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Study: It Pays to Undergo Orthopedic Surgery (Literally)

Study: It Pays to Undergo Orthopedic Surgery (Literally) The jokes began well before the Big Reveal. NBC Nightly News anchor […]

EU panel approves FDA-like requirements for medical devices

EU panel approves FDA-like requirements for medical devices (MassDevice) A European Commission panel approves more stringent regulation of medical devices akin

Researchers find that Cartilage Cells have a rhythm that effects OsteoArthritis symptoms

CARTILAGE CELLS HAVE BODY CLOCK: EFFECT ON OA? (Orthopedics This Week) Researchers from the University of Manchester have determined for the

Indians return home to India for the great value of a $15,000 Total Knee procedure

MEDICAL TOURISM GROWS IN INDIA (Orthopedics This Week) Medical tourism is booming in India, according to the Times of India, with surgeons

Did Stryker MAKO a Mistake?

Did Stryker Mako Mistake? (OrthoSpineNews) Stryker (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) plans to pay a pretty penny for robot-assisted surgery outfit MAKO

Stryker acquires Mako Surgical’s robotic systems for Total Joints for $1.65B

Stryker to Acquire Mako Surgical for About $1.65 Billion (Wall Street Journal) Stryker Corp (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) agreed to acquire Mako Surgical Corp. MAKO and its

Extremities startup Solana Surgical launches sterile-packed Nitinol staples for Foot/Ankle

Solana Surgical Receives FDA Clearance, Launches the FuseFORCE™ SuperElastic Fixation System (press release) Solana Surgical, LLC (Solana), a growth extremity company,

LDR Spine to raise $75M in an IPO with a targeted valuation of $364M

LDR Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering (press release) LDR Holding, which develops medical devices for use in spine

Alphatec Spine restructures its Scient’x Operations by 76 employees to save millions

Alphatec Spine Announces Intent to Restructure Scient’x Business Operations (press release) Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC), the parent company of Alphatec Spine, Inc., a

Manufacturers have 1 year to implement a Unique Device Identification system for all Class III devices

AdvaMed Statement on Final Unique Device Identification Rule (AdvaMed) FDA.gov, AdvaMed statement, UDI Resource from FDA Janet Trunzo, senior executive vice president, technology

Trinity Orthopedics acquires all of Expanding Concepts patents

Trinity Orthopedics Today Announced the Acquisition of Expanding Concepts LLC’s Patent Portfolio (OrthoSpineNews) website… http://trinity-ortho.com/ Trinity Orthopedics, a spine technology company,

Wow! 100% survivorship with Aesculap’s Columbus Total Knee System with Navigation

Columbus® Knee System and OrthoPilot® Navigation System Used in Study That Concludes Navigation as Proven Method for Improved TKA Alignment

New Joint Replacement Startup emerges – Moirai Orthopedics’ pyrocarbon implant replacements

MOIRAI ORTHO‘S PIR SYSTEM NAILS CE MARK (Orthopedics This Week) Moirai Orthopaedics, L.L.C. is an orthopedic implant development company in Metairie,

A detailed case report of how one Hospital successfully controlled implant costs

link to–>OrthoDirectUSA An Ailing Healthcare Environment® Most healthcare professionals understand that, when a patient is sick, sometimes it

Consumer Group calls for Manufacturer Warranties for Hip & Knee Implants

Provide Warranties for Hip & Knee Implants, Consumer Union Asks Implant Makers (OrthoSpineNews) The policy arm of Consumer Reports is calling

FlowerCubes launches a customized “single-use” kit for disposable instruments – claims no rep needed

FLOWERCUBES PROMISE TO CUT ORTHOPEDIC COSTS (Orthopedics This Week) By only providing the tools needed, the FlowerCube will challenge the orthopedic

Aurora Spine raises $3.6M with an IPO on the Toronto Exchange

Aurora Spine Corporation Completes Initial Public Offering (press release) Aurora Spine Corporation (“Aurora Spine”) is pleased to announce that it has

Hospitals will be charged a $265K penalty if a Joint Replacement patient is back in the hosptial in 30 days

JOINT REPLACEMENT READMISSION PENALTY $265,000 (Orthopedics This Week) Medicare pays for hospital stays. Medicare also counts how many patients are readmitted

Biomet fighting Metal-on-Metal Hip Lawsuits with its M2a Large Metal Articulation Hips

Biomet Metal Hip Lawsuit to Proceed (OrthoSpineNews) A lawsuit accusing Biomet of selling a faulty metal hip will proceed, after the

DePuy getting ready for 1st Federal Trial regarding its Metal-on-Metal Hips

Federal Trial over DePuy ASR Hip Implants Set to Start Next Week (OrthoSpineNews) The first federal trial over DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.’s

5-year old startup, Nextremity Solutions, relocates offices to Warsaw Indiana

Orthopedics firm chooses Warsaw (Fort Wayne Business) website… http://www.nextremitysolutions.com/ A 5-year-old New Jersey-based orthopedics company is relocating its headquarters to Warsaw. Nextremity

Active Implants raises $26M to continue EU clinical trial of meniscus implant, NUsurface

Active Implants LLC Closes $26.0 Million Financing Round (press release) Active Implants LLC, the technology leader in cushion bearing orthopaedics with

