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Tornier (Eden Prairie, Minnesota), which focuses on extremities orthopedics, reported that it has entered into a partnership with Bioretec (Tampere, Finland), a biomaterials company.

The partnership establishes Nexa Orthopedics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tornier, as the exclusive distributor in the U.S. for a line of bioresorbable surgical devices to be manufactured by Bioretec.

The new product line by Nexa will include pin and screw fixation systems for use by extremity physicians to repair and treat a range of bone and joint disorders including fractures and arthritis. Recently cleared by the FDA, the Bioretec ActivaPin and ActivaScrew fixation systems feature the company's proprietary and patent-pending Self-Locking SL and Auto-Compression biomaterials technology. Nexa will market these products under its NexFix Resorbable Fixation System brand.