Axogen Patient to Ride the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade® Float Supporting awareness of organ and tissue donation
19 December 2022 - 11:00PM
Axogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXGN), a global leader in developing and
marketing innovative surgical solutions for peripheral nerve
injuries, today announced that Bri Majsiak, a Resensation® patient,
has been selected to ride on the 2023 Donate Life Rose Parade Float
and Madelyn Nicpon will be honored at this year’s event through a
floragraph that will adorn the float. The Tournament of Roses®
parade takes place on January 2, 2023 in Pasadena. This is the
tenth year Axogen has co-sponsored the Donate Life float to help
raise awareness for the importance of organ and tissue donation.
Bri Majsiak lost her mother to breast cancer when she was just
five years old and growing up was concerned about her increased
risk of breast cancer. In 2020, at the age of 26, she made a
difficult decision to proactively undertake a prophylactic
mastectomy followed by immediate breast reconstruction. She knew it
would be a significant change to her body; one that she would carry
with her for the rest of her life. One change she worried about was
facing life with a numb chest, a side effect of mastectomy.
During a mastectomy, the nerves that provide feeling to a
patient’s breasts are cut when the breast tissue is removed. As a
result, the patient can experience a range of partial to complete
numbness. But thanks to a donor’s selfless gift of nerve tissue,
Bri’s reconstructive surgical team was able to reconnect the nerves
cut during her mastectomy to nerves in her reconstructed breast
using Avance® Nerve Graft and the Resensation surgical technique.
Over time, her nerves regenerated and restored feeling to her
chest. This gift has allowed her to move forward and heal without
numbness serving as a constant reminder.
Madelyn (Madie) Nicpon was also an Avance Nerve Graft recipient
whose life was improved by the gift of nerve tissue donation. In
2017, she underwent surgery to repair damage to her lingual nerve
that occurred when her wisdom teeth were removed. In 2019, Madie
rode on the Donate Life Float during the Rose Parade. This
experience had a profound impact on Madie, leading her to become a
registered organ donor and she passionately encouraged others to do
the same. Tragically Madie passed away suddenly in 2021, but
because Madie was an organ and tissue donor, her kindness lives on
in others. Her kidneys have altered the lives of two women, and her
tissue, bone and nerves will help countless people. This is only
fitting, as she was quoted in a 2019 newspaper article stating that
organ and tissue donation “is not just about saving lives, it is
also about improving quality of life.”
“We support Donate Life and share stories like Bri and Madie’s
to help inspire others to register as organ and tissue donors,”
said Karen Zaderej, chairman, CEO, and president of Axogen. “Each
donor provides the opportunity to save lives and improve the
quality of life for many people.”
About Donate Life AmericaDonate Life America
(DLA) is a nonprofit organization leading its national partners and
Donate Life State Teams to increase the number of donated organs,
eyes and tissues available to save and heal lives through
transplantation while developing a culture where donation is
embraced as a fundamental human responsibility.
DLA manages and promotes Donate Life℠, the national brand for
the cause of donation; motivates the public to register as organ,
eye and tissue donors; provides education about living donation;
manages the National Donate Life Registry at RegisterMe.org; and
develops and executes effective multi-media campaigns to promote
donation.
About AxogenAxogen (AXGN) is the
leading company focused specifically on the science, development,
and commercialization of technologies for peripheral nerve
regeneration and repair. Axogen employees are passionate about
helping to restore peripheral nerve function and quality of life to
patients with physical damage or transection to peripheral nerves
by providing innovative, clinically proven, and economically
effective repair solutions for surgeons and health care providers.
Peripheral nerves provide the pathways for both motor and sensory
signals throughout the body. Every day, people suffer traumatic
injuries or undergo surgical procedures that impact the function of
their peripheral nerves. Physical damage to a peripheral nerve, or
the inability to properly reconnect peripheral nerves, can result
in the loss of muscle or organ function, the loss of sensory
feeling, or the initiation of pain.
Axogen's platform for peripheral nerve repair
features a comprehensive portfolio of products, including Avance
Nerve Graft, a biologically active off-the-shelf processed human
nerve allograft for bridging severed peripheral nerves without the
comorbidities associated with a second surgical site; Axoguard
Nerve Connector®, a porcine submucosa extracellular matrix (ECM)
coaptation aid for tensionless repair of severed peripheral nerves;
Axoguard Nerve Protector®, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to
wrap and protect damaged peripheral nerves and reinforce the nerve
reconstruction while preventing soft tissue attachments; and
Axoguard Nerve Cap®, a porcine submucosa ECM product used to
protect a peripheral nerve end and separate the nerve from the
surrounding environment to reduce the development of symptomatic or
painful neuroma. The Axogen portfolio of products is available in
the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain,
South Korea, and several other countries.
Contact:Axogen, Inc.Ed Joyce,
Director, Investor Relationsejoyce@axogeninc.com
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