Higher Volume Surgeons Have Lower Medicare Payments, Readmissions, and Mortality After THA (Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research) Background The advent of value-based care, in which surgeons […]
Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Clearance for ROSA® Knee System for Robotically-Assisted Surgeries (press release) Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX:
Injections of bone cement into fractured vertebrae fail to relieve pain any more than a placebo does, researchers found. Spinal
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Johnson & Johnson Tries to Buy Surgical Robotics Firm, Sources Say (Bloomberg) Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care
CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY NOT “EXPERIMENTAL.” WELL, YEAH. (Orthopedics This Week) Why is the most studied spinal implant in history considered to be “experimental”?
Ex-ArthroCare CEO Baker loses appeal of 20-year sentence (Mass Device) A federal appeals court this week upheld the 20-year sentence imposed on
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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 (RBR Insider) Just as manufacturers rely on robots to reduce human errors
NOTE: Kyocera purchased 100% of assets of Renovis but not the company to sidestep any PODs issues. KYOCERA to Purchase
FDA clears absorbable foot and ankle implant (MedTechDive) Ossio website Dive Brief: Ossio announced Monday it received FDA 510(k) clearance for a
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IS METAL HYPERSENSITIVTY TESTING UNNECESSARY? (Orthopedics This Week) A new review article has found that the existing literature does not support preoperative metal
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Medicare’s bundled ortho payments yield modest savings (MassDevice) Medicare’s randomized trial of a new bundled payment model for hip and knee
COMPENSATION SHOULD BE ADJUSTED FOR BMI-RELATED COSTS (Orthopedics This Week) Researchers from Canada have examined the costs and outcomes of total hip arthroplasty
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Revolutionizing the Future of Orthopedics — Teddy Hodges, BRACEUNDER (Medium) Health Transformer Teddy Hodges, co-founder and CEO of BRACEUNDER, discusses his company’s cutting
3D Printing Orthopedic Solutions — Where are we? An Update. (Medium) Healthcare is rapidly changing and by this, I mean that the technology
CARTILAGE PROCEDURES: INDICATIONS, TRENDS, AND COMPLICATION RATES (Orthopedics This Week) New work from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois,
EARLY REVIEWS OF ZIMMER BIOMET/APPLE’S MYMOBILITY APP Approximately two months ago, Zimmer Biomet announced the mymobility app which is meant to walk
RE: TDR, IT’S OBJECTIVE REALITY VS. SUBJECTIVE OPINION (Orthopedics This Week) A curious researcher from Croatia has dug into 80 studies
ZIMMER BIOMET: FIRST SURGERY USING ROSA KNEE ROBOT (Orthopedics This Week) Warsaw, Indiana-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. has announced the
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO PROFESSOR PETITIONS FDA FOR REPROCESSING BAN (Orthopedics This Week) University of Toledo professor has petitioned the FDA
Smith & Nephew expands opportunity in meniscal repair through acquisition of unique and highly complementary technology (press release) Smith &
Conformis to lay of 10% of workforce (MassDevice) ConforMIS (NSDQ:CFMS) said yesterday that it plans to lay off about 10% of
Report: J&J willing to pay more than $400m to settle Pinnacle hip cases (MassDevice) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is willing to
The Future of Medical Education Looks a lot like Netflix: Interview with Brian Conyer, CEO of GIBLIB (MedGadget) GIBLIB, named after
C-Suite Awards: Gregory Cole (Washington Business Journal) Greg Cole has spent a decade with K2M Group Holdings Inc., joining in 2008
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FX Shoulder USA, Inc. to Begin Clinical Study on Stemless Reversed Total Shoulder (press release) FX Shoulder USA, Inc. will begin
SPINE SURGEON WINS $112 MILLION IN ROYALTY BATTLE WITH MEDTRONIC (Orthopedics This Week) An Indiana spine surgeon and inventor has
Cost of health care:Stethoscope money and smartphone By focusing on improving outcomes – whether that’s through pre-operative management or more
$3.15 BILLION FOR DJO GLOBAL, FROM A WELDER? (Orthopedics This Week) $3.15 billion is a lot of money for
[Read more] 6 Questions with Nick Deeter, the undisputed pioneer of orthopedic implants for kids WishBone Medical, Inc. acquires
The Cadisc-L from Ranier Technology is a polyurethane-polycarbonate graduated modulus spinal disc implant with physiological, progressive bending stiffness.
Zimmer Biomet recalls spine fusion, bone growth stimulators (MedTechDive) Dive Brief: Zimmer Biomet is recalling 1,360 of its implantable spine fusion
A Spine-Surgery Robot Turned This Entrepreneur Into A Billionaire. But How Well Does His Robot Work? (Forbes) When David C. Paul traveled
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room (NPR) In the operating room, surgical masks and matching
Remember – ChoiceSpine acquires Exaxtech’s spine assets Altus Capital Partners, Inc. Acquires ChoiceSpine, LP (press release) Altus Capital Partners, Inc. (“Altus”),
MedTechDive Dive Brief: Colfax has struck a $3.15 billion all-cash deal to acquire DJO Global, a manufacturer of orthopedic bracing
3 Startups Using Augmented Reality in Surgery (Nanalyze) Tech billionaire Peter Thiel famously said, “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”
Read more here – Everything you need to know about the first wearable orthopedic device, TracPatch Do Wearables Have a
Top 10 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Impacting Healthcare (AlgorthmXLab) As the ability of artificial intelligence grows it is increasingly having an
Written by Joe Hage in the MedicalDevicesGroup on LinkedIn You know that nice, little Medical Device Directive (the MDD) you’ve
How medical-device CEOs can navigate digital disruption in healthcare (McKinsey & Company) Medical-device companies will need to reinvent themselves to
