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Orthopedic Development leader, IMDS, Expands Capabilities with a New Facility in Orlando

IMDS® Expands Capabilities with New Orlando Facility (press release) IMDS® (Innovative Medical Device Solutions) announces the […]

Why Do Knee Implants Fail? Is it the Patient, the Surgeon, or the Device itself?

Why Do Knee Implants Fail? (Biloine Young @ OTW) How often do total knee arthroplasties fail? And why

Global spine surgery market analysis 2011

Worldwide Spine Surgery Device Market by Modality, 2010 Global spine surgery market analysis 2011 (MedMarket) In mid 2011, we completed

Who is Reinhold Schmieding?

NOTE: This article was written in 2011 and gives the history of Arthrex from 1991 to 2007. Enterpreneur of the

Social networking and online marketing efforts have a real ROI for Orthopedic practices

Social networking, online marketing efforts have real return on investment (OrthoSuperSite) This month’s 4 Questions interview is with Gregory

Expanding Orthopedics initiates study to measure Pedicle Screw performance in Germany

Pedicle Screw Study Launched (written by Biloine Young @ OTW) Expanding Orthopedics Inc. (EOI), based in Israel, has launched

Medtronic wins patent battle with NuVasive – 4th largest patent infringement award this year

Medtronic’s big win over NuVasive (MassDevice) Medtronic scored a big win yesterday in its patent war with NuVasive

New CEO, Omar Ishrak, is striving to restore growth at Medtronic

Omar Ishrak Striving to Restore Growth at Medtronic (written by Lauren Uzdienski @ HealthPointCapital) On Medtronic’s

Orthopedic surgeons in Austin are injecting bone marrow stem cells into knee joints to reduce inflammation

Texas Docs Injecting Stem Cells (Bilione Young @ OTW) Dr. Robert Johnson, an orthopedic surgeon in Austin, Texas, took stem cells

Indiana’s $44B Life Sciences Industry Packs a Powerful Punch

Indiana’s $44 Billion Life Sciences Industry Packs a Powerful Punch (press release) New report underscores state’s national rankings as a

New operating table makes the anterior approach to total hip replacement easier

Princeton Baptist Medical Center, a member of the Baptist Health System in Birmingham, AL, is revolutionizing regional orthopedic care by

Zimmer launches new bone defect augmentation shapes for revision total knees

Zimmer Introduces Comprehensive Range of Trabecular Metal™ Augment Shapes and Cones for Knee Revision Surgery (press release) Zimmer’s New Tool

FDA Panel favors “Approval” for Biomimetics Therapeutics Augment bone growth factor

FDA Panel Vote… Safety? – 12 Yes, 6 No Efficacy? – 10 Yes, 8 No Benefits outweigh Risks? – 10

Bone Marrow Biopsy is quicker and less painful with the new Vidacare system

Bone Marrow Biopsy Quicker, Less Painful With Rotary Device (Medscape) The results from the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of a

3 new Orthopedic products receive design awards from MDDI magazine

37 Innovative Products Win Medical Design Excellence Award (press release) Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) magazine has announced the

Drop us a note….. Tell us what you want to read at OrthoStreams

email Tiger directly at tigerbuford@gmail.com …and THANK YOU for your support by continuing to click on ADs –> … Get

Ortho Kinematics raises $2M to diagnose the cause of back pain

Ortho Kinematics raises $2M of $5.1M round (Austin Business Journal) Ortho Kinematics is working to create medical devices that can

Are device firms ready to add jobs? Symmetry may be an indicator

Are device firms ready to add jobs? (MDDI) … Get access to full posts newsletters, trends, and market reports for

Done deal – K2M is acquired by a Private Equity firm

Welsh Carson Completes K2M Buyout Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe to Acquire Majority Position in Spine Firm K2M (Press Release)

$1M Ohio grants are awarded to Lanx, SpineForm and OrthoHelix Surgical Designs

Lanx Inc (Broomfield, CO) was awarded $1 million to form an Ohio division in Columbus to finalize the design and

The OrthoVation Center, a Fort Wayne orthopedic incubator, is opened with four startups

