New Orthopedics Stories!
- Lost a giant in Orthopedics, Dr. David Hungerford
- Stryker acquires OrthoSpace for biodegradable balloon technology for $220M
- Smith & Nephew acquires Brainlab’s orthopaedic joint reconstruction business
- Smith & Nephew acquires skin substitute for $660M (~5X sales)
- Think Surgical raises $134M for robotic joint replacements prior to entering US market
- A Technical Review of Additive Manufacturing in Orthopedics
- Molecular Matrix brings ‘Next Generation’ Bone Regenerative Technology to orthopedics
- OMNI, a knee robotics startup, is acquired by Corin
- How much pent-up demand exists for Joint Arthroplasty?
- Why don’t Orthopedic Sales Reps spend time selling?
- Brilliant! OrthoGrid solves the C-arm distortion problem
- MIS spine surgery provider abruptly shuts its doors
- Orthopedic Surgeon loses $140M in malpractice award to 255 plaintiffs
- Are we done yet? Total is now $1.7B for the Pinnacle hip lawsuit.
- Lima installs the first 3D-printing facility inside a major US hospital campus
- Artificial Intelligence should start with Artificial Joints
- Maximizing Profitability at Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Too much money!
- Spine device to prevent spinal disc herniation wins PMA after setback
- 32 Orthopedic Startups were funded 10 years ago. Where are they now?
- J&J acquires surgical robotics company for potentially $5.7B
- Will Smith & Nephew acquire NuVasive for more than $3B?
- Napkin sketch – raising money for your startup
- Trice Medical acquires Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release startup
- AMB SURGICAL – Getting Smart about Pediatric Orthopedics
- Well done SETH!
- A Case Study of how an AI tool reduced costs and improve outcomes in Total Joint Replacement surgery
- Volume matters – results in lower readmission, lower mortality, lower reimbursement, & higher value
- Zimmer’s Rosa robot, acquired in 2016, is cleared for Total Knee surgeries in the US
- Vertebroplasty isn’t any better than a placebo
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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].
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].
Augmented Reality surgery
Amazon Healthcare
Diagnoses with AI algorithms
Implants with smart sensors
Mega Orthopedic Mergers
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