iOBX COMPANY HISTORY
Timeline
January 2015
Dr. Tucker is involved in research as the lead investigator of a novel human clinical translation study evaluating the molecular and cellular response of the Human Osteoarthritic Knee Joint to Platelet Rich Plasma
July 2015
Dr. Tucker does a feasibility study for opening a stem cell center in the United States and forms iOrthobiologix, PLLC.
April 2016
Stem Cells in the mainstream media as major celebrities like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, & Peyton Manning start talking about their treatments
6/6/2016
iOrthobiologix is born and breaks ground in Charlotte, NC
6/14/2016
Center and lab build out stage1 finishes, and iOrthobiologix sees it’s first ACL stem cell patient
June 2016
iOrthobiologix is featured in Men’s Health magazine https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19522954/new-cure-for-back-pain/
7/23/2016
Center performs first treatment
November 2016
iOrthoBiologix is featured in the Charlotte Observer as the first center in North Carolina, offering non-surgical therapies for joint pain, including injections of platelet-rich plasma, derived from a person’s own blood to promote healing of tendon and muscle injuries and arthritis https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/health-family/karen-garloch/article116997008.html
01/09/2017
iOrthobiologix shortens its name to simply “iOBX” and expands it’s North Carolina facility to match the growing demand
6/19/2017
Center doubles in size and grows past 10 employees
8/13/2018
Mike Duncan, PhD a Harvard trained biochemist/cell biologist with over 15 years of laboratory and research experience joins the iOBX team
01/07/2019
iOBX has been featured on over 300 news networks and surpasses its 3,000th patient. The increased demand has pushed average procedure times, 1/2017 approx 1 week out. 8/2019 1 month out.
Don’t Believe Everything
You Hear about Stem Cells
Are you being treated by Board Certified Medical Physician?
Are you getting a one size fits all static stem cell procedure or dynamic approach with a real-time adaptation of cells?
Is there a processing lab on-site, and do they check their cell viability count and cell populations?
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