Trump wants to double device user fees for manufacturers
TRUMP WANTS TO DOUBLE DEVICE USER FEES (Orthopedics This Week) President Trump wants the medical device and pharmaceutical industries to pay […]
FDA says “NO” to the new robot system from Globus Medical
FDA JILTS GLOBUS ROBOT SYSTEM (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA has informed Globus Medical, Inc. that the agency is not granting
TrumpCare may cut Orthopedic volumes by 1.2%
NEW ANALYSIS: TRUMPCARE MAY CUT ORTHO VOLUMES 1.2% (Orthopedics This Week) A new analysis by one of Wall Street’s top medical
Metal-on-Metal hip lawsuits are fading away
STRYKER SETTLES FINAL METAL-ON-METAL HIP LAWSUITS (Orthopedics This Week) Stryker Corporation is putting lawsuits over its Rejuvenate Modular-Neck hip stem and
Researchers are 3D printing the meniscus out of hydrogels
CLOSING IN ON 3-D PRINTED MENISCUS (Orthopedics This Week) A damaged meniscus is hard to repair or replace. As Lauren Dubinsky
Better to recover at home after TKA or THA
HOME IS WHERE RECOVERY IS (Orthopedics This Week) Which is a better place to recover from knee or hip replacement surgery—at
Study: Metaphyseal sleeves improve early results in revision total knee replacement
MEGA MAYO STUDY FOR METAPHYSEAL SLEEVES IN REVISION TKA (Orthopedics This Week) Mayo Clinic researchers have completed a 280 patient/393 metaphyseal
More layoffs coming at Medtronic Spine in Memphis
Medtronic spinal unit trimming jobs in Memphis, but details are scarce (The Commercial Appeal) Medical device maker Medtronic is trimming jobs
Pro-industry Venture Capitalist is now heading up the FDA
GOTTLIEB SHAKE-UP COMING TO FDA (Orthopedics This Week) The U.S. Senate approved Scott Gottlieb, M.D. as the next FDA Commissioner on
“Strapping” fixation without screws is cleared in Europe
IMPLANET’S “STRAPPING” STABILIZATION SYSTEM CLEARED IN EUROPE (Orthopedics This Week) Implanet’s newest addition to its spinal stabilization system using a strapping
Study: standing TKA alignment is NOT a predictor of dynamic alignment
TKA: STANDING ALIGNMENT DOESN’T PREDICT DYNAMIC ALIGNMENT (Orthopedics This Week) Do you really need to aim for a straight limb when
Spine surgeon wins patent suit against Medtronic for “reckless copying” of designs
BARRY’S MEDTRONIC AWARD UPPED 20% DUE TO “RECKLESS” COPYING (Orthopedics This Week) The federal judge that awarded Texas spine surgeon Mark
Study: 30% of THA patients and 45% of TKA patents will need the other side replaced
NEW MAYO STUDY: 30% OF THA PATIENTS WILL NEED 2ND THA (Orthopedics This Week) “So if I have this hip replaced,
FDA clears the first 3D plates for general use in the lower extremity
Additive Orthopaedics wins FDA nod for 3D printed Locking Lattice Plating System (MassDevice) website Additive Orthopaedics Early-stage orthopedics company Additive Orthopaedics said today
DePuy Synthes acquires 3D tissue printing technology
(PRNewsfoto/DePuy Synthes) DePuy Synthes Acquires Tissue Regeneration System’s 3D Printing Technologies to Treat Bone Defects (press release) website TRS WEST CHESTER,
Patients can hear their implants
Turns out people can hear prostheses attached to their skeletons (Medical Device & Outsourcing) Attach prostheses directly to people’s skeletons, and
Treace Medical patents novel Lapiplasty® System and Surgical Procedure
Treace Medical Granted Key Method Patent on its Novel Lapiplasty® System and Surgical Procedure Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. today announced
Amendia acquires Spinal Elements
Amendia Announces Acquisition of Spinal Elements website – http://www.amendia.com/ website – http://www.spinalelements.com/ Read ALL Mergers & Acquisitions Leading spinal solutions provider
VIDEO: Students invent sensing shoes for patients with peripheral neuropathy
Hear the Buzz About Seniors’ Sensor-Laden Shoes (ODTmag) Rice University bioengineering students are building a device that can help people who
1,000 total hip procedures completed with the intellijoint HIP system
Intellijoint Surgical® Completes One Thousand Total Hip Replacement Procedures with intellijoint HIP® (press release) WATERLOO, ON, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ –
The Ortho industry asks the FDA for 7 wishes
INDUSTRY ID’S TOP GUIDANCE WISH LIST FROM FDA (Orthopedics This Week) Each year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes
CyMedica launches trial of E-Vive knee surgery rehab device
CyMedica launches trial of E-Vive knee surgery rehab device (MassDevice) VIDEO – See E-Vive in Action CyMedica Orthopedics said today it
FDA clears a new 3D Printed Unicompartmental Knee System
© Martin Houde 2016 Bodycad Receives FDA 510K Clearance for Personalized Unicompartmental Knee System (press release) Bodycad website QUEBEC CITY, March
FDA clears NuVasive’s CoRoent Interbody System for 4 levels!
