A Spine Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work?
A Spine-Surgery Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work? (Forbes) When David C. Paul traveled […]
Sales Reps may be wearing out their welcome in the Operating Room
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room (NPR) In the operating room, surgical masks and matching
ChoiceSpine is acquired by a Private Equity group
Remember – ChoiceSpine acquires Exaxtech’s spine assets Altus Capital Partners, Inc. Acquires ChoiceSpine, LP (press release) Altus Capital Partners, Inc. (“Altus”),
Colfax acquires DJO Global for $3.1B in cash (2.6 X sales)
MedTechDive Dive Brief: Colfax has struck a $3.15 billion all-cash deal to acquire DJO Global, a manufacturer of orthopedic bracing
Today, 3 startups using Augmented Reality in surgery
3 Startups Using Augmented Reality in Surgery (Nanalyze) Tech billionaire Peter Thiel famously said, “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”
How wearables have come into Orthopedics
Read more here – Everything you need to know about the first wearable orthopedic device, TracPatch Do Wearables Have a
10 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Healthcare
Top 10 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Healthcare (AlgorthmXLab) As the ability of artificial intelligence grows it is increasingly having an
Are you sure you have a the right Notified Body?
Written by Joe Hage in the MedicalDevicesGroup on LinkedIn You know that nice, little Medical Device Directive (the MDD) you’ve
How Orthopedic CEOs can navigate the coming Digital Disruption
How medical-device CEOs can navigate digital disruption in healthcare (McKinsey & Company) Medical-device companies will need to reinvent themselves to
Everything you need to know about the first wearable orthopedic device, TracPatch
“TracPatch connects healthcare providers to what matters most: improving patient lives.” A decade ago I predicted that smart technologies would be coming
RTI Surgical acquires Paradigm Spine for $300M (7.5 X sales)
RTI Surgical® to Acquire Paradigm Spine (press release) RTI Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:RTIX), a global surgical implant company, and Paradigm Spine, LLC,
OsteoRemedies continues to bring solutions to complex musculoskeletal disorders
OsteoRemedies® Announces the First FDA Cleared Dual-Antibiotic Spacer and Bone Cement with Gentamicin and Vancomycin (press release) OsteoRemedies®, LLC, a company focused
The digital future of surgery according to J&J
The future of surgery (FastCompany) While technology can help to simplify the complex, it is often hard to see those improvements
Group helps orthopedic surgeons to cut the middleman and reduce material costs by 50-80%
OrthoDirectUSA® Launches a Revolutionary Franchise Opportunity for Surgeons that Guarantees to Reduce Healthcare Costs (press release) OrthoDirectUSA® (ODUSA) announced today
10 best new Spine Technologies in 2018
TEN BEST NEW SPINE TECHNOLOGIES FOR 2018 (Orthopedics This Week) Augmedics Winning Technology: xvision™ Inventors and Engineers: Nissan Elimelech, Stuart Wolf,
Zimmer Biomet using the Apple Watch to collect data from 10,000 joint patients
Zimmer Biomet launches clinical trial with Apple Watch (MassDevice) Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that it’s launching a clinical trial using the
An Orthopedics Startup is quietly dominating Dynamic Imaging
Trice Medical is a truly disruptive orthopedic startup with great potential. read press release Trice is one of my favorite orthopedic startups. In the
The Future of Orthopedic Surgery (according to the UK)
The Future of Orthopaedic Surgery (British Orthopaedic Assoc) As the 21st century comes of age and the global burden
5 themes in MedTech right now
5 themes in MedTech right now 1) M&A is still hot 2) Digital health 3) The Bleeding Edge 4) Fears
WARNING for Orthos: Get onboard with digital patient health or get run over
New report for medtech industry has stark message: Tech coming for you (MedCityNews) A new report exhorts the medtech industry
A look into the Robot Wars at NASS
NASS 2018: Robotic platforms take center stage (MassDevice) Medtech companies in the spinal market are rushing to join the robotic revolution,
Top 21 Spine Surgeons under 40 to watch
NASS SpineLine’s Inaugural Top 21 Under 40 Jared Ament, MD, MPH (Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA) Brett Braly, MD
Orthopedic companies with digital products should engage InTouch now!
Read also – Dear CEO, the future of orthopedics is software InTouch Health Intuitive Surgical Could Help Usher
Medtronic acquires Mazor Robotics for $1.6B (13.5 X sales last year)
Read press release Medtronic strikes $1.6B takeover of Mazor Robotics (MedTechDive) Dive Brief: Medtronic is set to pay $1.64 billion to
Hanger is the first to create “network-connected” devices in orthopedics
Hanger and AT&T create industry-first, network-connected device for prosthetic limbs (press release) https://youtu.be/k4G_MPv7nGA Along with AT&T*, Hanger, Inc. (OTC PINK:
Histogenics gambles on an FDA clearance with a missed end point
STRONG DATA FROM DISAPPOINTING NEOCART TRIAL (Orthopedics This Week) So close, they were … Histogenics Corporation, that is. When it comes
Globus acquires Surgimap, a surgical planning software startup
Read Tiger’s wake-up call about Software Globus Medical (GMED) Acquires Surgimap (press release) Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE: GMED), a leading musculoskeletal
DePuy-Synthes acquires EIT for 3D-printed titanium implants in spinal
Johnson & Johnson Medical GmbH Acquires Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH to Enhance Global Offering of Interbody Spine Implants (press release) NORDERSTEDT, Germany, Sept.
