RTI Surgical Inc. announced a new agreement with Yankee Alliance. The agreement covers the company's complete line of surgical specialties implants and is effective starting Jan. 1, 2014 for a term of three years.

The company is the only provider with a comprehensive biologic solutions portfolio for use in hernia repair. The portfolio includes Fortiva(TM) porcine dermis, Cortiva(TM) human dermis, Tutopatch(TM) bovine pericardium and Tutomesh(TM) fenestrated bovine pericardium. The surgical specialties implants are sterilized through the patented Tutoplast(R) Tissue Sterilization Process, a validated chemical sterilization process that thoroughly penetrates tissue, removing antigenicity and inactivating pathogens.

Terminal sterilization using low dose gamma irradiation achieves a sterility assurance level (SAL) of 10(-6).