NUVASIVE GETS FIRST FOUR-LEVEL CERVICAL FUSION CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week) NuVasive, Inc. announced on March 29, 2017, that it is the
FDA clears extremity implant from Utah startup
FDA CLEARS NOVEL EXTREMITY IMPLANT FROM UTAH START-UP (Orthopedics This Week) See all Extremities Startups Logan, Utah-based extremity implant company, First
Restructuring planned at Stryker Instruments
Restructuring at Stryker will mean ‘limited reductions of workforce’ (MLive) PORTAGE, MI — Stryker Instruments division is undergoing an organizational restructuring
Saline Injections for the knee may actually be “therapeutic”
SALINE INJECTIONS FOR KNEE OA: LIKELY THERAPEUTIC (Orthopedics This Week) New work presented at the recent meeting of the American Academy
Finally, a disc implant that is viewable on MRI!
THIS IMPLANT IS VIEWABLE ON MRI!” (Orthopedics This Week) Simplify Medical, Inc., based in Sunnyvale, California, has announced findings from a
Corin’s innovative solution for total hip surgery without the robot
CORIN’S OPS: WHO NEEDS A ROBOT? (Orthopedics This Week) Everyone moves differently (just ask a yoga teacher!). How a person
The shift away from metals in Orthopedics
Made of Sterner Stuff (ODTmag) Graphene—the two-dimensional allotrope of carbon taking the form of a two-dimensional, atomic scale hexagonal lattice in
2017 may be the tipping point for robotics use in knees and hips
U.S. ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS: 2017, THE YEAR OF ROBOTICS (Orthopedics This Week) According to a survey of U.S. orthopedic surgeons by RBC
How J&J plans to win knee business without a robot
The robotic have-not: How J&J plans to woo hospitals, knee surgeons (MedCityNews) Johnson & Johnson and Verily Life Sciences (formerly
FDA clears Intellijoint’s anterior hip low cost navigation system
INTELLIJOINT HIP ANTERIOR RECEIVES FDA CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week) Intellijoint Surgical website Canada-based Intellijoint Surgical Inc. has announced the FDA clearance
Lessons learned from the Metal-on-Metal Hip fiasco
Failure to thrive: Lessons learned from medtech innovations that missed the mark (MassDevice) Some of the medical device industry’s most heralded
1st U.S. Cases of Pedicle ‘Smart Screws’ completed
First U.S. Cases Using One-Step-Insertion of Pedicle ‘Smart Screws’ (ODTMag) Pedicle screw-based fusion has become the gold standard for treating spine
Zimmer Biomet will launch robot-assisted total knees in 2018
Zimmer Biomet shoots for robot-assisted total knee release next year (MassDevice) Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) expects to launch a robot-assisted surgery platform for
Stryker launches expensive Mako robot for knee replacement in cost-conscious era
Stryker launches expensive Mako robot for knee replacement in cost-conscious era (MedCityNews) As value-based care and bundled payments begin to take
FOR SALE: New growth plate fixation product
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FOR SALE: Low cost implant company with hip and knee systems
NovoSource Prepares to Liquidate Corporate Assets (HealthPointCapital) NovoSource heads to bankruptcy auction (MassDevice) Orthopedic developer NovoSource said this week it will be
Orthopedic surgical sophistication through single-use disposable instrumentation
Surgical Sophistication (ODTMag) Surgical instrumentation continues to be a strong market within the orthopedic industry. Aging baby boomers, who are eager
6 Questions with Curt Wiedenhoefer, an old friend who is bringing wearable patient monitoring to total joints
This is the seventh in a series of 6-Question interviews with the leaders who are challenging conventional thinking in Orthopedics
Analyst: Uptake for robotic knee procedures will depend more on marketing than evidence
Analyst: Uptake for robotic knee procedures will depend more on marketing than evidence (MassDevice) The adoption of robot-assisted total knee replacements
The Medial-Pivot knee system is a winner in long term clinical results
MicroPort Orthopedics touts high satisfaction, survivorship in Medial-Pivot knee system study (Mass Device) MicroPort Orthopedics today released the results from a study
FOR SALE: a proximal humerus plating system
Shoulder Options, Inc. is seeking to divest of its proximal humerus plate devices. The plating systems were designed for treatment
Medtronic wins temporary reprieve in ex-rep’s whistleblower suit
Medtronic wins temporary reprieve in ex-rep’s whistleblower suit (MassDevice) Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) got a temporary reprieve this week in a whistleblower lawsuit brought
FDA triggers Zimmer Biomet recall of Reverse Shoulder due to high fracture rate
Zimmer Biomet Recalls Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder due to a High Fracture Rate (FDA) The FDA has identified this as a Class
Wenzel Spine acquires OsteoMed’s spine assets
Wenzel Spine Announces Acquisition of Interspinous & Facet Fixation Product Platforms (press release) Read all Mergers & Acquisitions here Wenzel Spine,
The Medical Tourism trend is on the move in Orthopedics
This year, hundreds of thousands of Americans will travel outside the United States for health care. The rising cost of
STUDY: No Way to Predict Risk in Joint Replacements
Study: No Way to Predict Risk in Joint Replacements (Orthopedics This Week) Despite testing three different risk adjustment indices, researchers have
The Artificial Meniscus, a “game-changer” for early OA, is being tested in US clinical trials
TWO TRIALS TEST POLY URETHANE MENISCUS (Orthopedics This Week) website Active Implants One of the more troublesome parts of the body