Device makers channel $3B to orthopods

Cited in this article - SpineFrontier, Life Spine, Arthrex, and Exactech

Devicemakers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products (ModernHealthCare)
Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine surgical implants took off.
Chin has patented more than 40 pieces of such hardware, including doughnut-shaped plastic cages, titanium screws and other products used to repair spines — generating $100 million for his company SpineFrontier, according to government officials.
Yet SpineFrontier’s success arose not from ...