Augmented reality startup, MediView XR, raises $4.5M in funding -

Augmented reality startup, MediView XR, raises $4.5M in funding

MediView XR Out Of Stealth With X-Ray Vision And $4.5 Million In Funding (Forbes) A Cleveland Clinic-backed XR medical visualization […]

It’s just a matter of time before Amazon will permeate Orthopedics.

Amazon acquires start-up Health Navigator, its first health-related purchase since PillPack (CNBC) Amazon has acquired Health Navigator, a start-up founded

Sensors can be shaped to capture motion for all joints

Printed Kirigami Sensor Hugs Shoulder to Measure Recovery (MedGadget) The thing that separates us apes from monkeys is the range

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

Pssss… There is a “game-changer” biomaterial happening in spine.

The material is called ZFUZE. The secret: the team behind ZFUZE has cracked the code on the immune response. Translation: no inflammatory reaction =

Future use of orthopedic robots: remote surgery

Let’s be real about robots. In orthopedics today, surgeons are only using the robot as a tool. The robot may

Precision OS is helping to redefine the future of orthopedics surgery training

More at Precision OS website – https://www.precisionostech.com How a Vancouver company is taking the future of surgical training virtual (CBC)

J&J is making big bets in Robotic Surgery

J&J Bets Big in Robotic Surgery (OrthoFeed) J&J’s recent blockbuster deal for Auris is really just the latest in a

Understand why AR surgery is coming to Orthopedics

Augmented Reality: The Future of Medicine (Interesting Engineering) Augmented Reality (AR), also known as spatial computing –a merging of digital and physical spaces,–

Q&A: Medtronic Mazor robot-assisted spine surgery

Medtronic has big plans for robot-assisted spine surgery (Medical Device and Outsourcing) Officials at the world’s largest medical device company

FDA recall of Brainlab software used in spinal navigation

BRAINLAB ISSUES CLASS 1 RECALL OF ITS SPINAL NAVIGATION SOFTWARE (Orthopedics This Week) Definition: A Class I Recall is a situation in which

THINK Surgical partners with UOC for robotic knee procedures

ROBOTICS SUPPLIER TEAMS WITH UNITED ORTHOPEDIC CORP (Orthopedics This Week) California-based THINK Surgical, Inc., a robotic technology company that manufactures

Tele-Rehab is as good as face-to-face rehab

THE #1 ADVANTAGE FOR THA OR TKA TELE-REHABILITATION (Orthopedics This Week) New work presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of

Intellirod Spine Receives First-Ever Spine FDA De Novo Approval

Intellirod Spine Receives First-Ever Spine FDA De Novo Approval (press release) MCRA Assists Intellirod Spine™ with 1st ever Spine De

The ROSA Robot system is cleared in the US for spine

Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for Robotic ROSA One Spine System (press release) Zimmer Biomet becomes first company in the

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

A Technical Review of Additive Manufacturing in Orthopedics

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Molecular Matrix brings ‘Next Generation’ Bone Regenerative Technology to orthopedics

Molecular Matrix Brings ‘Next Generation’ Bone Regenerative Technology to the Market (press release) SMolecular Matrix, Inc. (“MMI”), is a California

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

Brilliant! OrthoGrid solves the C-arm distortion problem

OrthoGrid Systems’ PhantomMSK™ Platform Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Novel Distortion Adaptation Technology in Orthopedic Surgery (press release) OrthoGrid Systems,

Lima installs the first 3D-printing facility inside a major US hospital campus

HSS OPENING 3D PRINTING LAB FOR COMPLEX, PERSONALIZED ORTHO IMPLANTS (Orthopedics This Week) New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) will now

Artificial Intelligence should start with Artificial Joints

Artificial Intelligence Should Start With Artificial Joints (Forbes) Artificial intelligence (A. I.) will inevitably converge with medicine, yet how and where

Too much money!

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

Spine device to prevent spinal disc herniation wins PMA after setback

Device to prevent spinal disc herniation wins PMA after setback (MedTechDive) Website – Intrinsic Therapeutics Dive Brief: Intrinsic Therapeutics has received

Trice Medical acquires Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release startup

Trice Medical Acquires SegWAY™ Orthopaedics (press release) website – Trice Medical website – SEGWAY Orthopaedics Trice Medical announced today that it is acquiring

AMB SURGICAL – Getting Smart about Pediatric Orthopedics

written by Medtech Strategists by Colin Miller, shared on LinkedIn AMB Surgical website A child with spinal deformity may undergo as many as

Zimmer’s Rosa robot, acquired in 2016, is cleared for Total Knee surgeries in the US

Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for ROSA® Knee System for Robotically-Assisted Surgeries (press release) Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX:

J&J tries to buy surgical robotics firm, sources say

Johnson & Johnson Tries to Buy Surgical Robotics Firm, Sources Say (Bloomberg) Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care

Is Cervical Disc Arthroplasty still “experimental” ?

CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY NOT “EXPERIMENTAL.” WELL, YEAH. (Orthopedics This Week) Why is the most studied spinal implant in history considered to be “experimental”?

Bio-Printers are churning out biologics for spine repair

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DinamicOR brings a solution to the operating room

When I first saw this, I thought… “Wow, this just makes sense. What hasn’t anyone else invented this? Looks like

5 Surgical Robots to Look Out for in 2019

5 Surgical Robots to Look Out for in 2019 (RBR Insider) Just as manufacturers rely on robots to reduce human errors

FDA clears absorbable foot and ankle pins

FDA clears absorbable foot and ankle implant (MedTechDive) Ossio website Dive Brief: Ossio announced Monday it received FDA 510(k) clearance for a

SpineSource acquires patents for expandable titanium cage

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