X-Bolt invests €1m in hip trial

Device has been used in more than 200 surgeries in Britain and Ireland since 2012

Dr Brian Thornes, founder, X-Bolt OrthopaedicsAndres Poveda

Company: X-Bolt Orthopaedics

Done deal:€1 million clinical trial investment

The clincher:“We want to change the market to using our product, so we need market validation trials to prove that it’s better” - Brian Thornes, founder, X-Bolt Therapeutics

X-Bolt Orthopaedics, the Dublin-based medical device company, is investing €1 million in a 1,000-patient clinical trial in Britain ahead of its US launch next year. The company’s hip fracture treatment device will be trialled at Oxford ...