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OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. is a privately owned medical device company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 2007, OrthoAccel Technologies is most notable for developing AcceleDent, a device which uses "micropulses" to accelerate tooth movement when used in conjunction with dental braces. The product was released in the European and Australian markets in 2009,〔 South Korea in 2012,〔 and the United States since 2012.〔 OrthoAccel's revenue increased approximately 300 percent from 2011 to 2012,〔 and the following year OrthoAccel began selling AcceleDent in Canada.〔 Around 40,000 AcceleDent units had been shipped to American practices as of June 2015.〔 ==History== OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2007 in Houston, Texas, and a prototype for AcceleDent was developed in 2008.〔 Originally the technology was being designed for "bone metabolism by orthopedics," where "low-magnitude, high-frequency vibrations" would stimulate bone into remodeling at a faster rate.〔 Among the original developers was Dr. Jeremy Mao, who was then on the faculty at the University of Illinois.〔 Later redesigned to focus on the jaw, AcceleDent is non-invasive and uses the application of micropulses to accelerate orthodontic tooth movement.〔 Early clinical testing began in 2008 in Houston.〔 AcceleDent was marketed in Europe in 2009,〔 with the first implementation of the device taking place in October 2009 at a private practice in the United Kingdom.〔 In late 2009, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration approved AcceleDent for the Australian market on a limited basis.〔 In February 2010, OrthoAccel received clearance from the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) to officially market AcceleDent in South Korea. The company Inno DMC was announced as the sole AcceleDent distributor in the country.〔 In the United States, AcceleDent was enrolled in an FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) study in 2009, with the study concluding that the product could reduce treatment time by up to 56%. After the study, the FDA approved AcceleDent as a Class II Medical Device in 2011.〔 AcceleDent was released in the US market in 2012, and AcceleDent Aura, the next version of the product, was subsequently released in 2013.〔 Dr. John Graham was the first orthodontist to use the device in the United States, particularly in Arizona and Utah.〔 OrthoAccel's revenue increased approximately 300 percent from 2011 to 2012.〔 In March 2013, the company received clearance from Health Canada to expand into the Canadian market. Dr. Paul Korne, former president of the Canadian Association of Orthodontists, had been one of the figures in Canada petitioning for the devices' approval.〔 A review of the product was published in November 2014 in the ''Journal of Clinical Orthodontics'', titled "The Effect of Vibration on the Rate of Leveling and Alignment."〔 By June 2015, around 40,000 units had been shipped by OrthoAccel to around 2,500 American practices.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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