Removed: research and internal estimates, Tenon believes the potential market for surgical intervention of the SI-Joint to be 279,000 procedures
−Removed: annually in the U.S.
+Added: Patients will be followed out to 24 months assessing various patient reported outcomes, radiographic assessments,
+Added: and adverse events.
+Added: The second prospective, multi-center, Catamaran study will evaluate 6-to-12-month radiographic outcomes to assess
+Added: fusion of patients that have already undergone treatment with The Catamaran System.
+Added: In addition, retrospective and prospective clinical
+Added: outcomes will be evaluated.
+Added: SImmetry + System
+Added: August 2025, we acquired The SImmetry + System, which affords an efficient and effective minimally invasive technique to effect
+Added: a true arthrodesis of the SI Joint in the following way:
+Added: invasive lateral access for safety and control
+Added: designed with well-established orthopedic fusion principles
+Added: 3D printed titanium implants and proprietary instrumentation provides rigid fixation
+Added: preparation with the proprietary SImmetry Decorticator removes cartilage and decorticates
+Added: opposing joint surfaces
+Added: graft delivery to the prepared joint to facilitate fusion
+Added: on market research and internal estimates, Tenon believes the potential market for surgical intervention of SI Joint dysfunction to be
+Added: 270,000 procedures annually in the U.S.
alone, for a potential annual market of approximately $2.1 billion.
−Removed: These estimates are driven by coding data for
−Removed: SI-Joint injections to treat pain and informed assumptions relative to surgical intervention candidacy
−Removed: Based on public
−Removed: information, we believe that the largest clinical device supplier in this market does approximately 16,000 SI-Joint fixations a year
−Removed: representing the largest market share.
−Removed: The other competitive devices that are offered are all products generally part of much larger
−Removed: companies with a variety of orthopedic devices and as such do not specifically call out the number of specific SI-Joint procedures performed
−Removed: with their products.
−Removed: It is our belief that all other competitive devices represent approximately another 5,000 potential SI-Joint procedures.
−Removed: Based on this analysis
−Removed: we believe the market is vastly underserved and only penetrated 5-7%, leaving tremendous upside for a next generation device that meets
−Removed: the needs of this market.
−Removed: We believe Tenon
−Removed: is the first company to develop and manufacture a novel Inferior-Posterior approach featuring a dual pontoon fixation technology cleared
−Removed: by the FDA expressly for SI-Joint fusion.
−Removed: The approach, referred to as Inferior Posterior Sacroiliac Fusion is focused on these critical
−Removed: aspects of the surgical procedure:
−Removed: Designed for Safety :
−Removed: the approach trajectory and angle are away from the neural foramen and major vascular structures.
−Removed: Focus on Efficiency :
−Removed: the approach is designed to be direct to the SI-Joint, which allows for visualization of the joint and is designed to pass through minimal
−Removed: muscle structures, which may result in a faster and more efficient surgical procedure and reduced post-op pain for the patient.
−Removed: Targeted Anatomy :
−Removed: approach places the implant in the aspect of the SI-Joint with the densest bone, designed to provide maximum fixation and resistance
−Removed: to vertical shear.
−Removed: This is designed to provide a secure press fit of the implant, reducing the incidence of revision surgery due to implant
−Removed: loosening, which we believe is the reason for many competitive device failures as reported to the FDA Medical Device Reporting (MDR).
−Removed: Note the trajectory
−Removed: used in the Inferior Posterior approach:
−Removed: The following are the primary factors
−Removed: on which companies compete in our industry:
−Removed: ● product and clinical procedure
−Removed: effectiveness;
−Removed: ● ease of surgical technique
−Removed: and use of associated instruments;
−Removed: ● published clinical outcomes
−Removed: and evidence;
−Removed: ● sales force knowledge and service
−Removed: ● product support and service,
−Removed: and customer service;
−Removed: ● comprehensive training, including
−Removed: disease, anatomy, diagnosis, and treatment;
−Removed: ● product innovation and the
−Removed: speed of innovation;
−Removed: ● intellectual property;
−Removed: ● accountability and responsiveness
−Removed: to customers’ demands;
−Removed: ● pricing and reimbursement;
−Removed: ● scientific (biomechanics) data;
−Removed: ● attracting and retaining key
−Removed: Tenon believes
−Removed: that refined approaches and improved implant design will open the door to enhanced adoption and further penetration of this important
−Removed: The Catamaran™
−Removed: SI-Joint Fusion System Solution
−Removed: Until October 2022,
−Removed: Tenon sold The Catamaran System to a limited number of clinician advisors to refine the product for a full commercial launch.
−Removed: 2022, Tenon initiated a full commercial launch at the NASS meeting in Chicago.
−Removed: The Catamaran System includes instruments and implants
−Removed: designed to prepare and fixate the SI-Joint for fusion.
−Removed: We believe The Catamaran System will address a large market opportunity with
−Removed: a superior product and is distinct from other competitive offerings in the following ways:
−Removed: ● Transfixes the SI joint
−Removed: ● Inferior-Posterior Sacroiliac
−Removed: Fusion Approach
−Removed: ● Reduced Approach Morbidity
−Removed: ● Direct And Visualized Approach
−Removed: to the SI-Joint
−Removed: ● Single Implant Technique
−Removed: ● Insertion Trajectory Away from
−Removed: the Neural Foramen
−Removed: ● Insertion Trajectory Away from
−Removed: Major Vascular Structures
−Removed: ● Autologous Bone Grafting in
−Removed: the Ilium, Sacrum and Bridge
−Removed: ● Radiographic Confirmation of
−Removed: Bridging Bone Fusion of the SI-Joint
−Removed: The fixation device
−Removed: and its key features are shown below:
−Removed: “Pontoon” in the ilium
−Removed: “Pontoon” in the sacrum
−Removed: “Pontoons and Bridge”
−Removed: filled with autologous bone from drilling process
−Removed: Leading edge osteotome creates defect and facilitates ease of insertion
−Removed: The Catamaran System
−Removed: is a singular implant designed with several proprietary components which allow for it to be explicitly formatted to transfix the SI-Joint
−Removed: with a single approach and implant.
−Removed: This contrasts with several competitive implant systems that require multiple approach pathways and
−Removed: implants to achieve fixation.
−Removed: In addition, the Inferior-Posterior approach is designed to be direct to the joint and through limited
−Removed: anatomical structures which may minimize the morbidity of the approach.
−Removed: The implant features a patented dual pontoon open cell design
−Removed: which enables the clinician to pack the pontoons with the patient’s own autologous bone designed to promote bone fusion across
−Removed: The Catamaran System is designed specially to resist vertical shear and rotation of the joint in which it was implanted, helping
−Removed: stabilize the joint in preparation for eventual fusion.
−Removed: The instruments
−Removed: we have developed are proprietary to The Catamaran System and specifically designed to facilitate an Inferior Posterior approach that
−Removed: is unique to the system.
−Removed: Tenon also has
−Removed: developed a proprietary 2D placement protocol as well as a protocol for 3D navigation utilizing the latest techniques in spine surgery.
−Removed: These Tenon advancements are intended to further enhance the safety of the procedure and encourage more physicians to adopt the procedure.
−Removed: The Catamaran System,
−Removed: as mentioned previously, is placed in the densest aspect of the SI-Joint as confirmed by the pre-op planning images below:
−Removed: Surgical Plan Key:
−Removed: Pontoon (Ilium)
−Removed: Medial Pontoon (Sacrum)
−Removed: Upper Right Quadrant:
−Removed: and purple pontoons represent the placement in the dense bone inferior – contrasted with the dorsal gap superiorly where competitive
−Removed: systems are most often placed.
−Removed: Lower Right Quadrant:
−Removed: and purple outlines represent The Catamaran System pontoons, illustrating the angle of insertion is away from the sacral neuro
−Removed: foramen providing for a much safter trajectory for device implantation.
+Added: These estimates are driven
+Added: by coding data for SI Joint injections to treat pain and informed assumptions relative to surgical intervention candidacy
+Added: on public information, we believe that the largest clinical device supplier in this market does approximately 16,000 SI Joint fixations
+Added: a year representing the largest market share.
+Added: The other competitive devices that are offered are all products generally part of much
+Added: larger companies with a variety of orthopedic devices and as such do not specifically call out the number of specific SI Joint procedures
+Added: performed with their products.
+Added: It is our belief that all other competitive devices represent approximately another 5,000 potential SI
+Added: Joint procedures.
+Added: on this analysis we believe the market is vastly underserved and only penetrated 5-7%, leaving tremendous upside for a next generation
+Added: device that meets the needs of this market.
+Added: expanding the Tenon portfolio to include both the Catamaran and SImmetry+ systems, we have created a differentiated market position with
+Added: multiple approaches to SI Joint fusion backed by clinical outcomes including:
+Added: satisfaction, and
+Added: ● Independent
+Added: confirmation of bridging bone fusion across the joint.
+Added: our view, this differentiated market position strengthens our ability to drive adoption, increase procedure volumes, and capture a larger
+Added: share of this rapidly expanding market
+Added: The following
+Added: are the primary factors on which companies compete in our industry:
+Added: and clinical procedure effectiveness;
+Added: of surgical technique and use of associated instruments;
+Added: clinical outcomes and evidence;
+Added: force knowledge and service levels;
+Added: support and service, and customer service;
+Added: ● comprehensive
+Added: training, including disease, anatomy, diagnosis, and treatment;
+Added: innovation and the speed of innovation;
+Added: ● intellectual
+Added: ● accountability
+Added: and responsiveness to customers’ demands;
+Added: and reimbursement;
+Added: (biomechanics) data;
+Added: and retaining key personnel.
+Added: believes providing physicians innovative SI Joint system choices, backed by clinical outcomes, will open the door to enhanced adoption
+Added: and further penetration of this important market.
