Olympus acquires FH ORTHO, a french extremities company -

Olympus acquires FH ORTHO, a french extremities company

Olympus Announces Acquisition of FH ORTHO, an International Orthopedics Company in France (press release) Olympus Corporation (Director, Representative Executive Officer, […]

Stryker closes Wright Medical acquisition and divests businesses to DJO

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) announced that it closed the purchase of Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) and sold some of its arthroplasty systems to DJO. Kalamazoo, Mich.-based

S+N acquires the Integra LifeScience extremity business for $240M (2.6X sales)

With this move, effectively S+N has dropped out as a suitor to outbid Stryker for Wright Medical. Read more –

Gutsy move by Spinal Elements. Is this the best time to go public?

Implant system maker Spinal Elements files for $100M Nasdaq IPO (Fierce Biotech) Spinal Elements, maker of a wide range of

Why can’t all orthopedic device pricing and ordering be this easy?

Website – https://www.mahemedical.com/ Low Cost Factory Direct Orthopedic Implants and Supplies ASC and hospital administrators are wrestling with a difficult

What’s going on here? Stryker keeps moving the offer deadline to buy Wright Medical

Are there echos from the early Wright shareholder lawsuits? Have post-Covid earnings devalued the deal? Is Stryker having trouble satisfying

Carlsmed raises $2.5M to bring machine learning into complex spine surgery

website – https://carlsmed.com/ Carlsmed Raises $2.5 Million to Improve Complex Spine Surgery (Business Wire press release) Carlsmed Inc., a San

Wenzel Spine acquires Statera for spine diagnostics and analytics

Wenzel Spine Statera Spine Today is an exciting day for Wenzel Spine as it announces the acquisition of Statera Spine,

DiscGenics Raises $50M in Series C Funding for regenerative cell therapy

DiscGenics Raises $50 Million in Series C Funding (press release) DiscGenics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing regenerative cell-based

Postponed joints are costing health systems $2 billion a month

COVID-postponed joint replacements are costing U.S. health systems around $2 billion monthly (Fortune) Dr. Ira Weintraub, a recently retired orthopedic

Vilex acquires all of the Hintermann Total Ankle products

Website – https://vilex.com/ A look back at the big FDA clearance in 2019 – Hintermann Total Ankle wins rare FDA

Is the “bounce-back” in orthopedic surgery volumes sustainable as COVID cases surge?

Is the Bounce-Back in Orthopedic Surgery Volumes Sustainable as COVID-19 Cases Surge? (MDDI Online) Canaccord Genuity’s latest survey of orthopedic

Medtronic acquires Medicrea for its spinal surgery technology for $140M

Medtronic acquires Medicrea and its spinal surgery tech (MassDevice) Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today said it acquired France-based spinal surgery technology company Medicrea.

SpineArt acquires Meditech Spine

Spineart reaches definitive agreement to acquire Meditech Spine LLC (press release) Spineart, a global spine player with headquarters in Geneva,

Everything you need to know about the Stryker-Wright acquisition

I did not own stock in either Stryker or Wright. You can email confidential notes to me here – tiger@tigerbuford.com

Medtronic licenses single-port robotic surgical technologies for $31M

Medtronic turns to Titan Medical as it makes robot-assisted surgery play (MassDevice) website Titan Medical Titan Medical (TSX:TMD;OTC:TITFX) announced today that

Alphatec backs out on EOS acquisition citing “material adverse effect”

ATEC Terminates Agreement to Acquire EOS Imaging (press release) Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (“ATEC” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: ATEC), a medical

OrthoPediatrics sheds its adult implant business

ORTHOPEDIATRICS SELLS VILEX ADULT DEVICE BUSINESS (Orthopedics This Week) OrthoPediatrics Corp. recently announced its sale of the adult product line,

Stryker Proves that the juice was worth the squeeze for MAKO

Stryker Proves That the Juice Was worth the Squeeze for Mako (MD+DI Online) Back in 2013, analysts balked at the

Stryker’s early focus on Robotics looks brilliant now

Early Focus On Surgical Robotics Gives Stryker A Leg Up (Forbes) The robots are coming. Don’t be afraid. These machines

Finally… the 2.3% Medical Device Tax is History.

This punitive federal tax was personal. This tax on gross sales makes no sense for risk-taking medical devices startups. In

My company sold for $100M and I got Zilch. How can that be?

reposted article from Medium – https://medium.com/@thresholdvc/77790e5c2d4d Takehome message for my Ortho friends: Know what position your equity stands in line

Robot accuracy for UKA without the Robot

NO ROBOT REQUIRED WHEN USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS? (Orthopedics This Week) Researchers from Imperial College London and The Royal College of

The Top 10 Orthopedic Companies by Revenue

The 10 largest orthopedic device companies in the world (MassDevice) 1. Stryker 2018 revenue: $13.6 billion The world’s largest orthopedic

New grant money available for Orthopedics

MILLIONS OF NEW DOD RESEARCH DOLLARS FOR ORTHOPEDICS (Orthopedics This Week) A Defense Department (DOD) program called the Peer Reviewed

Stryker acquires OrthoSpace for biodegradable balloon technology for $220M

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Smith & Nephew acquires Brainlab’s orthopaedic joint reconstruction business

Smith & Nephew acquires Brainlab assets, teases next-gen robotic surgical platform (MassDevice) Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) said yesterday that it acquired Brainlab‘s

Smith & Nephew acquires skin substitute for $660M (~5X sales)

Smith & Nephew buys skin substitute maker for $660M (MedTechDive) Dive Brief: Smith & Nephew announced Tuesday it has agreed to pay

Think Surgical raises $134M for robotic joint replacements prior to entering US market

Think Surgical raises $134m for TSolution One robotic joint replacement device (MassDevice) Think Surgical yesterday reported a funding round worth $134

OMNI, a knee robotics startup, is acquired by Corin

OMNI website Corin website Corin enters the orthopaedic robotics market announcing agreement to acquire US surgical robotic leader OMNI (press

How much pent-up demand exists for Joint Arthroplasty?

HOW MUCH PENT-UP DEMAND EXISTS FOR JOINT ARTHROPLASTY? (Orthopedics This Week) Are patients waiting until Medicare kicks in to ask

MIS spine surgery provider abruptly shuts its doors

Laser Spine Institute to Close its Doors, Citing Lack of Financing for Continuing Operations (press release) PRNewswire/ — Tampa-based Laser

Orthopedic Surgeon loses $140M in malpractice award to 255 plaintiffs

$140 MILLION MALPRACTICE AWARD AGAINST ORTHO SURGEON (Orthopedics This Week) A New York arbitrator has awarded $140 million to resolve

Are we done yet? Total is now $1.7B for the Pinnacle hip lawsuit.

FINAL NAIL IN JNJ’S $1.7 BILLION PINNACLE HIP LAWSUIT? (Orthopedics This Week) DePuy, a Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)unit, has agreed to settle the

Maximizing Profitability at Ambulatory Surgery Centers

Maximizing Profitability at Ambulatory Surgery Centers (Relatable.com) ASC Device-Intensive Procedures are Growing Device-intensive procedures in Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) are growing

Too much money!

I am about to offend a few of my Orthopedic colleagues, but I have to be honest. This is how

32 Orthopedic Startups were funded 10 years ago. Where are they now?

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