Is transparency the future of research? SI-BONE to share clinical trial data with the world
Transparency in research: SI-BONE to make clinical trial data accessible via Yale YODA Project (YaleNews) With the ultimate goal of fostering […]
DePuy Synthes acquires BioMedical Enterprises’ nitinol extremities implant business
J&J Company DePuy Synthes Buys San Antonio’s BioMedical Enterprises (Xconomy) –> see all Mergers & Acquisitions in Orthopedics BioMedical Enterprises, the San
The Status of Additive Manufacturing in the Orthopedics Industry
Additive Manufacturing Status in the Orthopedics Industry (Orthopedic Design & Technology) see all 3D Printing stories Implants expo organizer offers a
RoundTable Healthcare Partners to acquire Symmetry Surgical for $129M
RoundTable Healthcare Partners to Acquire Symmetry Surgical for $129M (HealthPointCapital) RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a healthcare focused private equity firm, entered into
3D Printing offers a better bone replacement
3D Printing Offers a Better Bone Replacement (ODTMag) see all 3D Printing stories To make a good framework for filling in
Five MIS Spine news stories from the 2016 Spine Summit
Five news items to view for the latest in minimally invasive surgery for spine (Healio) Spine Surgery Today spotlights five news
List of 14 publications on Hydroxyapatite and CaPO4
This article is for the biomaterials nerds who read OrthoStreams. Below are links to 12 recent most comprehensive reviews
Materialise CEO Calls for Common Approach in Measuring Clinical Evidence for Medical 3D Printing
Materialise CEO Calls for Common Approach in Measuring Clinical Evidence for Medical 3D Printing (press release) For more… read my
The new FDA Commissioner says “It’ all about the pain”
NEW FDA COMMISSIONER: “IT’S ABOUT THE PAIN” (Orthopedics This Week) If you’re in the business or profession of addressing pain, you’ve
Stryker debuts a new 3D-printed Posterior Lumbar Cage
Stryker’s Spine Division Debuts 3D-Printed Tritanium® Posterior Lumbar Cage at AANS Meeting (press release) ALLENDALE, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stryker’s Spine division will introduce
Stryker acquires Stanmore Implants for $52M
Stryker (SYK) Acquires Stanmore Implants in GBP 35.6M Deal (StreetInsider) Stryker (NYSE: SYK) announced it has acquired Stanmore Implants Worldwide Limited
Verticore offers a crowfunded solution for low back pain without surgery
VERTECORE: CROWDFUNDING FOR MOBILE SPINAL DECOMPRESSION (Orthopedics This Week) website… Vertecore Lift Go ask “the people”…VerteCore Technologies is doing just that
Startup solves the irreparable rotator cuff problem with balloon technology
Balloon for Irreparable Rotator Cuffs! (Orthopedics This Week) see also… 50 Companies that are leading innovation in Sports Medicine Balloon as
A new algorithm can predict total hip revisions
NEW ALGORITHM PREDICTS HIP JOINT REVISION (Orthopedics This Week) Which patients are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital following
Zimmer-Biomet acquires Cayenne Medical
Multiple is 7.5 X sales – Word on the street says that Zimmer will pay $150M in total earnouts (3
A Spine company launches a new Foot and Ankle product
Centric Medical™ Announces Full Market Release of TARSA-LINK™ Stand-Alone Wedge Fixation System for Foot and Ankle (press release) LIST of 26
Stryker acquires SafeWire for MIS needles in spine surgery
Stryker buys startup to bolster safety in minimally invasive spine surgery (Fierce Medical Devices) Orthopedics implant and spine player Stryker has acquired
Implanet’s Jazz Lock is now cleared in the US and EU
IMPLANET: GREEN LIGHT(S) TO MARKET JAZZ LOCK (Orthopedics This Week) IMPLANET has announced that it has the green light from the
Orthopedic Stem Cells seeing rapid growth in the US
Orthopedic Stem Cell Use in the U.S. Projected to Rise as Competition in the Market Intensifies; Led by NuVasive (press release)
AAOS: Time for orthopedics to jump on the value-based care bandwagon
AAOS: Time for orthopedics to jump on the value-based care bandwagon (The Advisory Board Company) Navigating the transition to value-based care
3-D Printing in Orthopedics – Experts discuss the best applications and limitations
Despite a few drawbacks, 3-D printing has some promising clinical applications (Healio Orthopedics Today) See ALL 3-D stories See 3D Print
SpineSource launches an expandable lumbar interbody cage in the US
SpineSource Launches Expandable Lumbar Interbody Cage in U.S. (OrthoSpineNews) SpineSource, Inc. announced today the U.S. launch of the L-Varlock Lumbar Cage.
Tiger is moving to full-time Executive Recruiting
This is a rare personal article to my readers. I never write about myself, but I have a special announcement.