+Added: Catamaran ® ™ SI Joint Fusion System Solution
+Added: October 2022, Tenon sold The Catamaran System to a limited number of clinician advisors to refine the product for a full commercial launch.
+Added: In October 2022, Tenon initiated a full commercial launch at the NASS meeting in Chicago.
+Added: The Catamaran System includes instruments and
+Added: implants designed to prepare and fixate the SI Joint for fusion.
+Added: We believe The Catamaran System will address a large market opportunity
+Added: with a superior product and is distinct from other competitive offerings in the following ways:
+Added: ● Trans-articular
+Added: placement across the SI Joint
+Added: ● Inferior-posterior
+Added: sacroiliac fusion approach
+Added: invasive surgical approach
+Added: visualization to the SI Joint
+Added: implant technique
+Added: trajectory away from the neural foramen
+Added: trajectory away from major vascular structures
+Added: bone grafting in the ilium, sacrum and bridge
+Added: ● Radiographic
+Added: confirmation of bridging bone fusion of the SI Joint
+Added: Catamaran System is a singular implant designed with several proprietary components which allow for it to be explicitly formatted to
+Added: transfix the SI Joint with a single approach and implant.
+Added: This contrasts with several competitive implant systems that require multiple
+Added: approach pathways and implants to achieve fixation.
+Added: In addition, the Inferior-Posterior approach is designed to be direct to the joint
+Added: and through limited anatomical structures which may minimize the morbidity of the approach.
+Added: The implant features a patented dual pontoon
+Added: open cell design which enables the clinician to pack the pontoons with the patient’s own autologous bone designed to promote bone
+Added: fusion across the joint.
+Added: The Catamaran System is designed specially to resist vertical shear and rotation of the joint in which it was
+Added: implanted, helping stabilize the joint in preparation for eventual fusion.
+Added: instruments we have developed are proprietary to The Catamaran System and specifically designed to facilitate an Inferior Posterior approach
+Added: that is unique to the system.
+Added: also has developed a proprietary 2D placement protocol as well as a protocol for 3D navigation utilizing the latest techniques in spine
+Added: These Tenon advancements are intended to further enhance the safety of the procedure and encourage more physicians to adopt
the procedure.
−Removed: We believe The
−Removed: Catamaran System and its differentiated characteristics allow for an efficient and effective procedure designed to deliver short-term
−Removed: stabilization and long-term fusion that can be confirmed radiographically.
−Removed: Shown below is an illustration demonstrating the unique placement
−Removed: of The Catamaran System inserted Inferior-Posterior and coming directly down to and transfixing the joint
−Removed: The Catamaran System
−Removed: procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia using a specially designed instrument set we provide to prepare for the Inferior-Posterior
−Removed: access to the SI-Joint.
−Removed: Specially designed imaging and navigation protocols are designed to ensure the clinician has the proper entry
−Removed: point, trajectory, angle and depth so that the pontoons of The Catamaran System are placed for maximum fixation.
−Removed: The Catamaran System
−Removed: incorporates two pontoons and is designed so that when the system is impacted into the bone one pontoon is on the Illum side and the
−Removed: other is in the Sacrum side with the bridge spanning the joint, preventing shear and rotation of the joint.
−Removed: The device also features
−Removed: an open cell design where the patient’s own (autologous) bone is packed into the pontoons and the bridge to facilitate fusion across
+Added: believe The Catamaran System and its differentiated characteristics allow for an efficient and effective procedure designed to deliver
+Added: short-term stabilization and long-term fusion that can be confirmed radiographically.
+Added: Shown below is an illustration demonstrating the
+Added: unique placement of The Catamaran System inserted Inferior-Posterior and coming directly down to and transfixing the joint.
+Added: Catamaran System procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia using a specially designed instrument set we provide to prepare
+Added: for the Inferior-Posterior access to the SI Joint.
+Added: Specially designed imaging and navigation protocols are designed to ensure the clinician
+Added: has the proper entry point, trajectory, angle and depth so that the pontoons of The Catamaran System are placed for maximum fixation.
+Added: The Catamaran System incorporates two pontoons and is designed so that when the system is impacted into the bone one pontoon is on the
+Added: Illum side and the other is in the Sacrum side with the bridge spanning the joint, preventing shear and rotation of the joint.
+Added: also features an open cell design where the patient’s own (autologous) bone is packed into the pontoons and the bridge to facilitate
+Added: fusion across the joint.
The leading edge of the bridge is designed to act as an osteotome, providing a self-created deficit upon insertion.
−Removed: features are designed to create an ideal environment for bone ingrowth and fusion.
−Removed: Below is a fluoroscopic image of an implanted Catamaran
−Removed: Fixation Device spanning the SI-Joint.
−Removed: Tenon believes
−Removed: the surgical approach and implant design it has developed, along with the 2D and 3D protocols for proper implantation will be received
−Removed: well by the clinician community who have been looking for a next generation device.
−Removed: Our initial clinical results indicate that The Catamaran
−Removed: System is promoting fusion across the joint as evidenced by post-op CT scans (the recognized gold standard widely accepted by the Clinical
−Removed: Post-Op fluoroscopic image of
−Removed: implant spanning the SI-Joint
−Removed: 6-Month CT-Scan showing clear
−Removed: bridging bone fusion
−Removed: A preliminary 18
−Removed: case series (Michael Joseph Chaparro, MD, F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S.) has documented that The Catamaran System does in fact promote fusion
−Removed: across the SI-Joint, which many of our competitors have not been able to demonstrate.
−Removed: While products from some of our competitors use
−Removed: screws and triangular wedges to treat the SI-Joint, most do not effectively resist the vertical shear and twisting within the joint.
+Added: These features are designed to create an ideal environment for bone ingrowth and fusion.
+Added: Below is a fluoroscopic image of an implanted
+Added: Catamaran Fixation Device spanning the SI Joint.
+Added: believes the surgical approach and implant design it has developed, along with the 2D and 3D protocols for proper implantation will be
+Added: received well by the clinician community who have been looking for a next generation device.
+Added: Our initial clinical results indicate that
+Added: The Catamaran System is promoting fusion across the joint as evidenced by post-op CT scans (the recognized gold standard widely accepted
+Added: by the Clinical community).
+Added: preliminary 18 case series (Michael Joseph Chaparro, MD, F.A.A.N.S., F.A.C.S.) has documented that The Catamaran System does in fact
+Added: promote fusion across the SI Joint, which many of our competitors have not been able to demonstrate.
+Added: While products from some of our
+Added: competitors use screws and triangular wedges to treat the SI Joint, most do not effectively resist the vertical shear and twisting within
This 18 patient series was presented at the North American Spine Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL in October 2022.
−Removed: An independent
−Removed: biomechanical study (Lisa Ferrara, Ph.D.
−Removed: OrthoKinetic Technologies, LLC now part of Element) demonstrated that a single Catamaran SIJ
−Removed: Fixation Device was superior to predicate device in the areas of Fixation Strength, Shear Stiffness, Dynamic Endurance and Pullout Strength.
−Removed: We hold issued patents on The Catamaran System and its unique features including the dual pontoons and the open cell structure for bone
−Removed: graft packing.
−Removed: We also hold an issued patent for the method of placing The Catamaran System into the SI-Joint where one pontoon is in
−Removed: the ilium and the other in the sacrum.
−Removed: The Catamaran System’s
−Removed: unique design has already demonstrated radiographically confirmed fusion in initial patients.
−Removed: We believe that this beneficial advantage
−Removed: along with a simpler, safer, and less painful procedure will make this the procedure of choice for most physicians.
−Removed: Tenon has initiated
−Removed: post market, IRB controlled clinical trials to demonstrate this technology delivers on these advantages.
−Removed: Coverage and Reimbursement
−Removed: When a Tenon procedure
−Removed: utilizing The Catamaran System is performed, the healthcare facility, either a hospital (inpatient or outpatient clinic), and the
−Removed: clinician submit claims for reimbursement to the patient’s insurer.
−Removed: Generally, the facility obtains a lump sum payment, or facility
−Removed: fee, for SI-Joint fusions.
−Removed: Our products are purchased by the facility, along with other supplies used in the procedure.
−Removed: must also pay for its own fixed costs of operation, including certain operating room personnel involved in the procedure, ICD and other
−Removed: medical services care.
−Removed: If these costs exceed the facility reimbursement, the facility’s managers may discourage or restrict clinicians
−Removed: from performing the procedure in the facility or using certain technologies, such as The Catamaran System, to perform the procedure.
−Removed: The Medicare 2023
−Removed: national average hospital inpatient payment for SI-Joint procedures ranges from approximately $25,661 to approximately $46,437 depending
−Removed: on the procedural approach and the presence of Complication and Comorbidity/Major Complication and Comorbidity.
−Removed: The Medicare 2023
−Removed: national average hospital outpatient clinic payment is $17,756.
−Removed: We believe that insurer payments to facilities are generally adequate
−Removed: for these facilities to offer The Catamaran System procedure.
−Removed: Physicians are
−Removed: reimbursed separately for their professional time and effort to perform a surgical procedure.
−Removed: Depending on the surgical approach, the
−Removed: incision size, type and extent of imaging guidance, indication for procedure, and the insurer, The Catamaran System procedure may be
−Removed: reported by the physician using any one of the applicable following CPT® codes 27279, 27280, 27299.
−Removed: The Medicare 2022 national average
−Removed: payment for CPT® 27279 is $807 and $1,352 for 27280.
−Removed: CPT® 27299 has no national valuation.
−Removed: Clinicians, however, can present a
−Removed: crosswalk to another procedure believed to be fairly equivalent and/or comparison to a code for which there is an existing valuation.
−Removed: For some governmental
−Removed: programs, such as Medicaid, coverage and reimbursement differ from state to state, and some state Medicaid programs may not pay an adequate
−Removed: amount for the procedures performed with our products, if any payment is made at all.
