Hospital for Special Surgery sets record for 5th straight year -

Hospital for Special Surgery sets record for 5th straight year

ANOTHER FIRST FOR HSS! (Orthopedics This Week) For the fifth year in a row Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has an […]

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Aurora Spine implants the first ZIP MIS interspinous Implant in a human

First Surgical Implant of ZIP MIS Interspinous Implant Performed in Germany (press release) Aurora Spine Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ASG) announced today the

FDA upgrades its Medical Device Recalls Database

FDA Announces Improvements To The Medical Device Recalls Database (FDA) Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and

Stryker settles the first 4 hip-implant lawsuits, 600 more are in the queue

Stryker Corp. settles first batch of hip-implant lawsuits (NorthJersey.com) Four patients who claimed to have received defective hip implants from Stryker

Ohio Spine Surgeon who is under investigation for scamming Medicare disappears

SPINE SURGEON UNDER INVESTIGATION DISAPPEARS (Orthopedics This Week) “Where’s Dr. Durrani?” Atiq Durrani, M.D., a Pakistani-born spine surgeon who is under

Review article suggests that Orthopedists are too conservative with Load Bearing?

Orthopedists too Conservative With Load Bearing? (Orthopedics This Week) You put a lot of work into that surgery. Why not play

SI-BONE shares Clinical Results of Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion

SI-BONE Announces Publication of 2 Significant Clinical Evidence Papers on Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (press release) SI-BONE, Inc. (San Jose,

DePuy Synthes launches side-loading Radial Head Prosthesis system

DePuy Synthes Trauma Launches Radial Head Prosthesis System in the U.S. (press release) DePuy Synthes Trauma* announces that it is launching

3-D Printing for patient specific medical devices will reach $1B by 2020

According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, “3D Printing in Medical Applications Market (Medical Implants (Dental,

Duke Engineers match both the strength and suppleness of cartilage with artificial materials

Engineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage (Science Daily) A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage

US Total Joint Registry shows that the fat patients are younger, not older

YOUNGER TKA PATIENTS FATTER THAN OLDER (Orthopedics This Week) Stop blaming obesity among those 65 and older for the unprecedented increase

New Bone Graft material from the sea is the answer for the resorbtion problem – coralline hydroxyapatite

SPECIALLY TREATED SEA-CORAL SUCCEEDS AS BONE GRAFT (Orthopedics This Week) Sea coral is back and may be better than ever—as bone

New classification system for periprosthetic fracture management in joint replacement

Speaker: New classification system will simplify periprosthetic fracture management in joint replacement (Healio) Two surgeons have developed a new classification system

Medtronic’s PRESTIGE Cervical Disc bests fusion

MEDTRONIC’S PRESTIGE CERVICAL DISC BESTS FUSION (Orthopedics This Wek) After seven years of clinical and radiographic outcomes under their belts, patients

FDA Panel pushes back on Spherical Devices for interbody spine fusion

Panel highlights lack of support on safety, efficacy of spinal sphere devices for fusion (Healio) In a meeting about the FDA’s

For the first time, study determines where the use of PRP works and where it doesn’t

First the hype, now the science: Evidence-based recommendations for PRP (press release) JAAOS Article – “Platelet-rich Plasma in Orthopaedic Applications: Evidence-based

Early history of 3 Orthopedics giants in the unlikely city of Warsaw Indiana

Warsaw hub of orthopedic evolution (Journal Gazette) DePuy history (DePuy) Among the world’s top seven orthopedic companies, three of them are in

Four Countries to Participate in Pilot Program for Medical Device Audits – US, Canada, Brazil, Australia

Four Countries to Participate in Pilot Program for Medical Device Audits (ODT Magazine) FDA Announcement of MDSAP Pilot Program (FDA) Australia’s Therapeutic

Medtronic shares 7-Year clinical results of the PRESTIGE Cervical Disc Replacement

Medtronic Presents First-of-Its-Kind Data Showing Sustained Results with Cervical Disc Replacement After Seven Years (press release) Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) presented

BioMedical Enterprises new Nitinol staple for extremities gains approval

HAMMERTOE DEVICE GAINS FDA CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week) Press Release BME Website A device for treating hammertoe deformities has received

Australians have developed 3D printing of live cells into the patient with the BioPen

BioPen to rewrite orthopaedic implants surgery (Health Canal) A handheld “bio pen” developed in the labs of the University of Wollongong

Lawyers will earn $1B from the DePuy Metal-on-Metal Hip settlement

LAWYERS SET TO EARN $1 BILLION IN DEPUY ASR DEAL (Orthopedics This Week) Lawyers representing over 8,000 plaintiffs in DePuy ASR

Smith and Nephew makes an emerging markets move into Brazil

Brazil’s Big Opportunity Can’t Wait for This Health Care Leader (Daily Finance) Read S+N Press Release here Read also… Trend contiues

The UK has banned Metal-on-Metal Hips at NHS funded hospitals

MOM HIPS: BANNED IN BRITAIN (Orthopedics This Week) The United Kingdom has banned metal-on-metal hips. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS),

