Ceramic Hips That Squeak Tend Be Found in Patients That Are Taller, Heavier and Younger
Study identifies patient characteristics for squeaking hips (OrthoSuperSite) 2,406 primary ceramic-on-ceramic hip arthroplasties were studied. The investigators identified 74 squeaking hips (3.1%) out of the series and investigated patient factors associated with an increased incidence of squeaking. Patients with squeaking hips tended to be taller (5 feet 7 inches vs. 5 feet 6 inches), heavier [...]
KYOCERA and Japan Medical Materials Corporation Open U.S. Design Center for Medical Components
KYOCERA and Japan Medical Materials Corporation Open U.S. Design Center for Medical Components (EON) Kyocera Industrial Ceramics, a medical implant manufacturing company, has opened its new orthopedic design center in Somerset, N.J., according to an AZ Materials report. The new center is a collaboration between Kyocera Industrial Ceramics and Japan Medical Materials, a Kyocera Group company. [...]
Stryker Challenges Competitive Metal-on-Metal Hips With Its New Ceramic Hip Clearance
Stryker’s Newest Clearance Hits MoM Competitors (OTW)
The “only” Orthopedic PMA Approval in 2010 – Depuy Gets Ceramic Hip Clearance
Ceramax: FDA’s Lone 2010 Ortho Approval DePuy Orthopaedics’ Ceramax Ceramic Total Hip System has been approved, with conditions, by the FDA. This gives DePuy the distinction of being the only orthopedic device company to receive an approval from the FDA for a PMA (premarket approval application) in all of 2010. The FDA approved a total [...]
FDA Drops Warning Letter on S+N Regarding Manufacturing Practices of Ceramics in Germany
Smith & Nephew Receives FDA Warning (OTW) S+N received a warning letter from the FDA said the company’s R3 Ceramic Acetabular Systems, manufactured in Tuttlingen, Germany, are not in conformity with the Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMP) requirements.
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