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Monopolies are the holy grail if you can create one and maintain it for years.
I saw this up close as I was fortunate to experience the tail winds of a monopoly in my career at Ellipse with MAGEC.
A few examples of monopolies in Orthopedics:
Kyphon: Pioneered kyphoplasty.
MAKO: First usable robot surgery for unicompartmental knee.
SpineTech: First spinal cage.
Ellipse Technologies: Avoiding 5-10 surgeries in child's life with remote-control MAGEC rods for EOS.
Active Implants: Total meniscus replacement to postpone knee replacements.
Trice Medical: Arthroscope joint diagnosis in ...
