The Future of Orthopedics Is Smart Implants

On a dark cold morning in February 2021 the Orthopedic staff at Cleveland Clinic receives a worrisome email from one of their total hip patients, Samantha Ingram. However, this email was not written by Samantha but rather by Samantha’s hip replacement.  The email from her hip implant explains that a local Staph infection has just [...]

Orthopedic Survey: U.S. Knee/hip Market Has Hit Bottom

Orthopedic survey: U.S. knee/hip market has hit bottom (MassDevice) A survey of orthopedic docs by investment bank Leerink Swann yields mixed messages for the U.S. market for hip and knee reconstructions. The U.S. market for hip and knee reconstructions may have hit bottom, but there’s still a long way to go, according to a survey of [...]

What Were the Top Stories at AAOS 2012?

Read Bill Plovanic’s report here…  2011 Musculoskeletal Conference & AAOS Highlights – William Plovanic – Canaccord Genuity 03072011   Stryker’s Steve MacMillan suddenly resigns  The resurgence of the Startup!  Metal-on-Metal debate is getting more civilized   Rise of the Robots! Lower Prices coming soon  PRP – Platelet-Rich Plasma   monster Zimmer booth < time lapse video of booth [...]

Medical Tourism Is a Growing Orthopedic Trend

   “Sue goes to Belgium” Sue Sorey, a Baton Rogue resident, was a typical patient who needed a total hip in 2009. She had advanced OA in her right hip that had robbed her quality of life. Unfortunately, Sue did not have health insurance. Sue and her husband researched the cost of the operations from [...]

Interview: Paul Nichols of Bio2 Technologies Answers Questions About the State of Orthopedic Industry

    An Inteview with Paul Nichols (Editor @ HealthPointCapital) We recently spoke with Paul Nichols, the current Executive Chairman of Bio2 Technologies who formerly worked with HealthpointCapital as President and CEO of Nexa Orthopedics. Learn what he has to say about the opportunities and challenges of the musculoskeletal industry and his advice for young companies. [...]

The 7 Top Concerns for Orthopedic Spine Surgeons in 2012

     7 Top Concerns for Spine Surgeons in 2012  (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Four spine surgeons discuss the topics weighing most heavily on them and their practices heading into 2012. Treating Medicare patients. Insurance company coverage for spinal procedures.  Proving spine surgery is effective in the literature.  Contracting at outpatient surgery centers.  Spine surgeons are [...]

The 10 Biggest Concerns for Orthopedic Surgeons in 2012

      10 Biggest Concerns for Orthopedic Surgeons in 2012 (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Q&A with 4 orthopedic surgeons who discuss the following topics as we head into 2012. Balancing declining reimbursements with raising practice costs. Restricted access for Medicare patients. What the poor economy of 2011 means for joint replacement in 2012. Will 2012 [...]

Q&a With Medtronics New CEO, Omar Ishrak

        MassDevice.com Q&A: Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak (MassDevice) Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak tells MassDevice.com about how he screens potential acquisitions, his plan to re-shape the company and handling the controversy over the Infuse spine treatment. Just a few days into his tenure as CEO of Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), Omar Ishrak was confronted with a major crisis: [...]

Why Are Biomet Sales Up? Is the Ortho Industry Turning Around?

         Do Biomet’s Rising Sales Beckon a New Ortho Dawn? (Walter Eisner @ OTW) Biomet, Inc. reported a preliminary 4% rise in second quarter 2012 sales after the markets closed on December 19. Total revenues totaled $725.1 million. The next day, orthopedic stocks shot through the roof. Zimmer climbed almost 7%, while Stryker [...]

Orthopedic Surgeon Uses a “Sterile” iPad Every Day in the Operating Room

  DC surgeon: “I use the iPad every day in the operating room”  (David Raths @ TabTimes) Felasfa M. Wodajo, MD explains how and why the iPad has so quickly become such an indispensable tool during surgery Some hospitals and health systems are working on customizing their clinical information systems so that doctors making their [...]

Spine Fusion Rates Are Increasing – Structural Allografts, Interbody Fusions, and Cervical Plates

       Researchers report increase in spine fusions, structural allografts (OrthoSuperSite) Between 1999 and 2008, orthopedic spine surgery rates increased, with more surgeons performing fusions and using structural allografts, interbody devices or anterior cervical plates, according to Boston researchers. The researchers aimed to determine the change in rates and types of procedures performed for cervical spine surgery by geographic region. [...]

MedMarket Report: The Global Market for Products in Spine Surgery

Drivers of spine surgery worldwide (MedMarket)  

Moodys: US Medical Device Firms Face Soft Organic Growth Prospects

       Moody’s: U.S. medical device firms face soft organic growth prospects (Mass Device) U.S. medical products and device makers are likely to pursue share buybacks, dividends and acquisitions to satisfy shareholders and spur growth as demand remains soft and pricing pressure intensifies, Moody’s Investors Service said. Slow organic sales growth is expected over the [...]

S&N Interview Regarding Their Strategy to Expand Into BRIC Countries

     S&N: Innovation, Education Key to Emerging Market (VIDEO: Morningstar UK) Medical-device expansion in the BRIC countries will accelerate as price points are lowered and more doctors learn how to use orthopaedics, says Smith & Nephew’s Phil Cowdy Julie Stralow: Hello, I’m Julie Stralow, equity analyst at Morningstar. Today, we have Phil Cowdy here from [...]

Knee Osteoarthritis Patient Numbers Are Soaring

      Knee OA Patient Numbers to Soar (Biloine Young @ OTW) If current trends continue, nearly 6.5 million Americans between the ages of 35 and 84 will be diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis (OA) within the next ten years according to research presented at the November 2011 American College of Rheumatology meeting in Chicago and [...]

Knee Hospitalization Rates Soar

      Knee Hospitalization Rates Soar (Bilione Young @ OTW) Women and men between the ages of 45 and 64 were two-and-a-half times more likely to be hospitalized for knee replacement surgery in 2009 than they were in 1997, according to a November Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) press release, and reported by Health [...]

Hip Impingement Surgery Is Becoming More and More Popular in Sports Medicine

      Hip Procedure Grows Popular Despite Doubt  (NYTimes) It is one of the most popular operations in sports medicine. It comes in various forms, all with the same name: Hip impingement or bone shaving surgery. World-renowned athletes have had the operation — the Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez had it about two years ago and [...]

Baby Boomers Are Coming: 8 Solutions to Looming Challenges for Orthopedic Surgeons

       Baby Boomers are Coming: 8 Solutions to Looming Challenges for Orthopedic Surgeons (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are eight challenges associated with providing orthopedic care for baby boomers and how orthopedic surgeons and industry professionals are overcoming them. 1. Competing for patients: focus on customer service. 2. Decreasing reimbursement rates: limit [...]

Milliniem Predicts the Global Spine Market Growth Through 2020

  Milliniem Research Group:   US Markets for Spinal Implants 2011

Report: Biotech Funding Trends & Observations From 2007 – 2011

      The new normal for biotech (Ernst & Young) Pressures on the business model: funding There’s good and bad news about biotech funding in 2010. The good news: Across the US, Europe and Canada, biotech companies raised US$25 billion in 2010. This is about the same as the average during the four years preceding [...]

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