Report: Predicts That Motion Preserving Spinal Non-Fusion Procedures Will Growth Into 2017

    Companies & Markets: Global Spinal Surgery Devices Market Forecast to Reach USD 12.6 Billion in 2017 (press release) Spinal Surgery Devices Market to 2017 – Motion Preserving Spinal Non-Fusion Procedures to Drive Long Term Growth. The global market for medical spinal surgery devices is forecast to reach $12.6 billion in 2017 at a CAGR [...]

Analysis: Patients Are Delaying Joint Replacement Surgery and Affecting Device Sales

  As patients put up with pain, device sales suffer (Reuters) Orthopedic surgeon John Tongue sees more patients these days who are in pain and deciding to do nothing about it. As it gets harder for them to walk, some find hip or knee replacement surgery a compelling option. But many of Tongue’s patients have another [...]

News and Trends From the EuroSpine Meeting in Milan

  News and Trends at Eurospine (written by Lauren Uzdienski @ HealthPointCapital) This week we attended Eurospine in Milan, and we came away noticing three trends. One, VCF technologies are continuing to generate a lot of interest, despite the damper the NEJM studies may have placed on these products in the U.S. Also notable was the increasing prominence [...]

Report Predicts That Verebroplasty Procedures Will Catch Up With Kyphoplasty Procedures

MedMarket Report:  Vertebral Compression Fracture Treatment Technologies   Vertebral compression fractures result primarily from osteoporosis and the consequent weakening of bones, including those in the spine. VCFs can result in tremendous back pain both in the short and long term. Because the injured vertebra is compressed and loses height, kyphotic deformity of that particular vertebra [...]

AdvaMed Report: the State of the U.S. Med-Tech Industry – 2010 Versus 2009

    The state of U.S. med-tech: An industry snapshot (MassDevice) The medical device sector was on the rebound in 2010 after a less-than-stellar 2009 performance, according to the latest report from industry lobby AdvaMed. Revenues for publicly traded companies grew to $205 billion in 2010, a 4 percent increase from the $197 billion reported in [...]

A Stem Cell Research Center With a Focus on Osteoarthritis Opens in the UK

        UK Opens Stem Cell Research Center (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Scientists at Newcastle University and Arthritis Research, in the United Kingdom, are joining the international campaign to successfully regenerate bone and cartilage, damaged by degenerative joint disease, through the use of a patient’s own stem cells. The research, if successful, could [...]

15 Expansions of Orthopedic and Spine Services at Hospitals

    15 Expansions of Orthopedic and Spine Services at Hospitals (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Massachusetts’ Cambridge Health Alliance expanded orthopedic care by opening rehabilitation services at its new Malden Bone and Joint Center. The specialists take care of patients with back pain, sports injuries, joint replacements and other issues. In August, Texas’ Covenant Health System opened [...]

Report: Biologics Is Growing Faster Than Implants

  Biologics Growth Faster Than Implants (Biloine Young @ OTW) The rush to engage in stem cell research is leading to double-digit annual sales growth in the orthopedic biomaterials market, according to the health care market research firm Kalorama Information. A factor driving revenue growth for biomaterials is that insurance companies are more likely to approve [...]

High Profile Athletes Run to Stem Cell Treatment With PRP Injections

  Athletes Opt for Stem Cells (Biloine Young @ OTW) The news that Peyton Manning went to Europe to receive stem cell therapy on his neck has thrust that treatment—still unapproved by the FDA—back into the medical spotlight. A report by Fox Sports relates that the Colts quarterback and four-time MVP asked for the stem cell [...]

6 Trends in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

  6 Trends in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (Beckers) Minimally invasive spine procedures involving the use of facet fixation products are expected to grow faster than other sectors of the spine surgery market over the next five years, according to US Markets for Minimally Invasive Spine Technologies 2008. The high growth rate is due to increasing adoption [...]

