BIOMET IMPLANTS FIRST U.S. STEMLESS SHOULDER (Orthopedics This Week)
Biomet, Inc.’s new stemless shoulder is moving and grooving in its first U.S. patient. This inaugural implant of the Comprehensive Nano Stemless Shoulder took place in October at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. The surgery was part of an FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) multi-center prospective clinical study and was performed by Stephen Brockmeier, M.D.
“We are excited to be a part of the clinical trial evaluating this potentially significant evolution in shoulder arthroplasty,” Brockm...