−Removed: Similar to Medicaid, many private payors’
−Removed: coverage and payment may differ from one payer to another.
+Added: independent biomechanical study (Lisa Ferrara, Ph.D.
+Added: OrthoKinetic Technologies, LLC now part of Element) demonstrated that a single Catamaran
+Added: SIJ Fixation Device was superior to predicate device in the areas of Fixation Strength, Shear Stiffness, Dynamic Endurance and Pullout
+Added: We hold issued patents on The Catamaran System and its unique features including the dual pontoons and the open cell structure
+Added: for bone graft packing.
+Added: We also hold an issued patent for the method of placing The Catamaran System into the SI Joint where one pontoon
+Added: is in the ilium and the other in the sacrum.
+Added: Catamaran System’s unique design has already demonstrated radiographically confirmed fusion in initial patients.
We believe that
−Removed: some clinicians view the current Medicare reimbursement amount as insufficient for current SI-Joint procedures, given the work effort
−Removed: involved with the procedure, including the time to diagnose the patient and obtain prior authorization from the patient’s health
−Removed: insurer when necessary.
−Removed: Many private payors require extensive documentation of a multi-step diagnosis before authorizing SI-Joint fusion
−Removed: for a patient.
−Removed: We believe that some private payors apply their own coverage policies and criteria inconsistently, and clinicians may
−Removed: experience difficulties in securing approval and coverage for sacroiliac fusion procedures.
−Removed: Additionally, many private payors limit coverage
−Removed: for open SI-Joint fusion to trauma, tumors or extensive spine fusion procedures involving multiple levels.
−Removed: We believe the
−Removed: unique design of The Catamaran System and the fact The Catamaran System may be placed both via an open procedure based on the clinician’s
−Removed: determination of trauma induced SI-Joint pain or as a minimally invasive approach provides a unique and differentiated approach for the
−Removed: clinician to determine the reimbursement code that best fits the clinical problem.
−Removed: We believe this is a significant advantage over competitive
−Removed: devices by providing the clinician the clinical flexibility of offering the best clinical solution and approach for patients.
−Removed: Sales and Marketing
−Removed: We market and sell
−Removed: The Catamaran System primarily through independent distributors and sales representatives specializing in orthopedics and spine sales.
−Removed: Our target customer base includes approximately 12,000 physicians who perform spine and/or pelvic surgical procedures.
−Removed: We provide general
−Removed: sales and marketing training to our independent sales representative along with comprehensive, hands-on cadaveric and dry-lab training
−Removed: sessions focusing on the clinical benefits of The Catamaran System and the importance of using the 2D and 3D protocols we have developed.
−Removed: We believe many clinicians have already been trained using one of the alternative products but have not been satisfied with the approach
−Removed: and technology.
−Removed: This provides us with an opportunity to demonstrate to an already-trained-clinician the unique attributes of The Catamaran
−Removed: Our business objective
−Removed: is to introduce the Next Generation Implant for SI-Joint Fixation.
−Removed: The past 10 years has seen an acceleration in recognition and discussion
−Removed: of the SI-Joint as a cause of pain that can be treated.
−Removed: However, adoption has been hindered by complexity of the procedure as evidenced
−Removed: by the significant number of reported Medical Device Records (MDR’s).
−Removed: The need for multiple implants and resulting post-op pain
−Removed: has also contributed to low adoption numbers.
−Removed: Our strategy is to provide a safer, faster, and better surgical experience and a significant
−Removed: pain reduction benefit for the patient.
+Added: this beneficial advantage along with a simpler, safer, and less painful procedure will make this the procedure of choice for most physicians.
+Added: Tenon has initiated a post market, IRB controlled clinical trial to demonstrate this technology delivers on these advantages.
+Added: The Mainsail™
+Added: Study is an ongoing prospective, single-arm, multi-center, post-market study evaluating clinical and radiographic outcomes of adult patients
+Added: with sacroiliac joint disruptions or degenerative sacroiliitis treated with the Catamaran SI Joint Fusion System.
+Added: The target enrollment
+Added: for this study is up to 50 patients with up to 24-month follow-up.
+Added: There have been two published interim analysis of the study with robust
+Added: and sustainable clinical outcomes out to 12 months.
+Added: These outcomes include the following:
+Added: ● Statistically
+Added: significant reduction in SI Joint pain at 12 months
+Added: safety profile
+Added: patient satisfaction throughout all follow-up timepoints
+Added: definitive evidence of fusion response at 12 months
+Added: surgical technique and procedural workflow
+Added: SImmetry + SI Joint Fusion System Solution
+Added: August 2025, we acquired The SImmetry + System, which affords an efficient and effective minimally invasive technique to effect
+Added: a true arthrodesis of the SI Joint in the following way:
+Added: invasive lateral access for safety and control
+Added: preparation with the proprietary SImmetry Decorticator removes cartilage and decorticates
+Added: opposing joint surfaces
+Added: graft delivery to the prepared joint to facilitate fusion
+Added: fixation with threaded 3D printed titanium implants
+Added: SImmetry + procedure is designed to:
+Added: true bony fusion
+Added: pain and improve function in appropriately selected patients
+Added: approach combines immediate fixation with biologically driven fusion, aligning with long-standing orthopedic fusion principles while
+Added: utilizing a minimally invasive surgical technique.
+Added: Simmetry + System procedure is typically performed under general anesthesia using a specially designed instrument set we provide
+Added: to prepare for lateral access to the SI Joint.
+Added: Specially designed imaging and navigation protocols are designed to ensure the clinician
+Added: has the proper entry point, trajectory, angle and depth of the implant for maximum fixation.
+Added: The SImmetry + SI Joint Fusion
+Added: procedure is a minimally invasive surgical technique designed to achieve true bony fusion of the sacroiliac joint.
+Added: Through a small lateral
+Added: incision and fluoroscopic guidance, the joint is accessed and prepared using specialized decortication instruments to expose bleeding
+Added: bone surfaces.
+Added: Bone graft material is then placed within the joint to promote biological fusion, followed by placement of titanium implants
+Added: across the ilium and sacrum to provide immediate mechanical stabilization.
+Added: This combination of joint preparation, bone grafting, and
+Added: fixation is intended to support durable fusion while minimizing surgical disruption.
+Added: SImmetry + System was part of the EVoluSIon study which was a prospective, multi-center clinical study evaluating up to 250
+Added: patients treated with The SImmetry + System.
+Added: At 12 months, patients demonstrated statistically significant reductions in pain
+Added: and disability, meaningful reductions in opioid use, and approximately 69% showed radiographic evidence of fusion on CT.
+Added: As one of the
+Added: largest clinical datasets in minimally invasive SI Joint fusion, EVoluSIon supports the safety, effectiveness, and true fusion approach
+Added: of the SImmetry + platform.
+Added: and Reimbursement
+Added: a Tenon procedure utilizing The Catamaran System or The SImmetry + System is performed, the healthcare facility, either
+Added: a hospital (inpatient or outpatient clinic), and the clinician submit claims for reimbursement to the patient’s insurer.
+Added: the facility obtains a lump sum payment, or facility fee, for SI Joint fusions.
+Added: Our products are purchased by the facility, along with
+Added: other supplies used in the procedure.
+Added: The facility must also pay for its own fixed costs of operation, including certain operating room
+Added: personnel involved in the procedure, ICD and other medical services care.
+Added: If these costs exceed the facility reimbursement, the facility’s
+Added: managers may discourage or restrict clinicians from performing the procedure in the facility or using certain technologies, such as The
+Added: Catamaran System or The SImmetry + System, to perform the procedure.
+Added: Medicare 2025 national average hospital outpatient clinic payment was $17,914.
+Added: We believe that insurer payments to facilities are generally
+Added: adequate for these facilities to offer The Catamaran System and The SImmetry + System procedures.
+Added: are reimbursed separately for their professional time and effort to perform a surgical procedure.
+Added: Depending on the surgical approach,
+Added: the incision size, type and extent of imaging guidance, indication for procedure, and the insurer, The Catamaran System and The SImmetry +
+Added: System procedures may be reported by the physician using CPT® codes 27279 and 27280.
+Added: The Medicare 2026 payment rates for CPT®
+Added: codes 27279 and 27280 are $759 and $1,284, respectively.
+Added: some governmental programs, such as Medicaid, coverage and reimbursement differ from state to state, and some state Medicaid programs
+Added: may not pay an adequate amount for the procedures performed with our products, if any payment is made at all.
+Added: Similar to Medicaid, many
+Added: private payors’ coverage and payment may differ from one payer to another.
+Added: believe that some clinicians view the current Medicare reimbursement amount as insufficient for current SI Joint procedures, given the
+Added: work effort involved with the procedure, including the time to diagnose the patient and obtain prior authorization from the patient’s
+Added: health insurer when necessary.
+Added: Many private payors require extensive documentation of a multi-step diagnosis before authorizing SI Joint
+Added: fusion for a patient.
+Added: We believe that some private payors apply their own coverage policies and criteria inconsistently, and clinicians
+Added: may experience difficulties in securing approval and coverage for sacroiliac fusion procedures.
+Added: Additionally, many private payors limit
+Added: coverage for open SI Joint fusion to trauma, tumors or extensive spine fusion procedures involving multiple levels.
+Added: and Marketing
+Added: market and sell The Catamaran System and The SImmetry + System primarily through independent distributors and sales representatives
+Added: specializing in orthopedics and spine sales.
+Added: Our target customer base includes approximately 12,000 physicians who perform spine and/or
+Added: pelvic surgical procedures.
+Added: provide general sales and marketing training to our independent sales representative along with comprehensive, hands-on cadaveric and
+Added: dry-lab training sessions focusing on the clinical benefits of The Catamaran System and The SImmetry + System and the importance
+Added: of using the 2D and 3D protocols we have developed.