Stryker acquires Invuity for $190M (4.9 X sales)
Invuity Announces Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Stryker Corporation for $7.40 Per Share in Cash (press release) Invuity, Inc.
The 1st “augmented-reality” spine surgeries are carried out by Israeli startup Augmedics
AUGMEDICS BEGINS SPINE NAVIGATION SYSTEM HUMAN TRIAL (Orthopedic This Week) Yokneam, Israel-based Augmedics has begun a first-in-human clinical trial of its
A comprehensive review of total ankle replacements versus fusion
Ankle arthroplasty – A review and summary of results from joint registries and recent studies (Bone and Joint UK) Total
CTL Medical acquires Amedica’s spine business and becomes CTL Amedica
AMEDICA ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO SELL SPINE BUSINESS TO CTL MEDICAL (press release) SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —
Distribution Opportunity – Biologics in Foot & Ankle
UPDATE! – MLM Biologics, Inc. is now approved with both the VA system (through the Federal Supply Schedule) and US Military hospitals (through
Stryker acquires K2M for $1.4 billion (5.2 X sales)
Read… All Orthopedic M&As Read also… Will Stryker move K2M from Virginia to New Jersey? Medical device maker Stryker to buy K2M
The rationale behind the Wright Medical – Cartiva acquisition
Wright Medical Does A Deal Both Opportunistic And Defensive (SeekingAlpha) Summary Wright Medical agrees to pay over 10x 12-month revenue for
Wright Medical acquires Cartiva for $435M cash (12.4 X sales) for synthetic cartilage in the MTP joint
Cartiva website Wright Medical Group N.V. Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Cartiva, Inc. (press release) Will Add Unique PMA-Approved
The PRP craze has far outpaced evidence-based outcomes
HARD SCIENCE BEHIND PRP CRAZE? (Orthopedics This Week) A team of researchers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, wanted to see what hard science may
Medicare may end payments for spine procedures in ASCs
MEDICARE REEVALUATING SPINE SURGERIES AT ASCS (Orthopedics This Week) Is this the beginning of the end of payments from Medicare for
What’s behind the crazy variation in Total Knee surgery pricing?
BUSINESS What Does Knee Surgery Cost? Few Know, and That’s a Problem (Wall Street Journal) For nearly a decade, Gundersen
Little ol’ KFx Medical challenges Stryker next over patent infringement
KFX ALLEGES PATENT INFRINGEMENT AGAINST STRYKER (Orthopedics This Week) San Diego, California-based KFx Medical, LLC, holder of patents used
Just a small spine acquisition, Fuse acquires Maxim in an all stock transaction
Fuse + Maxim = an all-stock transaction (MD&T) Fuse Medical website Maxim Surgical website Fuse Medical’s (OTC: FZMD) recent purchase of Maxim
Sharing an example of a strong technical marketing piece
Kudos to STEUTE. I am impressed so I am sharing this marketing piece with you. After reading this, you have
Q&A with the CEO of a VR Training startup
Surgical VR Firm Osso VR Launches Collaborative Training Tool: Exclusive With CEO Dr. Justin Barad (MedGadget) Osso VR, a leading virtual
Can an Elastic Plate result in a better Fusion?
CAN AN ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE PLATE DELIVER BETTER FUSION? (Orthopedics This Week) The load-sharing that occurs in the interbody space during
Wearable startup raises $26M to tackle musculoskeletal pain
Hinge Health raises $26M Series B to tackle musculoskeletal pain (Tech Crunch) Hinge Health, the San Francisco-based startup that offers a
Finally, a solution for getting the right products into the OR every time
“There’s got to be a better way.” I have been to hundreds of surgeries worldwide. It always amazes me how
The most important trait for a startup hire is “hunger”
The Resume Is Dead. Here’s What Innovative Companies (Including Tesla) Are Using to Hire Instead (Inc.) A study was done that found
Why are the Viscogliosi Brothers buying up BMP patents?
VISCOGLIOSI BROTHERS BID TO ACQUIRE BMP ASSETS (Orthopedics This Week) Viscogliosi Brothers, LLC, the leading merchant banker in the
Magnetic Kyphoplasty may be able to access hard-to-reach spine cancers
Surgical Cement Heals Spinal Fractures with Magnetic, Targeted Drug Delivery (ODTMag) Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis
3D-printed implants help to grow “real bone”
Three-dimensional imaging on the left shows how bone, in green, replaced the bioactive ceramic scaffold, in purple, over a six-month