Delivering surgical glue with precision

Primequal’s new product named Talent IH is a groundbreaking cynoacrylate micro dosing delivery system developed to allow a safer, faster and solid bonding of surgical mesh. While addressing series of unmet needs, it significantly reduces pain, healing duration and the cost of the surgery.

David Weill, Primequal CEO has declared that: “With the Talent IH, Primequal demonstrates its leading position in custom designed surgical delivery systems. Primequal is the first company to create a versatile adhesive applicator kit that is now one of the easiest, safest and fastest ways to deliver surgical glue with precision. This is because it can be used with multiple glues, it can fix multiple meshes and based on its cumulated skills, it will adapt to any situation.” Jeremy Charpilloz, Primequal surgical R&D has stated that: “Delivering a dose during surgical procedure is fundamentally difficult, especially if the content is dangerous such as cyanoacrylate surgical glues. Talent IH is a successful and validated delivery assistant”

Innovation in a billion dollar market
The first intended use of Talent IH is for inguinal hernia repair. Inguinal hernia occurs in 25% of men and 2% of women. It is caused by aging, being overweight or sport. Hernia surgery represents 10-15% of all general surgical procedures and it is the World’s N°1 procedure. The global hernia repair device market generated $3.6 billion in 2012 for 20 million surgical procedures. With an annual growth CAGR of 7.5%, it is expected to reach $5.9 billion and 37 million procedures by year 2020. Annually it affects 5 million people in the USA.

Existing devices have problems because they all share the same unmet needs:

- Clogging which always disturbs the procedure,

- Sticking to the mesh or the tissues,

- Overdosing which may burn the tissues or dispense glue in inappropriate sites,

- Bad visibility of the delivery spot,

- Lack of precision which leads to glue being dispensed in inappropriate sites,

- Air bubbles which may disturb the procedure,

Talent IH is the world’s only available solution addressing these problems with a groundbreaking patented applicator which aids surgeons by microdosing the glue. The advantages include new level of surgical possibilities by addressing series of unmet needs, eliminating pain and long healing time caused by staples or stitches, providing a microbial barrier against infections, removing the need to remove staples or stitches, reducing the price of surgery, better cosmetic outcomes.

(SK)