Blue Belt Technologies Announces First Navio Case Performed in Australia and First Navio-assisted GRU Unicompartmental Knee Replacement (Global Orthopaedics Technology) (HealthPointCapital) […]
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This is the first in a series of 6-Question interviews with the leaders who are challenging conventional thinking in Orthopedics. (you can
ZIMMER SECURES CHEAPER FINANCING FOR BIOMET DEAL (Orthopedics This Week) Zimmer press release Your Dashboard for the Zimmer-Biomet Merger Zimmer Holdings,
KNEE OA TRIAL ENROLLS FIRST SUBJECT (Orthopedics This Week) San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. has treated its first patient in its
DEPUY SYNTHES LAUNCHES “PATIENT ATHLETE” PROGRAM (Orthopedics This Week) “Patient Athlete” website Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes Companies and the Human
Advantages of electromagnetic navigation in TKA remain unclear (Healio) According to researchers, demonstrating the value of using electromagnetic navigation in total
FIRST OUTPATIENT HIP REPLACEMENT IN NYC (Orthopedics This Week) NYU Langone Medical Center has become the first academic medical center in
Six important orthopedics videos from February (Healio) Orthopedics Today has highlighted six important videos from February
Guest article by Marty Wynkoop My nearly 20 years in startups have taught me several valuable lessons. Valuable, because those
A SPIKE OF SPRINGTIME KNEE REPLACEMENTS? (Orthopedics This Week) Is there going to be a spike of requests for knee replacement
PRIOR ACLR RELATED TO KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (Orthopedics This Week) If you are a young athlete who had anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Metal-on-metal implants long-lasting, potentially dangerous (Healio) The European Commission recently released a fact sheet detailing the advantages, disadvantages and potential health
Can Stryker Get More Surgeons to Use MAKO Robotic Platform? (MDDI blog) Posted in Implantable Devices by Arundhati Parmar on March
U.S. court orders new trial for damages in Medtronic patent case (Reuters) SUMMARY A federal appeals court
How It All Started: Mobelife (Materialize) In October 2008 at 27-years-old, I was just finishing my PhD in biomedical engineering at
3D PRINTING GUIDES SURGERY IN CHINA (Orthopedics This Week) Chinese doctors have used 3D printing to treat an injury referred to
Another Sign of Medical Device Commoditization? (blog of Chris Provines) Rumors circulated this week that Cardinal Healthcare is in talks to
The Future of Medicine is NOT in Your Hands (blog article from Saif Abed, MD) Purchase this book at Amazon I
Stryker opens regional European HQ in Amsterdam (press release) Stryker recently announced the grand opening of its European Regional Headquarters in
Globus Medical Announces the Acquisition of Branch Medical Group, Inc. (press release) Globus Medical website Branch Medical Group website
DEVICE INDUSTRY LAYS OUT “INNOVATION AGENDA” (Orthopedics This Week) AdvaMed, the medical device industry’s largest trade group, has unveiled an “Innovation
DEPUY HIP SETTLEMENTS COULD TOP $4 BILLION (Orthopedics This Week) There are 1,400 new DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip patients who are
FIRST PATIENT TREATED WITH LUNA 360 FUSION SYSTEM (Orthopedics This Week) It’s a first for the spine experts at Benvenue Medical,
PRECISION SPINE REFINANCING TO GO SHOPPING (Orthopedics This Week) Privately held Precision Spine, Inc. of Parsippany, New Jersey, is refinancing its
AdvaMed claims 195,000 jobs lost to medical device tax (MassDevice) AdvaMed claims that the medical device tax will wind up costing
DIRTY DANCING ACTRESS’ NECK SAVED BY MOBI-C (Orthopedics This Week) Actress Jennifer Grey was in so much pain that she wasn’t
Recent Progress on Demographic Information and Clinical Trials (FDA blog) At FDA, one of our foremost responsibilities is to evaluate and
Life Science Startups Raise $8.2 Billion from VCs in 2014 (CB Insights) Here’s where the money in life sciences going –
Sonoma Receives 510(k) FDA Clearance for the Minimally-Invasive FibuLock™ Nail for Ankle Fracture Repair (press release) BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Feb. 13,
http://www.biotrasllc.com/ Dallas-based pain management doctors John East and Brandon Knutson announced today their new biomed company BioTras, LLC and unveiled
Smith & Nephew returns as co-sponsor for annual M2D2 competition for entrepreneurial medical device companies (press release) LONDON, Feb. 2, 2015
Orthopedic implants — once the dreaded inevitability of our final, fragile years — are now part of the lives of
3D printer makes man’s heel (SBS) Doctors have used a 3D printer to help save a Melbourne man from losing his
Paragon Medical’s acquisition (OnlineTMD) The acquisition is another stepping stone to enhance Paragon’s position as a strategic partner for the medical
OrthoStreams readers: A quick administrative note. I will be stepping aside on this month to focus on a book. My partner,
State pioneer in orthopedics dies (The Journal Gazzette) Live Stream of Memorial Service Dane Miller, who led boom of Biomet in
Smith & Nephew CEO Bohoun: No-frills Syncera program a growth driver (MassDevice) Smith & Nephew CEO Olivier Bohoun calls the ‘no-frills’
Wright Medical plans $400m debt offering (MassDevice) Wright Medical plans to float $400 million worth of senior notes. Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI)
WANTED: PATIENTS FOR STUDY OF ACL PRESERVING SURGERY (Orthopedics This Week) Craig Della Valle, M.D., a hip and knee replacement surgeon
MOTH CREATES NOVEL PEPTIDE FOR SPINE FUSION (Orthopedics This Week) Cerapedics, Inc., a privately-held orthobiologics company located in Westminster, Colorado, has
8 Predictions Shaping the Future Healthcare Supply Chain (HIT Consultant) As the healthcare industry continues to change, organizations are seeking new
All 3D Printing Articles (OrthoStreams) MEDSHAPE: 510(K) FOR BONE TETHER PLATE (Orthopedics This Week) MedShape, Inc. has announced that the company has
previous article.. You can buy Baxano’s product lines in bankruptcy court? Amendia Acquires Spinal Fusion Products and Technology from Baxano Surgical (press
Elizabeth Warren Goes to Bat for Medical Device Industry (Time) Elizabeth Warren website The populist Senator backs regulatory changes, tax credits
U.S. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down (press release) Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who as commissioner of the U.S. Food and
Dashboard for Wright-Tornier Merger FTC BITING AT WRIGHT AND TORNIER’S ANKLES (Orthopedics This Week) Wright Medical Group, Inc. has received a
INJECTABLE PEPTIDE TO TREAT OA? (Orthopedics This Week) While it’s not ready for prime time in human patients, a protein molecule
Robotic Spine Surgery (KSAT) About six million people in the U.S. have scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine. When left
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