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Study: 2 percent of Americans have new hips, knees (KTAR) It’s not just grandma with a new hip and your uncle […]

Biomet files for IPO to help pay off buyout debt (MarketWatch)   Orthopedic device manufacturer Biomet Inc. filed plans Friday for

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Court Dismisses POD Lawsuit Against OIG (press release) On February 5, 2014, a federal court dismissed a challenge to the U.S.

  Globus Medical a leading musculoskeletal implant manufacturer, today announced that it has acquired Excelsius Surgical. Excelsius Surgical is developing a next

ANOTHER FIRST FOR HSS! (Orthopedics This Week) For the fifth year in a row Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has an

We all know that Design Control documentation is an expensive, time consuming, and vital component to medical device product development.

SPINE SURGEON UNDER INVESTIGATION DISAPPEARS (Orthopedics This Week) “Where’s Dr. Durrani?” Atiq Durrani, M.D., a Pakistani-born spine surgeon who is under

Speaker: New classification system will simplify periprosthetic fracture management in joint replacement (Healio) Two surgeons have developed a new classification system

Warsaw hub of orthopedic evolution (Journal Gazette) DePuy history (DePuy) Among the world’s top seven orthopedic companies, three of them are in

Medical Device Manufacturer Plans Expansion (OnlineTMD) “From pharmaceutical to orthopedic leaders, Indiana’s sound fiscal policies, low-tax structure, and talented workforce continue

Small Device Companies May Bear Biggest Brunt of Controversial Tax (OrthoSpineNews) Large companies making medical devices such as artificial knees are

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

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

Breaking News – Medtronic Sues (OrthoSpineNews) As a follow-up to our post from Friday regarding Medtronic’s IP lawsuits, we have uncovered

NUVASIVE LAUNCHES SMALLER INCISION PROCEDURE (Orthopedics This Week) NuVasive, Inc. launched its Maximum Access Surgery Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MAS® PLIF)

BONE GROWTH STIM CONVICTIONS MOUNT (Orthopedics This Week) The drip, drip, drip of former Orthofix, Inc. employees convicted of cheating Medicare

J.&J. Unit Phasing Out All-Metal Hip Devices (NY Times) The orthopedic unit of Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that it was phasing out

Medtronic Cutting Approximately 50 Warsaw Jobs (Stacey Page Online) A representative for Medtronic today has confirmed that the orthopedics company will

Smith & Nephew CEO says Memphis media reports on layoffs cause were ‘just wrong’ (Memphis Business Journal) While confirming the company

Annual Orthopeadic Trauma Association Meeting Studies: Generic Implants Deliver Major Health Care Savings, Quality Outcomes (press release) Scientific research presented at

Non-surgical orthopedic medical devices: an interview with Brian Moore, Director of Sales and Product Marketing from DJO global Could you

Revolutionary Bone Graft Coating (Orthopedics This Week) A team of researchers at Penn State has found that coating a bone graft

CONMED Corporation and Exactech to Partner in North America on Comprehensive Medical Education Programs to Treat the Continuum of Shoulder

Greatbatch to Relocate Ortho Unit – Analyst Blog (Nasdaq Blog) Medical technology company, Greatbatch Inc. recently proposed to relocate Greatbatch Medical’s orthopedics manufacturing

Medical device spin-out SurgaColl Technologies gets €2m injection (Silicon Republic) SurgaColl Technologies, a spin-out from the Royal College of Surgeons in

Change is in the Air: A Medtech Industry SWOT Analysis (QMED) Medical device companies are being forced to rethink their business

NeoCart Tissue Implant Superior to Microfracture (Biloine Young @ OTW) The regenerative medicine company Histogenics Corporation received encouraging news in an

Aesculap Implant Systems, LLC Debuts New VEGA System® PS Knee Replacement Technology (press release) The VEGA System Design is a Pivotal

The FDA granted 20 spine-related device clearances in May. Ayers Rock Cervical Cage from Qualgenix. Lateral Fusion Device from Integra Spine. Mont Blanc Pedicle

Globus of Audubon increases IPO goal (Philadelphia Business Journal) Globus Medical bumped up the maximum amount it is seeking to raise

Surgeon Owners Perform More Surgery (Biloine Young @ OTW) Do orthopedic surgeons who own their own surgery centers perform more procedures

Orthovative Technologies wins Wake Forest competition (Triad Business Journal) Orthovative Technologies, a company started by Wake Forest MBA student David Smitherman and Wake

An In-depth book of “Operative Techniques in Orthopedic Surgical Oncology” is Only Guide on Orthopedic Oncology Tumor Surgery Co-author James

  Insights from AAOS: Using Social Media to Enhance Patient Care (OrthoTec) At this morning’s AAOS event, Dr. Raymond Raven III, MD