+Added: We believe many clinicians have already been trained using one of the alternative
+Added: products but have not been satisfied with the approach, outcomes, and technology.
+Added: This provides us with an opportunity to demonstrate
+Added: to an already-trained-clinician the unique attributes of The Catamaran System and The SImmetry + System.
+Added: business objective is to introduce the next generation of implants for SI Joint fixation and fusion.
+Added: The past 10 years have seen an acceleration
+Added: in recognition and discussion of the SI Joint as a cause of pain that can be treated.
+Added: However, adoption has been hindered by complexity
+Added: of the procedure as evidenced by the significant number of reported Medical Device Records (MDR’s).
+Added: The need for multiple implants
+Added: and resulting post-op pain has also contributed to low adoption numbers.
+Added: Our strategy is to provide a safer, faster, and better surgical
+Added: experience and a significant pain reduction benefit for the patient.
Our goals are simple but impactful and as such we plan on the following:
−Removed: ● Educate and inform physicians
−Removed: and other healthcare providers, payors, and patients about the growing body of evidence supporting what we believe is the safety, durable
−Removed: clinical effectiveness, economic benefit, and reduction in opioid use associated with SI-Joint fixation and The Catamaran System procedure.
−Removed: ● Utilize the most effective
−Removed: means of training via video and in-person labs demonstrating the ease of use with 2D and 3D navigation.
−Removed: Since many physicians have already
−Removed: been trained but have not incorporated SI-Joint fixation into their practices we will work with these physicians to reengage and train
−Removed: them on the Next Generation of an SI-Joint implant which incorporates a safer and simpler approach.
−Removed: ● Utilize the best approaches
−Removed: of direct-to-consumer outreach to educate patients that there is a safe solution to help them improve their quality of life.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: to reach the broadest physician and patient audience on case study results from around the United States we plan to implement an active
−Removed: social media campaign incorporating Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
−Removed: ● Invest in our independent sales
−Removed: representative network to ensure that all Tenon representatives have the latest in marketing and education tools to reduce the time from
−Removed: training to adoption.
−Removed: ● Remain true to our next generation
−Removed: product development strategy by continually bringing out new advancements in and around the SI-Joint and pelvic region.
−Removed: ● Continue to grow our existing
−Removed: intellectual property portfolio.
−Removed: ● Execute post-market clinical
−Removed: research to confirm the benefits of the distinct approach and implant.
−Removed: Regulatory Status
−Removed: We have received
−Removed: FDA 510(k) clearance to market and sell The Catamaran System for sacroiliac joint fusion for conditions including sacroiliac joint disruptions
−Removed: and degenerative sacroiliitis.
−Removed: Research & Development
−Removed: Our initial development
−Removed: of The Catamaran System has incorporated several differentiating features which we believe will make an important contribution for many
−Removed: patients suffering from SI-Joint pain.
−Removed: To our knowledge, no other competitive product incorporates these Next Generation features:
−Removed: ● Dual Pontoon implant that transfixes
−Removed: the targeted joint;
−Removed: ● Open cell design designed for
−Removed: utilizing the patient’s own autologous bone for promotion of fusion;
−Removed: ● Bridge design between the dual
−Removed: pontoons for enhanced strength;
−Removed: ● Leading edge of the implant
−Removed: designed to function as an osteotome providing a self-creating defect feature not available with competitive systems;
−Removed: ● Single implant designed with
−Removed: varying pontoon sizes to ensure a robust fixation based on anatomy;
−Removed: ● Additional smaller Catamaran
−Removed: designed for smaller anatomy and/or revision surgery.
−Removed: Our development
−Removed: plan is to expand The Catamaran System offering by introducing a series of progressively longer pontoons so that the clinician has a
−Removed: full complement of sized implants to choose from depending on the patient’s anatomy.
+Added: and inform physicians and other healthcare providers, payors, and patients about the growing
+Added: body of evidence supporting what we believe is the safety, durable clinical effectiveness,
+Added: economic benefit, and reduction in opioid use associated with SI Joint fixation and The Catamaran
+Added: System and The SImmetry + System procedures.
+Added: the most effective means of training via video and in-person labs demonstrating the ease
+Added: of use with 2D and 3D navigation.
+Added: Since many physicians have already been trained but have
+Added: not incorporated SI Joint fixation into their practices we will work with these physicians
+Added: to reengage and train them on the next generation of SI Joint implants which incorporate
+Added: a safer and simpler approach.
+Added: the best approaches of direct-to-consumer outreach to educate patients that there is a safe
+Added: solution to help them improve their quality of life.
+Added: Additionally, to reach the broadest
+Added: physician and patient audience on case study results from around the United States we plan
+Added: to implement an active social media campaign incorporating LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram,
+Added: YouTube, etc.
+Added: in our independent sales representative network to ensure that all Tenon representatives
+Added: have the latest in marketing and education tools to reduce the time from training to adoption.
+Added: true to our next generation product development strategy by continually bringing out new
+Added: advancements in and around the SI Joint and pelvic region.
+Added: to grow our existing intellectual property portfolio.
+Added: post-market clinical research to confirm the benefits of the distinct approach and implant.
+Added: have received FDA 510(k) clearance to market and sell both The Catamaran System and The SImmentry + System for sacroiliac joint
+Added: fusion for conditions including sacroiliac joint disruptions and degenerative sacroiliitis.
+Added: Additionally, The Catamaran System received
+Added: an expanded indication from the FDA in March 2025 to augment immobilization and stabilization of the SI Joint in patients undergoing
+Added: sacropelvic fixation as part of a lumbar fusion procedure.
+Added: & Development
+Added: initial development of The Catamaran System has incorporated several differentiating features which we believe will make an important
+Added: contribution for many patients suffering from SI Joint pain.
+Added: To our knowledge, no other competitive product incorporates the following
+Added: next generation features:
+Added: Pontoon implant that trans-articulates across the targeted joint;
+Added: cell design designed for utilizing the patient’s own autologous bone for promotion
+Added: design between the dual pontoons for enhanced strength;
+Added: edge of the implant designed to function as an osteotome providing a self-creating defect
+Added: feature not available with competitive systems;
+Added: implant designed with varying pontoon sizes to ensure a robust fixation based on anatomy;
+Added: smaller Catamaran designed for smaller anatomy and/or revision surgery.
+Added: development plan is to expand The Catamaran System offering by introducing various sizes in length and width so that the clinician has
+Added: a full complement of sized implants to choose from depending on the patient’s anatomy.
These product enhancements will enable the
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We believe, based on literature searches of
−Removed: prior SI-Joint fixation technologies, that adverse event incidence where the implant has loosened or been misplaced thereby requiring
+Added: prior SI Joint fixation technologies, that adverse event incidence where the implant has loosened or been mal-placed thereby requiring
a revision surgery could reach 20%.
−Removed: We believe that our ability to make The Catamaran System a specifically sized fixation device will
−Removed: benefit many patients requiring a revision surgery.
−Removed: The Catamaran System
−Removed: shown below has been cleared by the FDA for commercialization.
−Removed: This patented titanium implant incorporates the Catamaran SI-Joint Fixation
−Removed: Device pontoon design and the open cell configuration which we believe, when filled with the patient’s autologous bone, promotes
−Removed: The two images below show a comparison of a competitive implant requiring three implants and The Catamaran System unique pontoon
−Removed: design showing the need of only one implant to cover the same amount of the SI-Joint.
−Removed: The Catamaran™ SIJ Fusion
−Removed: System Single Implant
−Removed: iFuse® Three Implants
−Removed: Our mission will
−Removed: be to continue developing enhancements to The Catamaran System to meet our customers’ changing needs and to improve the surgery’s
−Removed: effectiveness.
−Removed: This includes revision surgery options as well as options as an adjunct to long fusion constructs in the lumbar spine.
−Removed: Additionally, we
−Removed: will initiate various post marketing clinical studies in accordance with FDA cleared indications for use.
+Added: We believe that our ability to offer The Catamaran System implants in various sizes will benefit
+Added: many patients requiring a revision surgery and thus reduce the associated challenges and variability found in this type of procedure.
+Added: The Catamaran System’s patented titanium implant incorporates the Catamaran SI Joint Fixation Device pontoon design and the open
+Added: cell configuration which we believe, when filled with the patient’s autologous bone, promotes fusion.
+Added: mission continues to be developing enhancements to The Catamaran System and its instrument system to meet our customers’ changing
+Added: needs and to improve the surgery’s effectiveness.
+Added: This includes revision surgery options as well as options as an adjunct to long
+Added: fusion constructs in the lumbar spine.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: we will initiate various post marketing clinical studies in accordance with FDA cleared indications for use.
Since we have already received
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Tenon has received IRB approval for two post-market trials, including a 50 patient, 10 center multi-center trial and a
−Removed: prospective CT trial to demonstrate fusion in patient who have already been treated with The Catamaran System.
−Removed: Clinical study endpoints
−Removed: may include but are not limited to;
−Removed: pain scoring, length of surgical procedure, blood loss, post-op pain, length of stay, duration of
−Removed: non-weight-bearing post-op, radiographic confirmation of fusion and surgical complication rates.
−Removed: Statistical analysis plans may be designed
−Removed: to demonstrate non-inferiority to historical control, as reported in published literature, which may be used for submission to peer reviewed
−Removed: articles / posters / presentations and the like.
−Removed: Developing and
−Removed: maintaining a strong intellectual property position is an important element of our business.
−Removed: We maintain the intellectual property through
−Removed: a combination of patent protection, trademarks, and trade secrets.
−Removed: We have sought, and will continue to seek, patent protection for our
−Removed: technology, for improvements to our technology, as well as for any of our other technologies where we believe such protection will be
−Removed: advantageous.
−Removed: As of March 26, 2025, we own eight issued U.S.
