Fresh Orthopedics Stories!
- Stryker’s early focus on Robotics looks brilliant now
- Hey, I’ve got a “get rich slow scheme” for you… the orthopedic startup
- New robotics microsurgery startup at CES this year
- New wearable technology at CES this year
- Wright shareholder sues to block $4B Stryker-Wright acquisition
- Here’s to the Innovators in Orthopedics !
- Job Titles that didn’t exist in Orthopedics yesterday
- Orthopedics is going bespoke.
- The Confidential Search.
- Whoops! Mazor robots can unexpectedly detach from OR table
- Silver Bullet brings the world’s first regulatory- approved antimicrobial bone screws into orthopedics
- Anika acquires two implant companies – Arthrosurface for $100M and Parcus Medical for $95M
- Today, if you are a 5%er… you can skip the line.
- AAOS approves CME credits for Virtual Reality (VR) TKA training
Fundamental Surgery
- 6 Questions with Nissan Elimelech, founder of Augmedics, who is leading the way in AR surgery.
- A look back at the dark ages in Orthopedics… back in 2020.
- Augmedics launches x-ray vision for US spine surgeons
- 10 med device stories you need to know
- Is it time to rethink robots for orthopedics… smaller and disposable?
- Everything you need to know about the Stryker-Wright acquisition
- Orthopedic surgeons debate the pros/cons of VR surgical training.
- Finally… the 2.3% Medical Device Tax is History.
- Software startup, Caresyntax, may make orthopedic surgery smarter and safer
- Implant sizes will become obsolete in the next decade.
- J&J acquires 100% of Verb Surgical in order to innovate Surgical Robotics
- Conventus Orthopaedics acquires small bone IM nail system
- Startup reduces unnecessary spine surgeries using AI
- This image will look SILLY in 10 years. Prep for a typical total joint case.
- Isn’t it time we regulate stem cell injections?
- How a digital O.R. helps the smaller orthopedic players
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Trends in Orthopedics
Software is taking over Ortho [more].
Robotics is the new space race [more].
VR surgical training will replace traditional training [more].
3D printed implants are coming to every procedure [more].
Same day procedures have no end [more].
Combination materials in implants will be big in plating [more].
Single-use disposable surgery kits provide many solutions [more].
Wearables for real-time outcomes analysis are emerging [more].
Virtual Physical Therapy [more]
Class III startups will become rare [more]
New materials in orthopedics [more].
Incremental Design Changes
Frivolous Press Releases [more].
Generic Implants [more].
Volume to Value [more]
IDE / PMAs [more].
Amazon Healthcare-[more]
Diagnoses with AI algorithms-wrist FX
Implants with smart sensors-Canary
Augmented Reality surgery-[more]
Mega Orthopedic Mergers
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