Four emerging trends that are changing the spine surgery market
Top Four Emerging Trends Impacting the Global Spine Surgery Market (ODT Magazine) The global spine surgery market is expected to grow
Startup in Wyoming has developed an innovative bone drill
Bone drill developer wins hard science incubator award (Wyoming Business Report) The Wyoming company behind the invention of a high tech
LDR Spine: Mobi-C cervical total disc replacement beats fusion at 5 years
LDR: GOOD NEWS AT FIVE YEARS (Orthopedics This Week) LDR Holding Corporation has announced the publication of “Prospective, Randomized Comparison of
Surgeons regrow severed ACLs without using grafts
Doctors Experiment With New Way of Fixing the A.C.L. (NY Times by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS) Anterior cruciate ligaments often tear on
ArthroMeda pulls in $2M for hip replacement sensors
ArthroMeda gets $2M for hip replacement sensors (MedCityNews) In order for arthroplasty surgery to restore proper joint function, surgeons must carefully
New Technology – Spine Imaging through vibrations
Seismic for the Spine (Orthopedic Design and Technology) Magnetic resonance image isn’t everything. A new University of Alberta study shows that
DePuy loses $502M in a metal-on-metal hip lawsuit
Defective Hip Lawsuit Funding Firm, Fair Rate Funding, Reports $502 million Verdict in Pinnacle Hip Implant Trial (press release) Fair Rate
Q&A with Jeff Schell, CEO of TranS1 – Fusing Innovation to the Spinal Sector
Fusing Innovation to the Spinal Sector (by Sean Fenske, Editor @ Orthopedic Design and Technology) TranS1’s Jeff Schell shares his experience
No relationship between acetabular cup ‘safe zone’ and dislocations
OK TO PLACE ACETABULAR CUP OUTSIDE “SAFE ZONE?” (Orthopedics This Week) In a retrospective study, Cleveland Clinic researchers set out to
Study proves that Single-Use and Reusable Surgical Instruments have equivalent carbon footprint
Study Compares Carbon Footprint of Single-Use and Reusable Surgical Instruments (Orthopedic Design and Technology) A lifecycle study performed by Solvay Specialty
FDA votes to bring the first synthetic cartilage product to the US
FDA ORTHO PANEL TO VOTE ON CARTIVA SYNTHETIC CARTILAGE IMPLANT (Orthopedics This Week) Cartiva website The FDA’s Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices
3 takeaways from the AAOS about bundled payments for joint replacements
3 Takeaways from the Annual Meeting of AAOS (by Arundhati Parmar at MDDIonline) How is bundled payment in joint replacement going to affect
ConforMIS sues Smith & Nephew over patient-specific knee implants
ConforMIS sues Smith & Nephew, launches iTotal PS knee implant (press release) Result of the ConforMIS-Wright Medical lawsuit ConforMIS Announces Settlement of
Zimmer-Biomet acquires osseointegrated prosthesis technology for amputees
Zimmer Biomet Completes Acquisition of Ortho Transmission (HealthPointCapital) press release here Zimmer Biomet completed the acquisition of Ortho Transmission, LLC, a
DePuy’s metal-on-metal hip linked with an increased risk of heart failure in men
Specific MoM hip implant linked with increased risk of heart failure in men Men who underwent primary hip arthroplasty with
The most incredible Orthopedist you’ll ever read about
THE MOST INCREDIBLE ORTHOPEDIST YOU’LL EVER READ ABOUT (Orthopedics This Week) Wikipedia page “Hasta la vista, baby.” The day that Munjed
The #1 Debated Issue in Total Knee Arthroplasty
#1 Debated Issue in Total Knee Arthroplasty Is… (Orthopedics This Week) When joint replacement luminaries gather ‘round at the upcoming American
Studies show that SI-BONE’s iFuse implant saves time and money
Studies Show SI-BONE’s iFuse Implant System Saves Time, Money (ODTMag) SI-BONE Inc. has announced the publication of two economic studies showing
BioArchitects wins FDA clearance for 3D printing of skull plates
FDA CLEARS 3D PRINTED SKULL PLATE (Orthopedics This Week) Website… http://bioarchitects.com/ See all 3D Printing articles… here BioArchitects USA has
50% of spine surgeons have performed a “wrong site” surgery
WRONG SITE SURGERY HIGHEST AMONG SPINE SURGEONS? (Orthopedics This Week) Joseph Bosco, III, M.D. is vice chair of the Department of
Corin wins a Metal-on-Metal case… one win for the manufacturers!
CORIN WINS SUMMARY JUDGEMENT IN METAL-ON-METAL HIP SUIT (Orthopedics This Week) Rack one up in the win column for a metal-on-metal
The growing American Joint Replacement Registry – 4,500 surgeons in 618 hospitals
AMERICAN JOINT REPLACEMENT REGISTRY: 618 HOSPITALS, 4,500 SURGEONS, ROBUST DATA (Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed-Orthopedics This Week) Click Here for the 2015 AJRR
Bundled Payments are coming to Joint Replacement Surgery
Bundled Payments Are Coming To Joint Replacement Surgery (Forbes-Dave Chase ,CONTRIBUTOR) TWEET THIS The handwriting is on the wall that the
LDR Spine invests in 3D Printing to enable “Minimal Implant Volume” in the future
LDR INVESTS IN, ALLIES WITH POLY-SHAPE (Orthopedics This Week) Websites… http://www.ldr.com/ http://www.poly-shape.com/ see ALL 3D-Printing stories LDR Holding Corporation has announced that
Stryker Orthopedics to jump into 3D Printing
Orthopedics Giant Stryker announces development of state-of-the-art 3D Printing facility (3drs.org) see All 3D Printing stories Stryker Corporation, the Fortune 500
SpineGuard performs the 1st Dynamic Surgical Guidance for pedicle screws
SPINEGUARD: WORLD’S FIRST WITH DYNAMIC SURGICAL GUIDANCE (Orthopedics This Week) website… http://www.spineguard.com/ SpineGuard, Inc. has announced the world’s
J&J will cut 3,000 jobs in its medical device business
J&J to cut about 3,000 jobs in its medical device business (Philadelphia Business Journal) Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday its plans