−Removed: utility patents, 21
−Removed: utility patent applications, four issued foreign utility patents in Australia, Canada, Japan and Israel, and two pending
−Removed: foreign utility patent applications in the European Community, Brazil and Japan.
−Removed: We also have thirteen registered trademarks (seven U.S.
−Removed: and six foreign) and twelve pending trademark applications in the U.S.
−Removed: Our utility patents
−Removed: and patent applications are directed to several different aspects of our sacroiliac (SI) joint stabilization technology and related patent
−Removed: By way of example, our granted patents and pending patent applications cover various structural features of our unique Catamaran
−Removed: SI-Joint prosthesis and means for employing same to stabilize a dysfunctional SI-Joint.
−Removed: The term of individual
−Removed: patents depends on the legal term for patents in the countries in which they are granted.
−Removed: In most countries, including the United States,
−Removed: the patent term for a utility patent is generally 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date of a nonprovisional patent application
−Removed: in the applicable country.
+Added: prospective CT trial (the Mainsail Study) to demonstrate fusion in patients who have been treated with The Catamaran System.
+Added: study endpoints may include but are not limited to;
+Added: pain scoring, length of surgical procedure, blood loss, post-op pain, length of stay,
+Added: duration of non-weight-bearing post-op, radiographic confirmation of fusion and surgical complication rates.
+Added: Statistical analysis plans
+Added: may be designed to demonstrate non-inferiority to historical control, as reported in published literature, which may be used for submission
+Added: to peer reviewed articles, posters and presentations, etc.
+Added: believe that our 2025 acquisition of the strategic assets of SiVantage provides a robust pipeline of innovative technologies designed
+Added: to further strengthen and expand our portfolio for the treatment of SI Joint disease.
+Added: Ongoing enhancements to the SImmetry +
+Added: Instrument System are expected to improve procedural efficiency and streamline surgical workflow.
+Added: In addition, we expect that The SImmetry +
+Added: System will broaden its implant portfolio with expanded length and diameter options to better accommodate varying patient anatomies.
+Added: In addition to enhancements to The SImmetry + System, we are advancing novel and potentially disruptive technology platforms
+Added: that introduce additional approaches to treating the SI Joint, while remaining firmly grounded in the orthopedic principles of fusion
+Added: that underpin each new platform.
+Added: and maintaining a strong intellectual property position is an important element of our business.
+Added: We maintain the intellectual property
+Added: through a combination of patent protection, trademarks, and trade secrets.
+Added: We have sought, and will continue to seek, patent protection
+Added: for our technology, for improvements to our technology, as well as for any of our other technologies where we believe such protection
+Added: will be advantageous.
+Added: of March 27, 2026, we own 31 issued U.S.
+Added: utility patents, 13 pending U.S.
+Added: utility patent applications, 9 issued foreign utility patents
+Added: in Australia, Canada, Japan and Israel, and 19 pending foreign utility patent applications in the European Community, Brazil and Japan.
+Added: We have 1 licensed U.S.
+Added: We also have 14 registered U.S.
+Added: trademarks and 6 foreign trademarks and 1 pending trademark application
+Added: utility patents and patent applications are directed to several different aspects of our SI Joint stabilization technology and related
+Added: patent platform.
+Added: By way of example, our granted patents and pending patent applications cover various structural features of our unique
+Added: Catamaran SI Joint prosthesis and means for employing same to stabilize a dysfunctional SI Joint.
+Added: term of individual patents depends on the legal term for patents in the countries in which they are granted.
+Added: In most countries, including
+Added: the United States, the patent term for a utility patent is generally 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date of a nonprovisional
+Added: patent application in the applicable country.
Our issued U.S.
−Removed: and foreign utility patents are anticipated to naturally expire around 2031, and our U.S.
−Removed: pending utility patent applications, if issued into patents, are similarly anticipated to naturally expire around 2031, excluding any
−Removed: additional patent term adjustment(s) or extension(s), and assuming payment of all applicable maintenance or annuity fees.
−Removed: Once a patent
−Removed: expires, patent protection ends and an invention enters the public domain allowing anyone to commercially exploit the invention without
−Removed: infringing the patent.
−Removed: We cannot guarantee
−Removed: that patents will be issued from any of our pending applications or that issued patents will be of sufficient scope or strength to provide
−Removed: meaningful protection for our technology.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the scope of the patent protection available to us, a competitor could develop
−Removed: methods or devices that are not covered by our patents or circumvent these patents.
−Removed: Furthermore, although, at present, we are unaware
−Removed: of any patent applications that may result in one or more issued patents that our existing products or technologies may be alleged to
−Removed: infringe, since U.S.
−Removed: and foreign applications can take many months to publish, there may be applications unknown to us that may result
−Removed: in one or more issued patents that our existing products or technologies may be alleged to infringe.
−Removed: As of March 26, 2025, we also have priority rights in and to several
−Removed: significant trademarks that support our products and brand, including seven registered U.S.
+Added: and foreign utility patents are anticipated to naturally expire around
+Added: 2031, and our U.S.
+Added: pending utility patent applications, if issued into patents, are similarly anticipated to naturally expire around
+Added: 2031, excluding any additional patent term adjustment(s) or extension(s), and assuming payment of all applicable maintenance or annuity
+Added: Once a patent expires, patent protection ends and an invention enters the public domain allowing anyone to commercially exploit
+Added: the invention without infringing the patent.
+Added: cannot guarantee that patents will be issued from any of our pending applications or that issued patents will be of sufficient scope
+Added: or strength to provide meaningful protection for our technology.
+Added: Notwithstanding the scope of the patent protection available to us,
+Added: a competitor could develop methods or devices that are not covered by our patents or circumvent these patents.
+Added: Furthermore, although,
+Added: at present, we are unaware of any patent applications that may result in one or more issued patents that our existing products or technologies
+Added: may be alleged to infringe, since U.S.
+Added: and foreign applications can take many months to publish, there may be applications unknown to
+Added: us that may result in one or more issued patents that our existing products or technologies may be alleged to infringe.
+Added: of March 27, 2026, we also have priority rights in and to several significant trademarks that support our products and brand, including
+Added: seven registered U.S.
trademarks, twelve U.S.
−Removed: trademark applications
−Removed: and six foreign trademark applications in the European Community (excluding the United Kingdom), Australia and Japan.
+Added: trademark applications and six foreign trademark applications in the European Community
+Added: (excluding the United Kingdom), Australia and Japan.
Regulation of Our Products and Business.
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domestically or exported internationally are safe and effective for their intended uses:
−Removed: ● product design, development,
−Removed: and manufacture;
−Removed: ● product safety, testing, labeling,
−Removed: ● record keeping procedures;
−Removed: ● product marketing, sales, distribution
−Removed: ● post-marketing surveillance,
−Removed: complaint handling, medical device reporting, reporting of deaths, serious injuries or device malfunctions, and repair or recall of products.
−Removed: There are numerous
−Removed: FDA regulatory requirements governing the clearance or approval and marketing of our products.
+Added: design, development, and manufacture;
+Added: safety, testing, labeling, and storage;
+Added: keeping procedures;
+Added: marketing, sales, distribution and export;
+Added: ● post-marketing
+Added: surveillance, complaint handling, medical device reporting, reporting of deaths, serious
+Added: injuries or device malfunctions, and repair or recall of products.
+Added: are numerous FDA regulatory requirements governing the clearance or approval and marketing of our products.
These include:
−Removed: ● product listing and establishment
−Removed: registration, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other regulatory action;
−Removed: ● investigational device exemptions
−Removed: to conduct premarket clinical trials, which include extensive monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements;
−Removed: ● QSR, which requires manufacturers,
−Removed: including contract manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures
−Removed: during all aspects of the manufacturing process;
−Removed: ● labeling regulations and FDA
−Removed: prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved or off-label use or indication;
−Removed: ● clearance of product modifications
−Removed: that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared
−Removed: ● approval of product modifications
−Removed: that affect the safety or effectiveness of one of our approved devices;
−Removed: ● medical device reporting regulations,
−Removed: which require that manufacturers comply with FDA requirements to report if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or
−Removed: serious injury, or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction of
−Removed: the device or a similar device were to recur;
−Removed: ● post-approval restrictions
−Removed: or conditions, including post-approval study commitments;
−Removed: ● post-market surveillance regulations,
−Removed: which apply when necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device;
−Removed: ● the FDA’s recall authority,
−Removed: whereby it can ask, or under certain conditions order, device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation
−Removed: of governing laws and regulations;
−Removed: ● regulations pertaining to voluntary
−Removed: ● notices of corrections or removals.
−Removed: The FDA has broad
−Removed: post-market and regulatory enforcement powers.
−Removed: We and our contract manufacturers are subject to announced and unannounced inspections
−Removed: by the FDA to determine our compliance with the QSR and other regulations and these inspections may include the manufacturing facilities
−Removed: of our suppliers.
−Removed: Tenon has a robust Supplier Qualification and Audit process as part of our quality system that ensures contract manufacturers,
−Removed: and their suppliers meet all requirements.
−Removed: An FDA pre-approval
−Removed: inspection is not required for The Catamaran System due to its lower device classification, class II versus the higher class III.
−Removed: is the case for most medical device firms, Tenon is subject to routine and “for cause” FDA inspections.
−Removed: Routine inspections are
−Removed: mandated by law every 2 years for class II and class III device manufacturers and make up the majority of FDA’s inspections.
−Removed: public health risk is identified during a routine inspection, the inspection may convert to a “for cause” inspection.
−Removed: the current environment, FDA has limited compliance resources and has not been able to perform routine inspections in accordance with
−Removed: the 2-year mandate.
−Removed: Therefore, FDA uses a risk-based approach when deciding which firms should be selected for a routine inspection.
