FDA panel drills down on metal implants reactions
FDA panel wants info on metal implant reactions (TMGPulse) An FDA panel will meet this week to discuss immunological responses […]
Integrating Digital Content inside the orthopedic surgical field can help to improve Patient Care
On January 9th, 2007, Steve Jobs stood before the MacWorld gathering in San Francisco and announced a new product. As
3D printing is coming to bone and cartilage
3D Bioprinting Bone – One Defect At A Time (3DHeals blog) This blog was inspired by my own clinical experience
6 Questions with Brian McLaughlin, President and Founder at Amplify, an entrepreneurial leader in additive manufacturing for orthopedics
Amplify is a US-based additive manufacturing company specializing in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of 3D metal-printed orthopedic implants. The
Is an ortho company going to acquire Freedom Innovations’ smart foot, ankle and knee prosthetics?
Website- https://www.freedom-innovations.com/ FTC orders Otto Bock to divest Freedom Innovations assets from recent acquisition (press release) The Federal Trade Commission
OsteoRemedies launches the 1st pre-formed Knee Spacer with Modular Stems.
The REMEDY® Stemmed Knee Spacer’s interconnected pores allow for extended antibiotic elution while improving OR efficiency vs handmade IM dowels.
To propel your orthopedics career, run away from comfort.
I talk to alot of orthopedic industry people every week. I’m surprised by some of the career motives I hear.
“I need an Engineer.”
I hear this request often. Ortho executives call and say… “I need an Engineer”. This is the wrong question… an Engineer
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
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
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
Changes are coming to Smith+Nephew
Smith+Nephew CEO steps down over pay, ex-Roche Diagnostics chief to take over (press release) Smith+Nephew Plc (SN.L) Chief Executive Namal
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
Ortho Startup bringing artificial intelligence to Orthopedics
website – enhatch The Evolution of Intelligent Surgery™ (enhatch website) The introduction of artificial intelligence is effecting a change in
CurvaFix wins FDA clearance for steerable fixation in the pelvis
CurvaFix website – https://curvafix.com/ FDA CLEARS STEERABLE RODSCREW FOR PELVIC REPAIR (Orthopedics This Week) Trauma fixation device maker, CurvaFix, Inc.,
The answer to your execution question is a Who
Orthopedics companies execute an endless string of projects. The best Orthopedic companies scale faster because they executing projects faster and
New guidance from FDA on software in orthopedics.
HOW WILL THE FDA REGULATE MEDICAL DEVICE SOFTWARE? (Orthopedics This Week) The FDA wants to be crystal clear about how
Orthopedics companies need to partner with consumer-tech firms to prepare for the prevention/wellness wave in the 2020’s.
New report says partnerships key to future success for medtech firms (MedCityNews) Partnerships with consumer-tech firms could help medtech companies
Can Stryker’s massive distribution muscle save Conformis?
Read also – ConforMIS is our TiVo in the orthopedics industry Conformis and Stryker Execute Development, License and Distribution Agreements
Really? Brainlab’s new intraoperative imaging robot
Does anyone really believe that the future of spine surgery includes a “giant ring” that wraps about the patient on
Work in a startup three times in your life.
First, in your 20’s, to learn. You are a sponge. Your goal is to learn, take on new challenges, hustle
Analyst: Latest Stryker deal is more than “just another tuck-in acquisition”
Analyst: Latest Stryker deal is more than “just another tuck-in acquisition” (MedCityNews) Don’t mistake Stryker’s latest $500 million deal in
The 1st Artificial Meniscus has earned the FDA’s “Breakthrough Device Designation” for an expedited review
Why is this important? Reason #1 – The “Breakthrough Device Designation” is new for Orthopedics. Active Implants is either the
OrthoSpin wins FDA clearance for its smart Ex-Fix system
OrthoSpin Receives FDA Regulatory Clearance (press release) OrthoSpin Ltd. a portfolio company of The Trendlines Group Ltd. (“Trendlines”) (SGX: 42T) (OTCQX: TRNLY),
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 =
6 Questions with Rich Walsh, who is delivering digital health for Ortho, PT and Sports Medicine care delivery settings
I recently took the time to visit with Rich Walsh, Chief Revenue Officer at AMP Recover, in order to learn
Who might end up owning most of the spine outcomes data in the US next decade? The American Spine Registry.
