Vericel Corp. (VCEL)

[commoncentsinvestor]

Thanks hurley.

I had found that training video earlier this morning, watched it, and came here to post it, when I saw that you had already done so. I think it is a must watch for anyone planning to be a long term Vericel shareholder. It was directed at surgeons interested in MACI and does a good job of explaining the procedure, the advantages over Microfracture, the differences from Carticel, and the expectations of insurance coverage.

Most striking to me was that they have on-line training that only takes a surgeon about 15 minutes to complete. Must be a very simple procedure. They also expect to completely phase out Carticel within the first half of 2017. Any biopsies taken for Carticel surgery can just be used for MACI.

Like most new things in the Medical field it takes a while for it to catch on, but my guess is that MACI will be in full stride within a few months and be a gangbusters revenue producer going forward.

http://www.maci.com/webcast/index.html