−Removed: Using the Establishment Registration and Device Listing databases, FDA identifies who manufactures and/or distributes which devices.
+Added: listing and establishment registration, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other
+Added: regulatory action;
+Added: ● investigational
+Added: device exemptions to conduct premarket clinical trials, which include extensive monitoring,
+Added: recordkeeping, and reporting requirements;
+Added: which requires manufacturers, including contract manufacturers, to follow stringent design,
+Added: testing, control, documentation and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects
+Added: of the manufacturing process;
+Added: regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved
+Added: or off-label use or indication;
+Added: of product modifications that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that
+Added: would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared devices;
+Added: of product modifications that affect the safety or effectiveness of one of our approved devices;
+Added: device reporting regulations, which require that manufacturers comply with FDA requirements
+Added: to report if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury, or
+Added: has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury
+Added: if the malfunction of the device or a similar device were to recur;
+Added: ● post-approval
+Added: restrictions or conditions, including post-approval study commitments;
+Added: ● post-market
+Added: surveillance regulations, which apply when necessary to protect the public health or to provide
+Added: additional safety and effectiveness data for the device;
+Added: FDA’s recall authority, whereby it can ask, or under certain conditions order, device
+Added: manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws
+Added: and regulations;
+Added: ● regulations
+Added: pertaining to voluntary recalls;
+Added: of corrections or removals.
+Added: FDA has broad post-market and regulatory enforcement powers.
+Added: We and our contract manufacturers are subject to announced and unannounced
+Added: inspections by the FDA to determine our compliance with the QSR and other regulations and these inspections may include the manufacturing
+Added: facilities of our suppliers.
+Added: Tenon has a robust Supplier Qualification and Audit process as part of our quality system that ensures contract
+Added: manufacturers, and their suppliers meet all requirements.
+Added: FDA pre-approval inspection is not required for The Catamaran System or The SImmetry + System due to its lower device classification,
+Added: class II versus the higher class III.
+Added: As is the case for most medical device firms, Tenon is subject to routine and “for cause”
+Added: FDA inspections.
+Added: Routine inspections are mandated by law every 2 years for class II and class III device manufacturers and
+Added: make up the majority of FDA’s inspections.
+Added: If a serious public health risk is identified during a routine inspection, the inspection
+Added: may convert to a “for cause” inspection.
+Added: In the current environment, FDA has limited compliance resources and has not
+Added: been able to perform routine inspections in accordance with the 2-year mandate.
+Added: Therefore, FDA uses a risk-based approach when deciding
+Added: which firms should be selected for a routine inspection.
+Added: Using the Establishment Registration and Device Listing databases, FDA identifies
+Added: who manufactures and/or distributes which devices.
The firms are then prioritized by risk, class III > class II > class I.
−Removed: Firms that have recently introduced a new device to the
−Removed: market also are given higher priority, as well as those that have had significant prior violations and complaints.
−Removed: At present, Tenon
−Removed: has not been selected for an FDA inspection.
−Removed: Tenon uses best practices to secure and maintain regulatory compliance by engaging
−Removed: with suppliers and contract manufacturing firms that are ISO 13485 (or equivalent) compliant and by periodically performing internal,
−Removed: external, and third-party inspections and audits of the facilities and systems to assess compliance.
−Removed: FDA Premarket
−Removed: Clearance and Approval Requirements.
−Removed: Unless an exemption applies, each medical device we wish to commercially distribute in the
−Removed: United States will require either premarket notification, or 510(k), clearance or approval of a PMA from the FDA.
+Added: that have recently introduced a new device to the market also are given higher priority, as well as those that have had significant prior
+Added: violations and complaints.
+Added: At present, Tenon has not been selected for an FDA inspection.
+Added: Tenon uses best practices to secure
+Added: and maintain regulatory compliance by engaging with suppliers and contract manufacturing firms that are ISO 13485 (or equivalent) compliant
+Added: and by periodically performing internal, external, and third-party inspections and audits of the facilities and systems to assess compliance.
+Added: Premarket Clearance and Approval Requirements.
+Added: Unless an exemption applies, each medical device we wish to commercially distribute
+Added: in the United States will require either premarket notification, or 510(k), clearance or approval of a PMA from the FDA.
The FDA classifies
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products are Class II devices, subject to 510(k) clearance.
−Removed: After a device
−Removed: receives 510(k) marketing clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute
−Removed: a major change or modification in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) marketing clearance or, depending on the modification,
+Added: a device receives 510(k) marketing clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would
+Added: constitute a major change or modification in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) marketing clearance or, depending on the modification,
PMA approval.
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Clinical trials are generally required to support a PMA application and are sometimes required for 510(k) clearance.
−Removed: Such trials for implanted devices such as the Catamaran SIJ Fixation Device generally require an investigational device exemption application,
−Removed: or IDE, approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of subjects and study sites, unless the product is deemed a nonsignificant
−Removed: risk device eligible for more abbreviated IDE requirements.
−Removed: Clinical trials are subject to extensive monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: Clinical trials must be conducted under the oversight of an institutional review board, or IRB, for the relevant clinical
−Removed: trial sites and must comply with FDA regulations, including but not limited to those relating to good clinical practices.
−Removed: a clinical trial, we also are required to obtain the subjects’ informed consent in form and substance that complies with both FDA
−Removed: requirements and state and federal privacy and human subject protection regulations.
−Removed: We, the FDA, or the institutional review board,
−Removed: or IRB, could suspend a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks to study subjects outweigh
−Removed: the anticipated benefits.
−Removed: Even if a trial is completed, the results of clinical testing may not adequately demonstrate the safety and
−Removed: effectiveness of the device or may otherwise not be sufficient to obtain FDA clearance or approval to market the product in the United
+Added: Such trials for implanted devices such as devices included in The Catamaran System and The SImmetry+ System generally require an investigational
+Added: device exemption application, or IDE, approved in advance by the FDA for a specified number of subjects and study sites, unless the product
+Added: is deemed a nonsignificant risk device eligible for more abbreviated IDE requirements.
+Added: Clinical trials are subject to extensive monitoring,
+Added: recordkeeping, and reporting requirements.
+Added: Clinical trials must be conducted under the oversight of an institutional review board, or
+Added: IRB, for the relevant clinical trial sites and must comply with FDA regulations, including but not limited to those relating to good
+Added: clinical practices.
+Added: To conduct a clinical trial, we also are required to obtain the subjects’ informed consent in form and substance
+Added: that complies with both FDA requirements and state and federal privacy and human subject protection regulations.
+Added: We, the FDA, or the
+Added: institutional review board, or IRB, could suspend a clinical trial at any time for various reasons, including a belief that the risks
+Added: to study subjects outweigh the anticipated benefits.
+Added: Even if a trial is completed, the results of clinical testing may not adequately
+Added: demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the device or may otherwise not be sufficient to obtain FDA clearance or approval to market
+Added: the product in the United States.
and Continuing Regulation.
After a device is placed on the market, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply.
−Removed: ● Product listing and establishment
−Removed: registration, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other regulatory action;
−Removed: ● QSR, which requires manufacturers,
−Removed: including contract manufacturers, to follow stringent design, testing, control, documentation, and other quality assurance procedures
−Removed: during all aspects of the manufacturing process;
−Removed: ● labeling regulations and FDA
−Removed: prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved, or off-label use or indication;
−Removed: ● clearance of product modifications
−Removed: that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared
−Removed: ● approval of product modifications
−Removed: that affect the safety or effectiveness of one of our approved devices;
−Removed: ● post-approval restrictions
−Removed: or condition, including post-approval study commitments;
−Removed: ● post-market surveillance regulations,
−Removed: which apply when necessary to protect the public health or to provide additional safety and effectiveness data for the device;
−Removed: ● the FDA’s recall authority,
−Removed: whereby it can ask, or under certain conditions order, device manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation
−Removed: of governing laws and regulations;
−Removed: ● regulations pertaining to voluntary
−Removed: ● notices of corrections or removals.
−Removed: The FDA has broad
−Removed: post-market and regulatory enforcement powers.
−Removed: We are subject to unannounced inspections by the FDA to determine our compliance with
−Removed: the QSR and other regulations, and these inspections may include the manufacturing facilities of some of our subcontractors.
+Added: listing and establishment registration, which helps facilitate FDA inspections and other
+Added: regulatory action;
+Added: which requires manufacturers, including contract manufacturers, to follow stringent design,
+Added: testing, control, documentation, and other quality assurance procedures during all aspects
+Added: of the manufacturing process;
+Added: regulations and FDA prohibitions against the promotion of products for uncleared, unapproved,
+Added: or off-label use or indication;
+Added: of product modifications that could significantly affect safety or effectiveness or that
+Added: would constitute a major change in intended use of one of our cleared devices;
+Added: of product modifications that affect the safety or effectiveness of one of our approved devices;
+Added: ● post-approval
+Added: restrictions or condition, including post-approval study commitments;
+Added: ● post-market
+Added: surveillance regulations, which apply when necessary to protect the public health or to provide
+Added: additional safety and effectiveness data for the device;
+Added: FDA’s recall authority, whereby it can ask, or under certain conditions order, device
+Added: manufacturers to recall from the market a product that is in violation of governing laws
+Added: and regulations;
+Added: ● regulations
+Added: pertaining to voluntary recalls;
+Added: of corrections or removals.
+Added: FDA has broad post-market and regulatory enforcement powers.