Announcing the American Spine Registry (Newswise) The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) today announced a
DePuy Synthes acquires JointPoint for better total hip surgical navigation
DePuy Synthes Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Assets of JointPoint, Inc. to Enhance Surgical Accuracy and Reproducibility in Hip Replacement
Stryker doubles down on robotics with $500M spine imaging acquisition
Stryker dives deeper into spine imaging, robotics with $500M deal (FierceBiotech) Stryker is snapping up CT scanner manufacturer Mobius Imaging—along
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
Why Navigation for TKA didn’t work back in 2009, and why Robot assistance for TKA works today.
Why Navigation was doomed to fail in 2009? And why Robotics rock the house in 2019! (Philip Winnock de Grave,
Why the Big Orthos don’t need internal startups.
I recently saw that Stryker bought OrthoSpace for $200M. This got me thinking. Why didn’t Stryker just invent OrthoSpace themselves? Or for
Improve outcomes after total joint surgery with automated texts
STUDY REVEALS AUTOMATED TEXT MESSAGES IMPROVE OUTCOMES AFTER JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY (TracPatch Blog) The development of smartphone technology and text
Arthrex wins a $375M deal with Dept of Defense
Arthrex wins $375m DoD deal (MassDevice) The U.S. Defense Dept. yesterday awarded a contract worth up to $375 million to Arthrex for
Getting the price right: Hospitals target variation in joint replacement
Getting the price right: Hospitals target variation in joint replacement (ModernHealthCare) When HonorHealth leaders were looking for ways last year to
Omar is retiring. A quick look back at how he transformed Medtronic into the world’s largest medtech company.
Here’s how Omar Ishrak transformed Medtronic into the world’s largest medtech operation (MassDevice) Omar Ishrak used a series of M&A
20% of total hip patients may have a spinal deformity
20% OF HIP REPLACEMENT PATIENTS MAY HAVE SPINAL DEFORMITY (Orthopedics This Week) A new study, “Prevalence of Sagittal Spinal Deformity
The digital future in orthopedics may be “less Rep”, instead of Rep-Less.
Einstein provides a full array of digital content to the surgical team, as well as full scanning capabilities for everything
Device Mfg – Surgeon relationships are ripe for fraud litigation
Devicemaker-doctor relationships ripe for fraud litigation (Modern Healthcare) A recent False Claims Act lawsuit claiming that a medical device company
10 Robots in Orthopedic Surgery today – InfoGraphic
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Intellirod Spine launches wearable sensor to solve the compliance issue
INTELLIROD SPINE: LAUNCHING ILINK WEARABLE SENSOR (press release) Microsoft Word – Intellirod Spine – iLink PR w image 8-21-19 FINAL
Vertebral Body Tethering to become a mainstream Scoliosis Treatment
FDA Approval Recognizes Vertebral Body Tethering as a Mainstream Scoliosis Treatment (TMG Pulse) FDA Description of The Tether A first-of-its-kind
Surgeons are poor predictors of the benefits from meniscus and cartilage procedures
Surgeons Not Good at Predicting Benefit From Knee Operations (MedScape) Surgeons are no better at determining which patients might benefit
What to do when the Cartiva Implant Fails
When the Cartiva Big Toe Joint Implant Fails (University Foot & Ankle Institute) The Cartiva implant was considered to be
The short history of Titan Spine from 2006 to 2018
Titan Spine ‘turns it to eleven’ (BizTimes) With a proprietary surface technology and a runway of private equity investment, Titan Spine
Have government scientists solved the artificial hips corrosion problem?
Have government scientists solved the artificial hips corrosion problem? (TMG Pulse – Released on August 8, 2019 | Written by
The high cost of total joint procedures in the US is driving patients to Medical Tourism
Read also – Disruptive Trend in Orthopedics – Medical Tourism Reversal A Mexican Hospital, an American Surgeon, and a $5,000
Globus Medical acquires Stelkast for $28M to advance robotics platform in total joints
press release from Globus Globus Medical Acquires StelKast, Hip and Knee Device Company (OrthoWorld) Globus Medical (GMED) acquired substantially all
5 Historical Game Changers in Orthopedics
Let’s go back in history to look at five game-changing innovations in orthopedics and see how they originated. These five changed