50 Companies On The Cutting Edge of Sports Medicine (eKneeWalker)
Sports medicine has come so, so far in the last generation, and the industry is poised to take off even further with the popularity of smartphones. With wearable fitness trackers, biologic implants and even a zero-gravity treadmill already on the market, sports medicine is one of the world’s hotbeds of innovation.
Here are 50 different companies that are exploring the frontier of this field of medicine. Some are established companies with the resources to push forward, and some are startups that are going to market with a single great idea. A lot of their work is mind-blowing.
Read on, and you’ll see why we might not even recognize much of the technology used in sports medicine in the coming decade.
Active Implants
Amsterdam-based Active Implants raised $26 million last fall to move its NUsurface Meniscus Implant through further clinical trials. Active Implants’ two products, the NUsurface and the TriboFit Hip System, are both designed to revolutionize knee and hip replacement.
AlterG
How do you run without putting any weight on a surgically repaired ankle? By removing gravity. AlterG is building anti-gravity ...