The Medtronic Effect: 3 Trends for Medical Device Company Diversification

The Medtronic Effect: 3 Trends for Medical Device Company Diversification (OrthoSpineNews) Medtronic, one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the

Zimmer’s new Patient Specific Reverse Shoulder system cleared by FDA

ZIMMER’S PATIENT SPECIFIC SHOULDER SYSTEM CLEARED FOR U.S (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA has given Zimmer Holdings, Inc. permission to

FDA gives companies new guidance on reporting Adverse Events

ADVERSE EVENT GUIDANCE CHANGES FROM FDA (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA recently issued a 54-page draft guidance to help device manufacturers

Stryker recalls a spine implant, gets ‘Deadly’ FDA Label

Stryker Recalls Spinal Implant, Gets ‘Deadly’ FDA Label (OrthoSpineNews) Stryker (download 4-page analysis of Stryker HERE) is recalling lots of a device used

FDA preparing for the hacking of Medical Devices

Would We Know If A Medical Device Was Hacked? (OrthoSpineNews) The absence of reported hacks on medical devices doesn’t mean they

An Orthopedics Industry Legend passes – Lew Bennett

ORTHOPEDICS VISIONARY, LEW BENNETT, DIES AT AGE 87 (Orthopedics This Week) Lew Bennett, one of the founders of Howmet (later Howmedica

Orthopedic Surgeons are bracing for full disclosure of industry payments

Docs brace for sunshine as industry gifts go public (FierceMedicalDevices) Starting this month, medical device and drug companies are disclosing every

Engineers design a bioglass scaffold that can grow new bone

Rolla engineers design glass implant that can grow new bone (SLToday) Sometimes medical advances don’t come from the medical field at

California Research Team Prints Cartilage with an Inkjet Printer

California Research Team Prints Cartilage with an Inkjet Printer (ODT Magazine) While companies such as ISTO Technologies and Integra LifeSciences work

J&J DePuy bracing for $3B+ Settlement of It’s Metal-on-Metal Hip Implant Cases

J&J Said to Weigh $3 Billion Settlement of Its Hip Implant Cases (OrthoSpineNews) Replacement Surgeries Dangerous Guess Other Trials Broad Outline

Stryker lands Defense of Department contract for hips and knees worth $85M

Stryker lands Defense Department contract worth up to $85M (Mass Device) The U.S. Department of Defense hands Stryker a 1-year contract

Founder discussed the origins of his Orthopedic pillow and Core Products

Powered by a pillow (local paper in Osceola, Wisc) A spate of back pain 32 years ago turned Phil Mattison’s life completely

10% of Orthopedic Surgeons miss work due to an occupational injury – hand and back injuries most common

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY AMONGST ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS (Orthopedics This Week) Manish Sethi, M.D., assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation at Vanderbilt University

The FDA’s Medical Device program is broken

FDA’s Device Program Really is in Crisis In July, a subcommittee of FDA’s Science Board released a cleared-eyed 37-page report on what

Integra LifeScience’s TITAN Reverse Shoulder get US approval

INTEGRA’S TITAN (REVERSE SHOULDER) LIFTS OFF (Orthopedics This Week) The folks at Integra LifeSciences Holding Corporation are celebrating. The FDA has

Shoulder repair startup MinInvasive raises several million dollars

Shoulder repair co MinInvasive raises several million dollars (Globes) MinInvasive is developing a minimally invasive device for rotator cuff repair in

Sequestration will slow down Orthopedic Device approvals

SEQUESTRATION AND DEVICE APPROVALS (Orthopedics This Week) Avoiding “The Sequester” is Washington’s new pork. Medical device companies are going to pay

LDR Receives FDA Approval for the Mobi-C Cervical Disc for One-Level Use

LDR Receives FDA Approval for the Mobi-C Cervical Disc for One-Level Use (press release) LDR, a privately held medical device company

Intrinsic Therapeutics enrolls 400th Patient in Barricaid Randomized Trial

Intrinsic Therapeutics Announces the Enrollment of the 400th Patient in Landmark Barricaid® Randomized Trial (press release) Intrinsic Therapeutics today announced the

Zimmer ordered to pay Stryker $210M for willful patent infringement

Zimmer ordered to pay Stryker $210 million over patents (Reuters) A federal judge ordered Zimmer Holdings Inc to pay Stryker Corp

Chinese Hospital using 3D-printed orthopedic implants

Hospital uses 3D printed orthopedic implants (China Daily) Using a printer to produce lifesaving medical implants and body parts might sound like science fiction, but it is already a reality in China. Peking University Third Hospital, a top hospital in China, recently announced that its Orthopedics Department has been using enhanced implants produced by a 3-D printer in a clinical trial, with promising results. “We started clinical trials on 3-D produced implants late last year, and now we have used dozens of such implants in more than 50 patients,” said Liu Zhongjun, director with the department. “All the patients recover very well. Nobody seems to have any undesirable side effects or adverse reaction.” The process of 3-D printing, or additive printing, applies successive layers of material indifferent shapes to make a three-dimensional solid object from a digital model. For the implants, the material used is titanium, a special metal that has been used for orthopedic implants for decades.

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