Doug Kohrs, one of the founders of Responsive Orthopedics, pictured in 2016 with an artificial knee developed by the company.
Medtronic shuts division aimed at offering lower-cost orthopedic implants (StarTribune)
A Minneapolis medical device maker that was supposed to challenge the existing business model for costly orthopedic implants for the lower body is instead being closed by Medtronic, which acquired the business in 2016 but could never make it work.
Responsive Orthopedics, founded as a startup by entrepreneurs including Minneapolis med-tech veteran Doug Kohrs, designed a line of prost...