+Added: We are subject to unannounced inspections by the FDA to determine our compliance
+Added: with the QSR and other regulations, and these inspections may include the manufacturing facilities of some of our subcontractors.
by us or by our suppliers to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement action by the FDA or other regulatory
authorities, which may result in sanctions including, but not limited to:
−Removed: ● untitled letters, warning letters,
−Removed: fines, injunctions, consent decrees, and civil penalties;
−Removed: ● unanticipated expenditures
−Removed: to address or defend such actions
−Removed: ● customer notifications for
−Removed: repair, replacement, refunds;
−Removed: ● recall, detention, or seizure
−Removed: of our products;
−Removed: ● operating restrictions or partial
−Removed: suspension or total shutdown of production;
−Removed: ● refusing or delaying our requests
−Removed: for 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of new products or modified products;
−Removed: ● operating restrictions;
−Removed: ● withdrawing 510(k) clearances
−Removed: or PMA approvals that have already been granted:
−Removed: ● refusal to grant export approval
−Removed: for our products;
−Removed: ● criminal prosecution.
−Removed: The FDA has not yet inspected our contract
−Removed: manufacturer’s manufacturing facilities.
+Added: letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees, and civil penalties;
+Added: ● unanticipated
+Added: expenditures to address or defend such actions
+Added: notifications for repair, replacement, refunds;
+Added: detention, or seizure of our products;
+Added: restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production;
+Added: or delaying our requests for 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of new products or modified
+Added: restrictions;
+Added: ● withdrawing
+Added: 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted:
+Added: to grant export approval for our products;
+Added: not yet inspected our contract manufacturer’s manufacturing facilities.
Materials “Off-Label” Promotion.
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event, our reputation could be damaged, and adoption of the products would be impaired.
−Removed: In addition, under
−Removed: the federal Lanham Act and similar state laws, competitors, and others can initiate litigation relating to advertising claims.
−Removed: Healthcare Fraud
−Removed: Federal and state
−Removed: governmental agencies and equivalent foreign authorities subject the healthcare industry to intense regulatory scrutiny, including heightened
−Removed: civil and criminal enforcement efforts.
−Removed: These laws constrain the sales, marketing and other promotional activities of medical device
−Removed: manufacturers by limiting the kinds of financial arrangements we may have with hospitals, physicians and other potential purchases of
−Removed: our products.
−Removed: Federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws apply to our business when a customer submits a claim for an item or service that
−Removed: is reimbursed under Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs.
+Added: addition, under the federal Lanham Act and similar state laws, competitors, and others can initiate litigation relating to advertising
+Added: Fraud and Abuse
+Added: and state governmental agencies and equivalent foreign authorities subject the healthcare industry to intense regulatory scrutiny, including
+Added: heightened civil and criminal enforcement efforts.
+Added: These laws constrain the sales, marketing and other promotional activities of medical
+Added: device manufacturers by limiting the kinds of financial arrangements we may have with hospitals, physicians and other potential purchases
+Added: of our products.
+Added: Federal healthcare fraud and abuse laws apply to our business when a customer submits a claim for an item or service
+Added: that is reimbursed under Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs.
Descriptions of some of the laws and regulations
that may affect our ability to operate follows.
−Removed: The federal Anti-Kickback
−Removed: Statute prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or paying remuneration,
−Removed: directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, order or recommendation
−Removed: of, items or services for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under federal healthcare programs.
−Removed: The term “remuneration”
−Removed: has been broadly interpreted to include anything of value, and the government can establish a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute
−Removed: without proving that a person or entity had actual knowledge of, or a specific intent to violate, the law.
−Removed: The Anti-Kickback Statute
−Removed: is subject to evolving interpretations and has been applied by government enforcement officials to a number of common business arrangements
−Removed: in the medical device industry.
−Removed: There are a number of statutory exceptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting some common activities
−Removed: from prosecution;
−Removed: however, those exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly, and there is no exception or safe harbor for many common
−Removed: business activities.
−Removed: Failure to meet all of the requirements of a particular statutory exception or regulatory safe harbor does not make
−Removed: the conduct per se illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute, but the legality of the arrangement will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis
−Removed: based on the totality of the facts and circumstances.
−Removed: A number of states also have anti-kickback laws that establish similar prohibitions
−Removed: that may apply to items or services reimbursed by government programs, as well as by any third-party payors, including commercial payors.
−Removed: The civil False
−Removed: Claims Act prohibits, among other things, knowingly presenting or causing the presentation of a false or fraudulent claim for payment
−Removed: of federal funds, or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim to
−Removed: avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government.
−Removed: A claim including items or services resulting from a
−Removed: violation of the Anti- Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act.
−Removed: Actions under the
−Removed: False Claims Act may be brought by the government or as a qui tam action by a private individual in the name of the government.
+Added: federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or
+Added: paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the
+Added: purchase, order or recommendation of, items or services for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under federal healthcare
+Added: The term “remuneration” has been broadly interpreted to include anything of value, and the government can establish
+Added: a violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute without proving that a person or entity had actual knowledge of, or a specific intent to violate,
+Added: The Anti-Kickback Statute is subject to evolving interpretations and has been applied by government enforcement officials to
+Added: a number of common business arrangements in the medical device industry.
+Added: There are a number of statutory exceptions and regulatory safe
+Added: harbors protecting some common activities from prosecution;
+Added: however, those exceptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly, and there
+Added: is no exception or safe harbor for many common business activities.
+Added: Failure to meet all of the requirements of a particular statutory
+Added: exception or regulatory safe harbor does not make the conduct per se illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute, but the legality of the
+Added: arrangement will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis based on the totality of the facts and circumstances.
+Added: A number of states also have
+Added: anti-kickback laws that establish similar prohibitions that may apply to items or services reimbursed by government programs, as well
+Added: as by any third-party payors, including commercial payors.
+Added: civil False Claims Act prohibits, among other things, knowingly presenting or causing the presentation of a false or fraudulent claim
+Added: for payment of federal funds, or knowingly making, or causing to be made, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent
+Added: claim to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government.
+Added: A claim including items or services resulting
+Added: from a violation of the Anti- Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act.
+Added: under the False Claims Act may be brought by the government or as a qui tam action by a private individual in the name of the
Qui tam actions are filed under seal and impose a mandatory duty on the U.S.
−Removed: Department of Justice to investigate such allegations.
+Added: Department of Justice to investigate
+Added: such allegations.
Most private citizen actions are declined by the Department of Justice or dismissed by federal courts.
−Removed: However, the investigation costs
−Removed: for a company can be significant and material even if the allegations are without merit.
−Removed: There are also criminal penalties, including
−Removed: imprisonment and criminal fines, for making or presenting a false or fictitious or fraudulent claim to the federal government.
−Removed: False Claims Act
−Removed: liability is potentially significant in the healthcare industry because the statute provides for treble damages and mandatory penalties
−Removed: of $11,181 to $22,363 per claim (adjusted annually for inflation).
−Removed: Because of the potential for large monetary exposure, healthcare companies
−Removed: often resolve allegations without admissions of liability for significant and sometimes material amounts to avoid the uncertainty of
−Removed: treble damages and per claim penalties that may awarded in litigation proceedings.
+Added: investigation costs for a company can be significant and material even if the allegations are without merit.
+Added: There are also criminal
+Added: penalties, including imprisonment and criminal fines, for making or presenting a false or fictitious or fraudulent claim to the federal
+Added: Claims Act liability is potentially significant in the healthcare industry because the statute provides for treble damages and mandatory
+Added: penalties of $11,181 to $22,363 per claim (adjusted annually for inflation).
+Added: Because of the potential for large monetary exposure, healthcare
+Added: companies often resolve allegations without admissions of liability for significant and sometimes material amounts to avoid the uncertainty
+Added: of treble damages and per claim penalties that may awarded in litigation proceedings.
Moreover, to avoid the risk of exclusion from federal
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which may impose substantial costs on companies to ensure compliance.
−Removed: In addition, HIPAA
−Removed: created federal criminal statutes that prohibit, among other actions, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a
−Removed: scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payors, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing
−Removed: from a healthcare benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a healthcare offense, and knowingly and willfully
−Removed: falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection
−Removed: with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
−Removed: The federal Physician
−Removed: Payment Sunshine Act, implemented by CMS as the Open Payments program, requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics and medical
−Removed: supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report annually
−Removed: to CMS information related to payments or other “transfers of value” made to physicians and teaching hospitals, and requires
−Removed: applicable manufacturers to report annually to CMS ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members
−Removed: and payments or other “transfers of value” to such physician owners.
−Removed: Certain states
−Removed: also mandate implementation of corporate compliance programs, impose restrictions on device manufacturer marketing practices, and/or
−Removed: require tracking and reporting of gifts, compensation, and other remuneration to healthcare professionals and entities.
−Removed: The Foreign Corrupt
−Removed: Practices Act and similar anti-bribery laws in other countries, such as the UK Bribery Act, generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries
−Removed: from making improper payments to government officials and/or other persons for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business.
−Removed: mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws.
−Removed: Violations of these
−Removed: federal and state fraud abuse laws can subject us to administrative, civil, and criminal penalties, including imprisonment, substantial
−Removed: fines, penalties, damages, and exclusion from participation in federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
−Removed: and Security Laws
−Removed: HIPAA requires
−Removed: the notification of patients, and other compliance actions, in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI.
−Removed: If notification to patients of
−Removed: a breach is required, such notification must be provided without unreasonable delay and in no event later than 60 calendar days after
+Added: addition, HIPAA created federal criminal statutes that prohibit, among other actions, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting
+Added: to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payors, knowingly and willfully embezzling
+Added: or stealing from a healthcare benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a healthcare offense, and knowingly
+Added: and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement
+Added: in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
+Added: federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act, implemented by CMS as the Open Payments program, requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics
+Added: and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report
+Added: annually to CMS information related to payments or other “transfers of value” made to physicians and teaching hospitals,
+Added: and requires applicable manufacturers to report annually to CMS ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate
+Added: family members and payments or other “transfers of value” to such physician owners.
