New Orthopedics Stories!
- Changes are coming to Smith+Nephew
- Sensors can be shaped to capture motion for all joints
- Robot accuracy for UKA without the Robot
- Ortho Startup bringing artificial intelligence to Orthopedics
- CurvaFix wins FDA clearance for steerable fixation in the pelvis
- 30 lessons learned in 30 years of Orthopedics
- The answer to your execution question is a Who
- New guidance from FDA on software in orthopedics.
- Orthopedics companies need to partner with consumer-tech firms to prepare for the prevention/wellness wave in the 2020’s.
- Can Stryker’s massive distribution muscle save Conformis?
- Really? Brainlab’s new intraoperative imaging robot
- Work in a startup three times in your life.
- Analyst: Latest Stryker deal is more than “just another tuck-in acquisition”
- New Podcast – Q&A with Mark Foster on “Inside Orthopedics”
- The 1st Artificial Meniscus has earned the FDA’s “Breakthrough Device Designation” for an expedited review
- OrthoSpin wins FDA clearance for its smart Ex-Fix system
- 6 Questions with Rich Walsh, who is delivering digital health for Ortho, PT and Sports Medicine care delivery settings
- Who might end up owning most of the spine outcomes data in the US next decade? The American Spine Registry.
- DePuy Synthes acquires JointPoint for better total hip surgical navigation
- Stryker doubles down on robotics with $500M spine imaging acquisition
- Future use of orthopedic robots: remote surgery
- Why Navigation for TKA didn’t work back in 2009, and why Robot assistance for TKA works today.
- Why the Big Orthos don’t need internal startups.
- Improve outcomes after total joint surgery with automated texts
- Arthrex wins a $375M deal with Dept of Defense
- Getting the price right: Hospitals target variation in joint replacement
- Omar is retiring. A quick look back at how he transformed Medtronic into the world’s largest medtech company.
- 20% of total hip patients may have a spinal deformity
- The digital future in orthopedics may be “less Rep”, instead of Rep-Less.
- Device Mfg – Surgeon relationships are ripe for fraud litigation
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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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