Salt Lake City, December 4, 2025 – The L. S. Peery, M.D. Orthopaedic Innovation Center at the Department of Orthopaedics, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, today announced the completion of the first clinical case using the Reverse ChondroMatch™ procedure at the University Orthopaedic Center, University of Utah.
Each year, more than 250,000 cartilage repair procedures are performed in the United States. Osteochondral allograft transplantation has rapidly emerged as a consensus first-line option for treating focal cartilage defects. This technique uses healthy living cartilage and underlying bone from a donor to restore joint surfaces damaged by injury or disease.
“Using the Reverse ChondroMatch™ system, I successfully treated an osteochondral defect on the tibial surface of the knee, an area that has historically been extremely difficult or impossible to treat using conventional techniques,” said Travis Maak, M.D., professor of orthopaedics at the University of Utah and team physician for the Utah Jazz NBA basketball team.…