Cork Company of the Year Awards: OrthoXel products could revolutionise bone fracture recovery

One thing almost as agonising as fracturing a limb is the thought of the lengthy recovery process, but an extraordinarily innovative Cork company aims to change that.

OrthoXel, a medical device startup company founded in 2014 to develop and commercialise orthopaedic trauma products, is focused on the development and commercialisation of orthopaedic trauma devices to treat fractures of the tibia, femur, and hip — a $1.6bn (€1.51bn) global market.

The ingenious devices and surgical instruments are designed to accelerate fracture healing time, simplify the surgical procedure, and improve patient clinical outcomes — in other words, a Godsend to a patient with a broken bone.