7 Surgeons Explain How Baby Boomers Are Revolutionizing Orthopedics

      How Are Baby Boomers Revolutionizing Orthopedics? 7 Responses (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are the responses from seven orthopedic surgeons and industry members to the question: How are baby boomers revolutionizing orthopedics? Terrance Crowder, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Sonoran Spine Center, Phoenix Douglas Garland, MD, Medical Director, MemorialCare Joint Replacement Center at [...]

Arthrosurface’S New Shoulder Resurfacing Device Is Taking Off

   Arthrosurface website Arthrosurface Revenue Growth Bolstered by Shoulder Product Solution (press release) FRANKLIN, Mass., Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Arthrosurface, Inc. ( www.arthrosurface.com ), the developer of less-invasive joint resurfacing systems, recently announced the release of its Glenoid resurfacing product line. The company reports that release of this product line as a complement [...]

Are Partial Knee Replacements a Passing Trend or the Future of Knee Care? Surgeons Responses

  Are Partial Knee Replacements a Passing Trend or the Future of Knee Care? 14 Responses (written by Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are 14 joint replacement surgeons and industry experts discussing whether partial knee replacements are a passing trend or the way of the future. Michael E. Ciminello, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peconic Bay Medical Center, [...]

Advances in Gene Therapy and Stem Cell Research Are Leading to Double-Digit Annual Sales Growth in the Orthopedic Biomaterials Market

  Big growth in biomaterials market (Health Care Finance News) Ortho device companies expand to boost profits NEW YORK – Advances in gene therapy and stem cell research are leading to double-digit annual sales growth in the orthopedic biomaterials market, according to the healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information. In its recently published report, “Orthopedic Biomaterials, [...]

Is the US Losing Orthopedic Talent and Innovation? …Orthopedists Answer

      Reporter’s Notebook (written by Elizabeth Hofheinz @ OTW) Dear OTW Reader: Big theme this week…U.S. losing talent and innovation? A concerned spine surgeon tells OTW, “We are losing our edge to foreign countries. The Chinese in particular have a tremendous knowledge base and a great thirst for more education. It used to be that Chinese [...]

8 Research and Development Projects for Orthopedic and Spine Devices

    8 Research and Development Projects for Orthopedic and Spine Devices (Laura Miller @ Beckers) DePuy Orthopaedics ConforMIS Hospital for Special Surgery Medtronic NovaBone  Stryker / OrthoSensor Synthes / Eli Lilly and Company University of Pittsburgh read the project details here

10 Orthopedists Answer: “What Do Baby Boomers Mean for Orthopedics Today and Tomorrow?

        What Do Baby Boomers Mean for Orthopedics Today and Tomorrow? 10 Responses (Laura Miller @ Beckers) Here are 10 orthopedic surgeons and industry members, representing several subspecialties, responding to the question: What do baby boomers mean for orthopedics today and tomorrow?  Christopher Browne, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center, Tulsa.  Terrence [...]

10 Considerations for Surgeons Before Using Patient Specific Cutting Guides

  Letter to the Editor: Consider Patient Specific Cutting Guides Carefully (written by Walter P. Spires, Jr., CEO, ANOVA Orthopaedic Solutions for Beckers) One of our responsibilities as a committed orthopedic implant supply partner is to help keep you informed on developments deemed important to facilities, surgeons, and patients. The subject of patient specific cutting guides [...]

Swiss Biotech Firm Invents a Minimally Invasive “Fracture putty” That Heals Osteoporotic Fractures in Load Bearing Areas

    Swiss Firm Touts Osteoporosis Treatment (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) The Worldwide, an osteoporotic bone breaks every 3 seconds. A particular scourge for women (although men are also affected) osteoporosis plagues approximately 200 million individuals. The onslaught is relentless. About one-tenth of women aged 60 are affected. That number jumps to one-fifth [...]

Texas Spine Surgeon Finds Fusion Success by Simply Injecting Adult Stem Cells Into Cages

    Adult Stem Cells – Roses of Texas (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Texas docs are at it again! When 37-year-old Dallas firefighter Chris Youngman found he could barely bend down to put on his shoes because of back pain he went to Forest Park Medical Center neurosurgeon Rob Dickerman. Dickerman fused Youngman’s spine [...]

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