Interested in buying any of Inion’s assets?
Inion Ltd (Finland) was once a promising new trauma company with resorbable bone plates. Inion raised a total of $100M in VC funding before their IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: IIN.L). Stryker distributed their implants in the US. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments distributed resorbable Sports Med products in the US. And Aesculap and Citagenix [...]
Chinese trauma/spine company, Kanghui, files for a $75M IPO
Orthopedic implant provider China Kanghui files for a $75 million IPO (WSJournal) Kanghui’s gross sales were $29M over the last 12 months. NYSE ticker will be KH.
Fracture repair startup Vivorte, receives $200K in early stage funding
Vivorte LLC gets funds to make device for hips – Business First of Louisville Vivorte, a Louisville KY startup, is developing a small device would be implanted in the hip of patients through a hole less than a half-inch in diameter. It is intended for patients who have experienced certain bone fractures or have osteoporosis.
Engineer developing robotic device to put back the pieces in a complex fractures
Engineer to create 3D puzzle to mend broken bones (Physorg) Engineer is developing a robotics device that can put the fractures back together as perfectly as possible, using the state of the art of 3D imaging, pattern recognition and robotics.
X-rays often inaccurate in diagnosis of hip and pelvic fractures
Study: X-rays often inaccurate in diagnosis of hip and pelvic fractures link to OrthoSuperSite Reference: Kirby MW, Spritzer C. Radiographic detection of hip and pelvic fractures in the emergency department. AJR 2010; 194:1054-1060.
Transplated Bone and Cartilage Surgery May Reduce Need for Hip Replacement in Young Trauma Patients
Orthopedic traumatologists from HSS have developed a new surgery using transplanted bone and cartilage—one that may help young patients avoid a hip replacement after a traumatic injury to the hip joint. In accidents such as motor vehicle collisions or falls from a ladder, the femur can be forced to dislocate beyond the socket, often causing a [...]
Novel Surgery May Help Young Trauma Patients Avoid Total Hip Replacements
A novel surgery using transplanted bone and cartilage may help young patients avoid a hip replacement after a specific traumatic injury to the hip joint, according to a case study by orthopedic trauma specialists at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The study appears in the February issue of the Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma. [...]
DGIMED Receives FDA Clearance on IM Nail System
BusinessWire… http://ow.ly/FKqq
Nation’s hip fracture rate could drop 25 percent with aggressive osteoporosis prevention
Kaiser Permanente study: Studies 650,000 men and women over 50, finds 38 percent drop in hip fracture rate http://ow.ly/yMmK
Surgix, a computer assisted surgery startup, raises $500,000
Surgix is developing computer system for real-time image guided surgery, mainly for orthopedic trauma. Surgix is a Maaylan Ventures Ltd. portfolio company. Maayan Ventures, which owns 32% of Surgix, invested $118,000. Surgix is developing a computer assisted system for real-time image guided surgery, mainly for orthopedic trauma. Its CEO is Oren Drori. The system [...]
keep looking »