Opinion: Disc preservation can reduce number of fusions

Lecturer: Disc preservation can reduce number of fusions (Helio) With back pain becoming increasingly more common, the clinical implications of disc

One hospital’s experience with the 3-hour Outpatient Unicompartmental Knee Replacement

NEW DATA ON 3-HOUR OUTPATIENT PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT (Orthopedics This Week) Don’t fear the outpatient experience, says the largest study ever

Arthrosurface’s stemless shoulder arthroplasty reaches the 10 year mark

Arthrosurface Stemless Shoulder Arthroplasty Hits 10 Year Mark (Providence Journal) Arthrosurface Incorporated (www.arthrosurface.com), a developer of less-invasive joint restoration and resurfacing

Review of M&A activity in Orthopedics in 2013

2013 Medtech M&A Review: A Lot of M&A Movement in Orthopedics (MDDI Online) List of Recent Mergers and Acquisitions This year

4 Inside Traders from the Stryker/Orthovita acquision will be sentenced

STRYKER/ORTHOVITA INSIDE TRADERS PLEAD GUILTY (Orthopedics This Week) After Stryker Corporation (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) acquired Orthovita, Inc. in 2011, the

Vietnam leading the treatment of knee OA with stem cells derived from fat tissue

VIETNAM TESTING KNEE STEM CELL TREATMENT (Orthopedics This Week) According to Vietweek, Vietnam is one of the few countries in the world

The blood Injections that might transform Orthopedics

THE BLOOD INJECTIONS THAT MIGHT TRANSFORM ORTHOPEDIC (The New Yorker) Chris Waddell has been an élite athlete for more than two

Amedica, a Silicon Nitride materials spine startup, files for a $35M IPO

Amedica Files for IPO (press release) Amedica Corporation, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based silicon nitride orthopedic and spine implant company, has

J&J will pay $4B to settle all 7,500 hip replacement lawsuits

J&J Said to Reach $4 Billion Deal to Settle Hip Lawsuits (NY Times) Recall Costs 94 Percent Federal Suits Sulzer Settlement

China begins new knee OA cell study to evaluate a human adipose-derived mesenchymal precursor cell therapy

KNEE OA CELL THERAPY TRIALS IN CHINA (Orthopedics This Week) Renji Hospital in Shanghai, a tertiary hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao

OrthoSensor partners with Zimmer to provide its intraoperative sensor for the NexGen Knee system

Zimmer, OrthoSensor Ink Co-Marketing Partnership (press release) Agreement Provides VERASENSE Knee Technology for use with Zimmer Knee Systems OrthoSensor, a leader

Integra LifeSciences clears Intervertebral gage with new material combination

INTEGRA GOES “HOLLYWOOD” INTERVERTEBRALLY (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA has issued a 510 (k) clearance for Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporation’s Hollywood

Unplanned readmission rates for Total Joint patients now reach 5% within 90 days

JOINT ARTHROPLASTY READMISSIONS TOP 5% (Orthopedics This Week) A little more than 5% of patients who undergo total hip and knee

NASS strikes back at Washington Post suggesting most spine fusion surgery is unnecessary

Spinal fusions serve as case study for debate over when certain surgeries are necessary (Washington Post) NASS Executive Committee Responds to

French to develop Total Knees that fit Chinese anatomy

Artificial knee joints tailored for Chinese people (English.News.CN) Chinese people’s joints wear out too, but replacement implants have, on occasion, been

Australian registry draws attention to the best/worst performing total joint implants

AUSTRALIA IDENTIFIES BEST AND WORST PERFORMING JOINT REPLACEMENTS (Orthopedics This Week) Every year 8,000 Australians have to get back on the

BIOMET completes first-in-man of a new Stemless Total Shoulder Replacement

BIOMET IMPLANTS FIRST U.S. STEMLESS SHOULDER (Orthopedics This Week) Biomet, Inc.’s new stemless shoulder is moving and grooving in its first

The Brits demand longer lasting Hips – 95% survivorship at 10 years

NICE WANTS LONGER LASTING HIPS (Orthopedics This Week) The Brits, who first raised warnings about metal-on-metal hips, have issued a new

New low cost spine supplier enters the fray, SpineDirect

SpineDirect, LLC Launches Revolutionary High Quality, Low Cost Spinal Implant Solution (press release) All Generic Implant articles at OrthoStreams PALM HARBOR,

The acquisition of Wright Medical’s Hip/Knee business makes MicroPort a global player in 51 days

Wright takes MicroPort global in 51 days (with Video) (Memphis Business Journal) If you could put together a $290 million deal

Stryker to pay $13M to settle civil charges of bribing doctors in 5 countries – Argentina, Greece, Mexico, Poland, and Romania

Stryker to pay $13.2 mln to settle civil bribery charges (press release) Stryker (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) agreed to pay >US $13.2MM to settle alleged

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