FDA awards $2M in grants for kids’ medical devices -

FDA awards $2M in grants for kids’ medical devices

The FDA distribute the grants to three pediatric researchers in Michigan, Massachusetts and California Charlotte Observe.r.. http://ow.ly/qpSR… Unlock the […]

Glow-in-the-Dark Doc: Radiation Exposure – Dr. Brian D. Giordano has advice for fellow Orthopedists

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Athletes With Smaller Anterior Cruciate Ligaments May Be More Susceptible To Injury

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Hip Pain May be Relieved by Treatments Other Than Surgery

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Dick Cheney Having Elective Spinal Surgery

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Ortho companies in Warsaw voice opposition to Med Device fees in Baucus plan

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DSM Biomedical Develops Polymer Platform for Artificial Hips and Knees

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Acrobot and Finsbury to co-market Acrobot’s Navigator with Finsbury’s ADEPT hip resurfacing implant

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Bone up on bone health – You can prevent osteoporosis by avoiding certain risk factors

Buffalo News… http://ow.ly/puCo Osteoporosis Risk Factors Having a small frame Family history of osteoporosis Menopausal or

Saving Your Bones: Hard Choices – Osteoporosis Drugs Prevent Fractures, but Patients Worry About Side Effects; Weighing the Risks

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K2M launches Natural Bridge Low Profile Transverse Connectors for stabilization in thoracolumbar spine

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Senators oppose tax on Medical Devices

Star Tribune… http://ow.ly/pBJa The medical-devices sector has come out swinging against a U.S. Senate proposal that could

Core Essence Orthopaedics announces John Moran, the first Synthes Spine President in the 1990’s, will serve as CEO

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Orthomimetics reports 10th patient in a clinical study for Chondromimetic, a dual-layered implant for the repair of damaged cartilage and bone

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Mesoblast’s successful preclinical Disc Repair is featured at World Congress on Osteoarthritis held in Montreal

A single low-dose injection of Mesoblast’s allogeneic or “off-the-shelf” adult stem cells into severely damaged intervertebral discs resulted in dramatic

Integra LifeSciences acquires the assets of bankrupt Innovative Spinal Technologies for $9.2M

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Warsaw needs hook, summit says – Orthopedic industry seeks to make city a lure for talent

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Months of agony with recalled hip show need for national registry, experts say

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Whoops…internal leak at Medtronic suggests there is a profit goal in funding surgeon training in Australia

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JBJS looks at Orthopedics in 2020 – changes in demographics, disease incidence, treatment modalities and delivery of orthopedic services

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Ortho-Space (Israel) is spun off from BioProtect and raises $1 million

Xenia Venture Capital Ltd. (TASE: XENA) portfolio company BioProtect Ltd. has spun off its orthopedics operations unit and announced a

Amedica Announces New Global Headquarters in Salt Lake City 57,000 sq ft

Amedica (Salt Lake) Spine startup with cervical ceramic-on-ceramic spacer approved, four rounds of funding so far, IPO was planned late

Synthes wins patent suit with Medtronic covering the Synthes ProDisc-L artificial disc replacement – $21M award

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AOI Medical completes clinical trial to treat vertebral compression fractures, Ascendx launch in 2010

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Covidean’s DuraSeal dural sealant gains FDA clearance

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Stryker Adds Quality Chief

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Is A-Spine’s Vesselplasty an improvement over Kyphoplasty?

U of Penn evaluated a small series of patients using the A-Spine’s new Vesselplasty technique with the Vessel-X Bone Filling Container System.

World health authorities are not in agreement on how to address bone loss and fracture risk

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Synovis Life Technologies Reports Record Revenue of $15 Million for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2009

“Integration of Pegasus Biologics Acquisition on Track; Surgical Sales Force Expansion Nearly Complete” Reuters… http://ow.ly/odMZ… Unlock the full article and

Medicrea gets FDA clearance for its PASS LP ultra low profile polyaxial spine system

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Archus Orthopedics is shutting down its operations

Archus Orthopedics, Spine Device Maker that Raised $60M, Shuts Down Amid Cash Crunch (Xconomy)… http://ow.ly/nWpg Turning out the lights (WSJ

NuVasive’s CFO resigns

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MAKO Surgical raises $54M after selling 8 million shares of common stock

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Orthofix lures Stryker exec away from Kalamazoo

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Active Implants receives a CE Class III Certificate for its TriboFit Hip System

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IWalk lands $20M to develop robotic prosthetic ankle

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Surgeons: Stem Cell Operation Could End Hip Replacements

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Senators demand that GPOs provide transparency to how vendor contracts are chosen

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HSS Researchers identify protein involved in osteoporosis and arthritis —> interferon regulator factor-8 (IRF-8)

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Medtronic CEO defends payments to physician consultants and stresses the value of medical devices and of surgeon alliances that can improve them

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