Engineers at Wash U use $3M NIH grant to re-engineer rotator cuff repairs
Researchers blend orthopedics, engineering to better repair torn rotator cuffs (ECNMag) Rotator cuff tears are among the most common orthopedic injuries […]
Additional Analysis of the Smith & Nephew acquisition of ArthroCare
Smith & Nephew spend $1.7bn on well-timed ArthroCare buy (Evaluate Group) Smith & Nephew’s $1.7bn cash purchase of a sports medicine specialist, ArthroCare, means
Another first for Google Glass in Orthopedic surgery
ANOTHER GOOGLE GLASS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY (Orthopedics This Week) Live streaming to the patient’s family? U.S.-based Indian orthopedic surgeon Selen G.
Biomet loses $56M Metal-on-Metal hip case, 900 more cases to go
JUDGE APPROVES $56 MILLION BIOMET METAL HIP SETTLEMENT (Orthopedics This Week) A Federal judge approved settlement of Biomet, Inc.’s metal-on-metal hip
Smith & Nephew acquires ArthroCare for $1.7B (4.5 X sales)
Smith & Nephew strengthens global sports medicine business through agreement to acquire ArthroCare for $1.7 billion (press release) Smith & Nephew
Early studies show microspheres may prevent bone infections after joint replacement
Early studies show microspheres may prevent bone infections after joint replacement (Eurekalert) Currently more than 1 million knee replacements and hip
Wright Medical acquires two extremities startups for $90M and $35M – Solana and OrthoPro
Wright Medical Group, Inc. Announces Acquisition of Solana Surgical, LLC and Entry into Definitive Agreement to Acquire OrthoPro, LLC (press release)
Amedica plans to raise $35M from its public offering
Amedica looks to $35M U.S. IPO (MassDevice) Read Amedica’s S-1 Form Amedica says it’s looking to raise between $32 million and
K2M, now the biggest private spine company, turns 10 years old and gets ready to go public
K2M TURNS 10 – BIGGEST PRIVATE SPINE COMPANY (Orthopedics This Week) Johhn Kostuik, M.D.’s baby is 10 years old and has
Replace the hip, improve the heart
CHANGE THE HIP, IMPROVE THE HEART (Orthopedics This Week) Does having a total hip or knee replacement benefit a patient’s heart?
Atlanta medical device company lands $11M to launch smart materials orthopedics technology
Atlanta medical device company lands $11M to launch smart materials orthopedics technology (MedCityNews) MedShape, Inc., an Atlanta, Ga.-based medical device company, announced it
Death Rate After Hip, Knee Replacements Has Dropped Sharply
Death Rate After Hip, Knee Replacements Has Dropped Sharply: Study (HealthDay) Experts credit advances in post-surgical care for lower risk
In healthcare today, there is little transparency of the implant pricing
IMPLANT COSTS – A HEALTH CARE SECRET (Orthopedics This Week) How much does a new hip cost? The doctors who implant
Irish fracture repair startup gets €1.8m in funding for Hip Fracture device
X-Bolt Orthopaedics Secures €1.8m for Hip Fracture Product (Irish Times) Dublin-based X-Bolt Orthopaedics, a hip fracture fixation company, has secured €1.8
Stem Cell Therapy Following Meniscus Knee Surgery May Reduce Pain, Restore Meniscus
Stem Cell Therapy Following Meniscus Knee Surgery May Reduce Pain, Restore Meniscus (press release) A single stem cell injection following meniscus
Kevin Stone throws his opinion into the recent Meniscus Debate
STONE ON THE GREAT MENISCUS DEBATE (Orthopedics This Week) Clinical Research proves that a partial meniscus trim for a degenerative meniscus
Arthrocare finally gets some relief from its sales fraud nightmare
ARTHROCARE GETS RELIEF FROM DISCOCARE NIGHTMARE (Orthopedics This Week) ArthroCare Corporation’s long DiscoCare nightmare under a previous management team appears
98 year old gets new Total Knee, begs the question – How old is too old for a Joint Replacement?
HOW OLD IS TOO OLD FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT? (Orthopedics This Week) 98-yr-old Yemen citizen gets knee replacement (Times of India) Is
Dutch are doing a one-step Autologous Chondrocyte knee repair with harvested stem cells
INSTANT AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE REPAIR (Orthopedics This Week) Instant Autologous Chondrocyte Repair! The orthopedics department at UMC Utrecht in the Netherlands has
OrthoSpace’s resorbable InSpace Balloon reduces rotator cuff pain for patients
New Implant Eases Rotator Cuff Pain (JewishVoiceNY) Company website Orthopedic balloon startup raises $2.6M to treat shoulder Already in use in
Globus Medical acquires robotics developer Excelsius Surgical
Globus Medical a leading musculoskeletal implant manufacturer, today announced that it has acquired Excelsius Surgical. Excelsius Surgical is developing a next
SI-Bone reaches 10,000 procedures to fuse the sacroiliac joint
SI-BONE REACHES 10,000 IFUSE PROCEDURES (Orthopedics This Week) SI-BONE, Inc. is announcing that it has reached the 10,000 procedure mark with
ArthoCare makes deal with DOJ – enters into 2 year deferred prosecution agreement
ArthroCare Announces Entry into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (press release) Read all DOJ Timelines… Timeline of DOJ versus Orthopedic Companies ArthroCare Corp.(NASDAQ:
Whistleblowers collect big in 2013 – Orthopedics is the “top” Stark judgement
WHISTLEBLOWERS COLLECT BIG IN 2013 – ORTHOPEDICS TOP “STARK” JUDGMENT (Orthopedics This Week) The year 2013 was another banner year for
New Hydrogel can temporarily seal wound, then reopen wound for the next stage surgery
HYDROGEL SEALS WOUNDS THEN RELEASES (Orthopedics This Week) Everyone of a certain age remembers the pain of a doctor’s stripping off
Clinical Research proves that a partial meniscus trim for a degenerative meniscus tear is unnecessary
Finnish research to revolutionise indications for knee surgery (New England Journal of Medicine on 25 December 2013) The Finnish Degenerative Meniscal Lesion
Sham surgery is just as effective as an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in diminishing knee pain
SHAM SURGERY AS GOOD AS PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY (Orthopedics This Week) Sham surgery is just as effective as an arthroscopic partial meniscectomy
First unicompartmental knee surgery performed in France with the Navio system
Blue Belt Technologies announces first Navio™ Unicondylar Knee Replacement performed in France (press release) Blue Belt Technologies announces the first Navio™
Hospital for Special Surgery sets record for 5th straight year
ANOTHER FIRST FOR HSS! (Orthopedics This Week) For the fifth year in a row Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has an
Medical Device Design Controls Simplified (Special offer!)
