Articulinx, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series B Financing (BusinessWire) http://www.articulinx.com… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth […]
ConforMIS knee implant wins EU approval (Boston Business Journal) ConforMIS Inc. announced that its customizable knee-replacement product has been
K2M Wins Medical Design Excellence Award (BusinessWire)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups, trends,
Osseon’s steerable, curvable needle for injecting bone cement into fractured vertebrae Foreign sales boost Santa Rosa medical device maker (PressDemocrat.com)…
Intralink-Spine Inc. creating injection to help millions (ImpactNews.com) Company goals: 2010 — First-in-man trials 2011 — Pilot and clinical trials
TranS1 Opens New Facility, Welcomes Senator Richard Burr as Special Guest (GlobalNewsWire)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights:
More Costly Spine Surgery Has Higher Mortality Than Simpler Procedure, Says Study (Health Leaders Media) Trends, Major Medical Complications,
Bulging waistlines lead to surge in hip, knee replacements (Vancouver Sun) Obesity, Hips, Knees and Canadians (Orthopedics This Week)… Unlock
Summit Medical buys German rival (HealthInvestor) Summit Medical Buys Eska Implants (peHUB) http://www.summit-medical.co.uk http://eska-implants.de Summit Medical, a private equity-backed medical device
Cayenne Medical AperFix(R) System Shows Successful Outcomes For PCL Reconstruction (PRNewsWire)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth
Complex Spine Procedures on Rise in Older Patients (link to MedPageToday) Spine surgery statistics published in a recent JAMA publication…
Highly crosslinked polyethylene in THA shows reduced wear at mid-term follow-up (link to OrthoSuperSite)… Unlock the full article and exclusive
Why ‘Blood Spinning’ Is Legal (link to WSJ) Tiger Woods and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) (link to TriathalonDoctor.com) Health Caring: Sorry,
Device to revolutionize preventive blood clot care after joint replacement surgery (link to EurekAlert)… Unlock the full article and
Health System Bears Cost of Implants With No Warranties (link to New York Times) Dr. Lawrence Dorr says yes… the
Next decade offers promise for treatment of spinal cord injuries (link to ScienceBlog)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams
Hip surgery success partially predicted by number of other existing conditions (link to EurekAlert) “We confirmed use of the ASA
Naples-based Arthrex buys Colorado company (link to NaplesNews.com) iBalance, a Boulder CO company, has developed a non-metal implant placed
Study: X-rays often inaccurate in diagnosis of hip and pelvic fractures link to OrthoSuperSite Reference: Kirby MW, Spritzer
Unequal leg length tied to osteoarthritis (link to Queen’s University) A new study shows that arthritis in the knee is
Placenta technology promises healing benefits link to OrthopedicsThisWeek BioXclude™ represents the first membrane composed of amnion and chorion tissue
Clinical Study Published Regarding Plasma Disc Decompression for the Treatment of Low Back Pain Associated with Contained Herniated Discs published
Metal hip replacements in pregnant women leach chromium and cobalt into babies link to NaturalNews.com… Unlock the full article and
Spinning Blood Isn’t Just for Athletes link to WSJ Online… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth
Vertebroplasty provides pain relief and better quality of life at long-term follow-up link to OrthoSuperSite.com When other medical treatments failed,
Repair of torn knee meniscus at the time of ACL reconstruction is safe and effective for children by ScienceBlog 84%
Mending Damaged Hips With The Help Of Stem Cells by MedicalNewsToday Bone stem cells could in future be used instead
Orthopedics: Global Industry Guide – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com The global orthopedics market grew by 7.2% in
Survey: Med device firms plan to hire by BizJournals.com 34.9% reported improvement in their business 58% expect improvement within the next
Medtronic Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Spine Treatments by Law360 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble by OrthoSpineNews.com… Unlock the
OrthAlign receives KneeAlign™ Market Clearance from US FDA by OrthAlign Aliso Viejo, CA – March 25, 2010 – OrthAlign, Inc.,
Rhausler Announces Record Growth of Nearly 700% for its Spinal Implant Devices by PRWeb … Unlock the full article
Anulex raises $3.8M for spinal-surgery device by MedCityNews Fresh off the launch of a next-generation version of its spinal-tissue
FDA Panel Questions Knee Device …WSJ Online An FDA panel of outside experts found that there isn’t enough scientific
Biologic Joint Reconstruction Using Stem Cells Proven Successful In Patients With Arthritis …StreetInsider Biologic Joint Reconstruction, rather than bionic
Total ankle survivorship rates are low, but improvements are underway, surgeon says …OrthoSpineNews Although total ankle replacement survivorship rates are
CareFusion Launches New Device to Help Treat Spinal Fractures …CNNMoney CareFusion is the first company to offer devices for both
The entire orthopedic industry is watching this unprecedented FDA relook? Does the FDA have the authority to take back a
DePuy Acquires Finsbury Of U.K. For Estimated $96 Million by TopDeviceCompanies.com Products “DePuy adds Finsbury Portfolio” OrthopedicsThisWeek… http://ow.ly/MLRk “DePuy
R.I.P. Charité (OrthopedicsThisWeek)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups, trends, market intel, and Daily
Henry Ford Hospital study: Shoulder function not fully restored after surgery …Eurekalert “Although patient satisfaction is generally very high after
Hot Topics seen by OrthoStreams Surgeons challenge Zimmer’s NexGen Knee (high loosening rate) NYTimes highlights the complication rates of Metal-on-Metal Hips Stryker
Spinal Restoration closes $20M financing round Medical research firm Spinal Restoration Inc. has completed a $20 million round of financing.
Spine implant co NLT raises $8.8m Minimally invasive surgery spinal implant developer Non Linear Technologies Ltd. (NLT)
Bone Biologics, Inc. announced today it had received another round of investment for preferred shares from the Musculoskeletal Transplant
Science Daily 84% of males who had ACL knee (anterior cruciate ligament) reconstruction with a patellar tendon (the tendon that
published at MedPage Today… http://ow.ly/1nBpu Clinicians are trying to determine where platelet-rich plasma (PRP) fits into the armamentarium of treatments
During AAOS, three surgeons recommended against implanting a Zimmer NexGen cementless knee because of “unacceptably high” rates of loosening and corrective
Stryker Press Release… http://ow.ly/1n5gP Comparative study reveals no clinical advantages of mobile bearing knee systems over fixed bearing knee
Troy Burk has been treating sore backs for 13 years, but he’s not ashamed to say that a machine can
