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AAOS: FABER distance test can be a simple screen for femoroacetabular impingement

FABER distance test can be a simple screen for femoroacetabular impingement (AAOS) Session: 421-435-Sports […]

AAOS: Cobalt Chrome Spine Implants in Kids Set Off Airport Alarms

Cobalt Chrome Spine Implants in Kids Set Off Airport Alarms (MedPageToday) But stainless steel devices were invisible to TSA metal detectors.

AAOS: Minimalist Running Shoes May Need Longer Transition

AAOS: Minimalist Running Shoes May Need Longer Transition (DoctorsLounge) A new study suggests that runners over the age of 30 who

IlluminOss enrolls first Proximal Humerus Fracture Repair patient

IlluminOss Medical Announces the Enrollment of First Patient in Proximal Humerus Fracture Repair Trial at Albert Schweitzer Hospital (press release) Light

AAOS: Majority of parents unaware of safe pitching practices

Majority of parents unaware of safe pitching practices (AAOS) A new study presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the

AAOS: Driving 2 weeks after Hip Replacement may be OK

Driving Two Weeks Post Hip Replacement May Be OK, Small Study Reports (Arthroplasty Journal) Many people who’ve had hip replacement surgery

AAOS: 64% of military service members undergoing ankle fracture fixation had returned to daily running at 3 years

64% of military service members undergoing ankle fracture fixation had returned to daily running at 3 years Jordana @ Twitter

AAOS: First study to show similar gait outcomes for total ankle replacement vs arthrodesis

First study to show similar gait outcomes for total ankle replacement vs arthrodesis Presentation Abstract Session: 256-270-Foot and Ankle I

AAOS: Employment Contracts for Orthopaedic Surgeons

Employment Contracts for Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) With rising hospital employment of physicians, unfolding reform policies, and tightening reimbursement, medical practices need

AAOS Roundtable: “Tommy John” Surgeries: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Protocols

“Tommy John” Surgeries: Pearls, Pitfalls, and Protocols (AAOS Now) A roundtable on treating ulnar collateral ligament overuse injuries The incidence of

VIDEO: The Surgionix SLICK Universal drill technology eliminates depth gauges

Revolutionary surgical drill bit goes on show in Las Vegas All-in-one device eliminates need for depth gauge A revolutionary surgical

Top 5 Orthopedic procedures that are financial conflicts of interest

Orthopedists’ Financial Conflicts Can Hurt Patients, Surgeon Says (MedPage Today) It’s financially compelling for doctors to do things that don’t help

First time use of Zimmer’s new Reverse Shoulder in US with vitamin E poly

ZIMMER REPORTS FIRST SHOULDER USE OF VIVACIT-E IN U.S. (Orthopedics This Week) Zimmer Holdings, Inc.’s Vivacit-E Line for the Trabecular Metal

A national medical device surveillance system is proposed

NEW DEVICE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM PROPOSED (Orthopedics This Week) The health care arm of the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. prepared a

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4 Early Observations about the combined Zimmer-Biomet

#1 – The big picture numbers of the deal Both boards have approved the definitive merger agreement. Closing is expected in early

Biomet’s bribery charges gets in the way of the Zimmer-Biomet acquisition

BIOMET BRIBERY CHARGES OVERSHADOW RUMORS OF EU ZIMMER ACQUISITION APPROVAL (Orthopedics This Week) Timeline of DOJ versus Orthopedic Companies Unnamed sources

The Complete List of Worldwide Orthopedic Companies – 2015 Edition available for AAOS!

Download it here and use it at the AAOS in Las Vegas $250 This Excel file took me many months

6 Questions with Chris Hughes, an entrepreneur who is challenging conventional thinking in Orthopedics

This is the first in a series of 6-Question interviews with the leaders who are challenging conventional thinking in Orthopedics. (you can

Zimmer secures cheaper financing for Biomet acquisition

ZIMMER SECURES CHEAPER FINANCING FOR BIOMET DEAL (Orthopedics This Week) Zimmer press release Your Dashboard for the Zimmer-Biomet Merger Zimmer Holdings,

Cytori begins knee OA study with autologous adipose cells

KNEE OA TRIAL ENROLLS FIRST SUBJECT (Orthopedics This Week) San Diego-based Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. has treated its first patient in its

DePuy launches “Patient Athlete” program for total joint patients

DEPUY SYNTHES LAUNCHES “PATIENT ATHLETE” PROGRAM (Orthopedics This Week) “Patient Athlete” website Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy Synthes Companies and the Human

No advantage in using computer-assisted-surgical navigation for Total Knee Arthroplasty

Advantages of electromagnetic navigation in TKA remain unclear (Healio) According to researchers, demonstrating the value of using electromagnetic navigation in total

1st outpatient hip replacement performed in New York City

FIRST OUTPATIENT HIP REPLACEMENT IN NYC (Orthopedics This Week) NYU Langone Medical Center has become the first academic medical center in

6 Conference presentation summaries by Surgeons for Surgeons

Six important orthopedics videos from February (Healio) Orthopedics Today has highlighted six important videos from February