We all know that Design Control documentation is an expensive, time consuming, and vital component to medical device product development.
Aurora Spine implants the first ZIP MIS interspinous Implant in a human
First Surgical Implant of ZIP MIS Interspinous Implant Performed in Germany (press release) Aurora Spine Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ASG) announced today the
FDA upgrades its Medical Device Recalls Database
FDA Announces Improvements To The Medical Device Recalls Database (FDA) Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Devices and
Stryker settles the first 4 hip-implant lawsuits, 600 more are in the queue
Stryker Corp. settles first batch of hip-implant lawsuits (NorthJersey.com) Four patients who claimed to have received defective hip implants from Stryker
Ohio Spine Surgeon who is under investigation for scamming Medicare disappears
SPINE SURGEON UNDER INVESTIGATION DISAPPEARS (Orthopedics This Week) “Where’s Dr. Durrani?” Atiq Durrani, M.D., a Pakistani-born spine surgeon who is under
Review article suggests that Orthopedists are too conservative with Load Bearing?
Orthopedists too Conservative With Load Bearing? (Orthopedics This Week) You put a lot of work into that surgery. Why not play
SI-BONE shares Clinical Results of Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
SI-BONE Announces Publication of 2 Significant Clinical Evidence Papers on Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion (press release) SI-BONE, Inc. (San Jose,
DePuy Synthes launches side-loading Radial Head Prosthesis system
DePuy Synthes Trauma Launches Radial Head Prosthesis System in the U.S. (press release) DePuy Synthes Trauma* announces that it is launching
3-D Printing for patient specific medical devices will reach $1B by 2020
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, “3D Printing in Medical Applications Market (Medical Implants (Dental,
Duke Engineers match both the strength and suppleness of cartilage with artificial materials
Engineers Make Strides Toward Artificial Cartilage (Science Daily) A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage
US Total Joint Registry shows that the fat patients are younger, not older
YOUNGER TKA PATIENTS FATTER THAN OLDER (Orthopedics This Week) Stop blaming obesity among those 65 and older for the unprecedented increase
New Bone Graft material from the sea is the answer for the resorbtion problem – coralline hydroxyapatite
SPECIALLY TREATED SEA-CORAL SUCCEEDS AS BONE GRAFT (Orthopedics This Week) Sea coral is back and may be better than ever—as bone
New classification system for periprosthetic fracture management in joint replacement
Speaker: New classification system will simplify periprosthetic fracture management in joint replacement (Healio) Two surgeons have developed a new classification system
Medtronic’s PRESTIGE Cervical Disc bests fusion
MEDTRONIC’S PRESTIGE CERVICAL DISC BESTS FUSION (Orthopedics This Wek) After seven years of clinical and radiographic outcomes under their belts, patients
FDA Panel pushes back on Spherical Devices for interbody spine fusion
Panel highlights lack of support on safety, efficacy of spinal sphere devices for fusion (Healio) In a meeting about the FDA’s
For the first time, study determines where the use of PRP works and where it doesn’t
First the hype, now the science: Evidence-based recommendations for PRP (press release) JAAOS Article – “Platelet-rich Plasma in Orthopaedic Applications: Evidence-based
Early history of 3 Orthopedics giants in the unlikely city of Warsaw Indiana
Warsaw hub of orthopedic evolution (Journal Gazette) DePuy history (DePuy) Among the world’s top seven orthopedic companies, three of them are in
Four Countries to Participate in Pilot Program for Medical Device Audits – US, Canada, Brazil, Australia
Four Countries to Participate in Pilot Program for Medical Device Audits (ODT Magazine) FDA Announcement of MDSAP Pilot Program (FDA) Australia’s Therapeutic
Medtronic shares 7-Year clinical results of the PRESTIGE Cervical Disc Replacement
Medtronic Presents First-of-Its-Kind Data Showing Sustained Results with Cervical Disc Replacement After Seven Years (press release) Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) presented
BioMedical Enterprises new Nitinol staple for extremities gains approval
HAMMERTOE DEVICE GAINS FDA CLEARANCE (Orthopedics This Week) Press Release BME Website A device for treating hammertoe deformities has received
Australians have developed 3D printing of live cells into the patient with the BioPen
BioPen to rewrite orthopaedic implants surgery (Health Canal) A handheld “bio pen” developed in the labs of the University of Wollongong