+Added: states also mandate implementation of corporate compliance programs, impose restrictions on device manufacturer marketing practices,
+Added: and/or require tracking and reporting of gifts, compensation, and other remuneration to healthcare professionals and entities.
+Added: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and similar anti-bribery laws in other countries, such as the UK Bribery Act, generally prohibit companies
+Added: and their intermediaries from making improper payments to government officials and/or other persons for the purpose of obtaining or retaining
+Added: Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-bribery laws.
+Added: of these federal and state fraud abuse laws can subject us to administrative, civil, and criminal penalties, including imprisonment,
+Added: substantial fines, penalties, damages, and exclusion from participation in federal healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
+Added: Privacy and Security Laws
+Added: requires the notification of patients, and other compliance actions, in the event of a breach of unsecured PHI.
+Added: If notification to patients
+Added: of a breach is required, such notification must be provided without unreasonable delay and in no event later than 60 calendar days after
discovery of the breach.
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certain circumstances, criminal penalties with fines up to $250,000 per violation and/or imprisonment.
−Removed: In addition, even
−Removed: when HIPAA does not apply, according to the FTC, failing to take appropriate steps to keep consumers’ personal information secure
−Removed: constitutes unfair acts or practices in or affecting commerce in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTCA, 15 U.S.C § 45(a).
−Removed: FTC expects a company’s data security measures to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the sensitivity and volume of consumer
+Added: addition, even when HIPAA does not apply, according to the FTC, failing to take appropriate steps to keep consumers’ personal information
+Added: secure constitutes unfair acts or practices in or affecting commerce in violation of Section 5(a) of the FTCA, 15 U.S.C § 45(a).
+Added: The FTC expects a company’s data security measures to be reasonable and appropriate in light of the sensitivity and volume of consumer
information it holds, the size and complexity of its business, and the cost of available tools to improve security and reduce vulnerabilities.
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personal information is similar to what is required by the HIPAA Security Rule.
−Removed: We are subject
−Removed: to the supervision of local data protection authorities in those jurisdictions where we are established or otherwise subject to applicable
−Removed: We depend on a number of third parties in relation to our provision of our services, a number of which process personal data on
−Removed: With each such provider we enter into contractual arrangements to ensure that they only process personal data according to
−Removed: our instructions, and that they have sufficient technical and organizational security measures in place.
−Removed: Where we transfer personal data
−Removed: outside the EEA, we do so in compliance with the relevant data export requirements.
+Added: are subject to the supervision of local data protection authorities in those jurisdictions where we are established or otherwise subject
+Added: to applicable law.
+Added: We depend on a number of third parties in relation to our provision of our services, a number of which process personal
+Added: data on our behalf.
+Added: With each such provider we enter into contractual arrangements to ensure that they only process personal data according
+Added: to our instructions, and that they have sufficient technical and organizational security measures in place.
+Added: Where we transfer personal
+Added: data outside the EEA, we do so in compliance with the relevant data export requirements.
We take our data protection obligations seriously,
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and/or our reputation.
−Removed: Manufacturing and Supply
−Removed: We do not manufacture
−Removed: any products or component parts and currently use five contract manufacturers to produce all of our instruments, implants and sterilization
−Removed: The majority of our instruments have a secondary manufacturing supplier, and we continually work with additional manufacturers
−Removed: to establish secondary manufacturing suppliers.
−Removed: Our contract manufacturers source and purchase all raw materials used in the manufacture
−Removed: of The Catamaran System which includes mainly stainless steel and aluminum for our instruments and sterilization cases and titanium for
−Removed: our implants.
−Removed: We do not currently
−Removed: have manufacturing agreements with any of our contract manufacturers and orders are controlled through purchase orders.
−Removed: The Company does
−Removed: not believe its relationship with any one contract manufacturer is material to its business.
−Removed: We believe the
−Removed: manufacturing operations of our contract manufacturers, and those of the suppliers of our manufacturers, comply with regulations mandated
−Removed: by the FDA, as well as Medical Devices Directive regulations in the EEA.
−Removed: Manufacturing facilities that produce medical devices or component
−Removed: parts intended for distribution world-wide are subject to regulation and periodic planned and unannounced inspection by the FDA and other
−Removed: domestic and international regulatory agencies.
−Removed: In the United States,
−Removed: the product we sell is required to be manufactured in compliance with the QSR, which covers the methods used in, and the facilities used
−Removed: for, the design, testing, control, manufacturing, labelling, quality assurance, packaging, storage, and shipping.
−Removed: We are required
−Removed: to demonstrate continuing compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and will be subject to FDA inspections.
−Removed: Further, we and
−Removed: certain of our contract manufacturers are required to comply with all applicable regulations and current good manufacturing practices.
+Added: Manufacturing
+Added: do not manufacture any products or component parts and currently use five contract manufacturers to produce all of our instruments, implants
+Added: and sterilization cases.
+Added: The majority of our instruments have a secondary manufacturing supplier, and we continually work with additional
+Added: manufacturers to establish secondary manufacturing suppliers.
+Added: Our contract manufacturers source and purchase all raw materials used in
+Added: the manufacture of The Catamaran System and The SImmetry + System which includes mainly stainless steel and aluminum for our
+Added: instruments and sterilization cases and titanium for our implants.
+Added: do not currently have manufacturing agreements with any of our contract manufacturers and orders are controlled through purchase orders.
+Added: The Company does not believe its relationship with any one contract manufacturer is material to its business.
+Added: believe the manufacturing operations of our contract manufacturers, and those of the suppliers of our manufacturers, comply with regulations
+Added: mandated by the FDA, as well as Medical Devices Directive regulations in the EEA.
+Added: Manufacturing facilities that produce medical devices
+Added: or component parts intended for distribution world-wide are subject to regulation and periodic planned and unannounced inspection by
+Added: the FDA and other domestic and international regulatory agencies.
+Added: In addition, the cost and availability of certain of these items can
+Added: be subject to shifting trade policies around the world, including tariffs and trade protectionism measures that can impact the cost and/or
+Added: availability of components.
+Added: Prices of oil and gas also affect our costs for freight and utilities and have an indirect impact on the
+Added: cost of other purchased materials and components.
+Added: the United States, the products we sell are required to be manufactured in compliance with the QSR, which covers the methods used in,
+Added: and the facilities used for, the design, testing, control, manufacturing, labelling, quality assurance, packaging, storage, and shipping.
+Added: are required to demonstrate continuing compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and will be subject to FDA inspections.
+Added: we and certain of our contract manufacturers are required to comply with all applicable regulations and current good manufacturing practices.
As set forth above, these FDA regulations cover, among other things, the methods and documentation of the design, testing, production,
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which could, in turn, have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: Product Liability
−Removed: and Insurance
−Removed: The manufacture
−Removed: and sale of our products subjects us to the risk of financial exposure to product liability claims.
−Removed: Our products are used in situations
−Removed: in which there is a risk of serious injury or death.
−Removed: We carry insurance policies which we believe to be customary for similar companies
−Removed: in our industry.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that these policies will be sufficient to cover all or substantially all losses that we experience.
−Removed: We endeavor to
−Removed: maintain executive and organization liability insurance in a form and with aggregate coverage limits that we believe are adequate for
−Removed: our business purposes.
−Removed: Human Capital
−Removed: As of March 26, 2025, we have a total of 27 employees, all of whom
−Removed: are full-time, and four senior consulting advisors of various specialty including product development, general administrative and accounting.
−Removed: None of our employees is subject to a collective bargaining agreement, and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
−Removed: Our human capital
−Removed: resources objectives include, as applicable, identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing and integrating our existing and new employees,
−Removed: advisors and consultants.
−Removed: The principal purposes of our equity and cash incentive plans are to attract, retain and reward personnel through
−Removed: the granting of stock-based and cash-based compensation awards, in order to increase stockholder value and the success of our Company
−Removed: by motivating such individuals to perform to the best of their abilities and achieve our objectives.
−Removed: Corporate Information
−Removed: We were incorporated
−Removed: on June 6, 2012, in Delaware.
−Removed: Our principal executive offices are located at 104 Cooper Court, Los Gatos, CA 95032 and our telephone
−Removed: number is (408) 649-5760.
+Added: Liability and Insurance
+Added: manufacture and sale of our products subject us to the risk of financial exposure to product liability claims.
+Added: Our products are used
+Added: in situations in which there is a risk of serious injury or death.
+Added: We carry insurance policies which we believe to be customary for similar
+Added: companies in our industry.
+Added: We cannot assure you that these policies will be sufficient to cover all or substantially all losses that
+Added: we experience.
+Added: endeavor to maintain executive and organization liability insurance in a form and with aggregate coverage limits that we believe are
+Added: adequate for our business purposes.
+Added: Capital Resources
+Added: of March 27, 2026, we have a total of 26 employees, all of whom are full-time, and nine senior consulting advisors of various specialty
+Added: including product development, general administrative and quality control.
+Added: None of our employees is subject to a collective bargaining agreement,
+Added: and we consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
+Added: human capital resources objectives include, as applicable, identifying, recruiting, retaining, incentivizing and integrating our existing
+Added: and new employees, advisors and consultants.
+Added: The principal purposes of our equity and cash incentive plans are to attract, retain and
+Added: reward personnel through the granting of stock-based and cash-based compensation awards, in order to increase stockholder value and the
+Added: success of our Company by motivating such individuals to perform to the best of their abilities and achieve our objectives.
+Added: were incorporated on June 6, 2012, in Delaware.
+Added: Our principal executive offices are located at 104 Cooper Court, Los Gatos, CA 95032
+Added: and our telephone number is (408) 649-5760.
Our website address is www.tenonmed.com.
−Removed: The information on, or that can be accessed through,
−Removed: our website is not part of this report.
+Added: The information on, or that can be
+Added: accessed through, our website is not part of this report.
We have included our website address as an inactive textual reference only.
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