First four startups are: Del Palma Orthopedics, Nanovis, BioSpine, and Sites Medical. Whitley County Company Introduces New OrthoVation Center (MSNBC)

New Zealand Researchers closer to making implants from seashells that will ultimately be replaced by bone

Research another step towards orthopaedic implants made from shell (Victoria News Article) … Get access to full posts newsletters, trends,

Good press for SNN’s Visionaire system for patient matched knees – one patient’s story

Custom-made joints: Replacement knees now a perfect fit (The Record Herald – Wayneboro, PA) … Get access to full posts

Stryker makes strategic play into Robotics

Stryker Enters Strategic Marketing Agreement With Intuitive Surgical (PRNewsWire) … Get access to full posts newsletters, trends, and market

Flexuspine approved for first clinical study for a Total Spine Arthroplasty system in the US

Flexuspine: IDE for FSU (Orthopedics This Week) FDA has granted conditional approval to begin the initial phase of the Investigational

Study identifies accuracy, reasons related to disclosure among orthopedic surgeons

Study identifies accuracy, reasons related to disclosure among orthopedic surgeons (OrthoSuperSite) Overall disclosure rate is 71% … Get access to full

Trend – US Doctors Traveling Abroad to Treat American Medical Tourists

Now U.S. Doctors Traveling Abroad to Treat American Medical Tourists (PRNewsWire) Trends to Watch in Orthopedic Medicine … Get access

Baxter Spends Big on ApaTech to Join Orthobiologics Fray

Baxter Spends Big on ApaTech to Join Orthobiologics Fray (Medical Devices Today) … Get access to full posts newsletters,

Gender-specific sizing for knee implants – Dr. Blaha says that data shows it’s not necessary

Gender-specific sizing for knee implants: Do the data confirm the need? (OrthoSuperSite) … Get access to full posts newsletters, trends,

Former DePuy Marketing executive has been sentenced for corrupt payments to Greek health officials

Former executive of J&J subsidiary jailed (BusinessWeek) Former DePuy Exec Jailed in Europe (Orthopedics This Week) A former executive of

Articulinx raises $10M to develop interpositional spacers for hand Osteoarthritis

Articulinx, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series B Financing (BusinessWire) http://www.articulinx.com … Get access to full posts newsletters, trends, and

Trend: Obese Canadians are driving a surge in Total Knee replacements

Bulging waistlines lead to surge in hip, knee replacements (Vancouver Sun) Obesity, Hips, Knees and Canadians (Orthopedics This Week) …

A cure for spinal cord injuries will come from a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from expertise in several medical fields

Next decade offers promise for treatment of spinal cord injuries (link to ScienceBlog) … Get access to full posts newsletters,

Simulatenous ACL + Meniscus repair in children is effective

Repair of torn knee meniscus at the time of ACL reconstruction is safe and effective for children by ScienceBlog 84%

New Orthopedic Market Research available

Orthopedics: Global Industry Guide – a new market research report on companiesandmarkets.com The global orthopedics market grew by 7.2% in

Boston Med Device firms are optimistic about future

Survey: Med device firms plan to hire by BizJournals.com 34.9% reported improvement in their business 58% expect improvement within the next

CareFusion sues Medtronic over kyphoplasty patents – Is this newcomer waking a sleeping lion?

Medtronic Hit With Antitrust Suit Over Spine Treatments by Law360 Let’s Get Ready to Rumble by OrthoSpineNews.com … Get

CareFusion now offers devices for both vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty

CareFusion Launches New Device to Help Treat Spinal Fractures …CNNMoney CareFusion is the first company to offer devices for both

Rotator cuff repair is effective, but long-term function is not restored

Henry Ford Hospital study: Shoulder function not fully restored after surgery …Eurekalert “Although patient satisfaction is generally very high after

The Value Of PRP In Orthopedics

by Helen Pavlov M.D., F.A.C.R., Radiologist in Chief at Hospital for Special Surgery Platelet activation plays a key role

Anulex Technologies Announces The Launch Of The Xclose Plus Tissue Repair System And Achieves 7,300 Patients Treated Milestone

Anulex Technologies, Inc., a privately held medical device manufacturer focusing on spinal disc Preservation & Anular Repair™ products, announced

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