25 Dos and Don’ts for Creating Value in an Orthopedic Startup

Guest article by Marty Wynkoop My nearly 20 years in startups have taught me several valuable lessons. Valuable, because those

Analysts are predicting a spike in volume of knee replacements this spring

A SPIKE OF SPRINGTIME KNEE REPLACEMENTS? (Orthopedics This Week) Is there going to be a spike of requests for knee replacement

Study: ACL reconstruction is linked to Knee Osteoarthritis

PRIOR ACLR RELATED TO KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS (Orthopedics This Week) If you are a young athlete who had anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

EC Statement: Metal-on-metal implants long-lasting, potentially dangerous

Metal-on-metal implants long-lasting, potentially dangerous (Healio) The European Commission recently released a fact sheet detailing the advantages, disadvantages and potential health

Stryker finds slow sales for its newly acquired MAKO Robotic Platform

Can Stryker Get More Surgeons to Use MAKO Robotic Platform? (MDDI blog) Posted in Implantable Devices by Arundhati Parmar on March

Court orders new trial for the $102M Medtronic patent case against Nuvasive

U.S. court orders new trial for damages in Medtronic patent case (Reuters) SUMMARY A federal appeals court

The story of how a 3D Printing orthopedic company came into existence

How It All Started: Mobelife (Materialize) In October 2008 at 27-years-old, I was just finishing my PhD in biomedical engineering at

Chinese surgeons use Materialize 3D printing technology to rebuild shoulder

3D PRINTING GUIDES SURGERY IN CHINA (Orthopedics This Week) Chinese doctors have used 3D printing to treat an injury referred to

Yet another sign of the coming Medical Device Commoditization

Another Sign of Medical Device Commoditization? (blog of Chris Provines) Rumors circulated this week that Cardinal Healthcare is in talks to

Book Review: The Future of Medicine is NOT in Your Hands

The Future of Medicine is NOT in Your Hands (blog article from Saif Abed, MD) Purchase this book at Amazon I

Stryker opens a European headquarters in Amsterdam

Stryker opens regional European HQ in Amsterdam (press release) Stryker recently announced the grand opening of its European Regional Headquarters in

Globus Medical acquires local manufacturer for $53M

Globus Medical Announces the Acquisition of Branch Medical Group, Inc. (press release) Globus Medical website Branch Medical Group website

The Medical Device Industry unveiled an “Innovation Agenda”

DEVICE INDUSTRY LAYS OUT “INNOVATION AGENDA” (Orthopedics This Week) AdvaMed, the medical device industry’s largest trade group, has unveiled an “Innovation

Depuy ASR Metal-on-Metal hip settlement could top $4B

DEPUY HIP SETTLEMENTS COULD TOP $4 BILLION (Orthopedics This Week) There are 1,400 new DePuy ASR metal-on-metal hip patients who are

First patient is treated with the Luna 360 Interbody Fusion device from Benvenue

FIRST PATIENT TREATED WITH LUNA 360 FUSION SYSTEM (Orthopedics This Week) It’s a first for the spine experts at Benvenue Medical,

Fast-growing Precision Spine is now preparing for acquisitions

PRECISION SPINE REFINANCING TO GO SHOPPING (Orthopedics This Week) Privately held Precision Spine, Inc. of Parsippany, New Jersey, is refinancing its

The 2.3% Medical Device Tax is responsible for 195,000 lost jobs

AdvaMed claims 195,000 jobs lost to medical device tax (MassDevice) AdvaMed claims that the medical device tax will wind up costing

Dirty Dancing actress gets her life back after receiving cervical disc technology from LDR Spine

DIRTY DANCING ACTRESS’ NECK SAVED BY MOBI-C (Orthopedics This Week) Actress Jennifer Grey was in so much pain that she wasn’t

FDA touts progress on demographic information in Clinical Trials

Recent Progress on Demographic Information and Clinical Trials (FDA blog) At FDA, one of our foremost responsibilities is to evaluate and

Where the 2014 VC money went in life sciences – by geo, by industry and the biggest deals

Life Science Startups Raise $8.2 Billion from VCs in 2014 (CB Insights) Here’s where the money in life sciences going –

Sonoma Orthopedics develops innovative Fibular Nail for ankle fracture repair

Sonoma Receives 510(k) FDA Clearance for the Minimally-Invasive FibuLock™ Nail for Ankle Fracture Repair (press release) BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Feb. 13,

Surgeons launch company with a new training tool for spinal injections

http://www.biotrasllc.com/ Dallas-based pain management doctors John East and Brandon Knutson announced today their new biomed company BioTras, LLC and unveiled

Smith & Nephew sponsors competition to solve problems in orthopaedic reconstruction, sports medicine, and trauma

Smith & Nephew returns as co-sponsor for annual M2D2 competition for entrepreneurial medical device companies (press release) LONDON, Feb. 2, 2015

Knee and hip replacements have become commonplace for active baby boomers

Orthopedic implants — once the dreaded inevitability of our final, fragile years — are now part of the lives of