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Modern Hip Replacements: the Good news and the Bad news

Hip Replacements: Good and Bad News (Ivanhoe) Total hip arthroplasty is a safe and effective therapy for patients with advanced […]

MicroAire Surgical to expand Virginia operations

MicroAire Surgical to expand Virginia operations (Business Week) MicroAire Surgical Instruments is planning to expand its operations in Albemarle

Benvenue Medical closes $35M Series C funding for clinical trial of their new VCF system

Benvenue Medical Closes $35.5 Million Series C Financing (press release) Benvenue Medical, Inc., a developer of minimally invasive solutions for

What’s next? Smith and Nephew + Biomet?

Smith & Nephew under pressure as rivals hold talks (Telegraph) If J&J does decide to pursue Synthes, it could pave

Use of PRP (platelet-rich plasma) does not accelerate rotator cuff healing

No benefit of platelet-rich plasma found for rotator cuff healing (OrthoSuperSite) Using autologous platelet-rich plasma at the time of rotator cuff repair

DGIMed Ortho raises $2.1M to market its system for finding the distal locking screw hole without imaging

DGIMed Ortho raises $2.1M (Med City News) An orthopedic company in Minnetonka, Minnesota has raised $2.1 million in its latest

New bone graft delivery device from Micromedics is available for orthobiologics companies

Micromedics, Inc., a Nordson Company Announces New OsteoXpressTM Bone Graft Delivery Device (Montreal Gazette) Micromedics, Inc., a Nordson Company (NASDAQ:

Bone Marrow Biopsy is quicker and less painful with the new Vidacare system

Bone Marrow Biopsy Quicker, Less Painful With Rotary Device (Medscape) The results from the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of a

An emotional patient shares her horror story with Senate panel about her Depuy ASR metal-on-metal hip

DePuy hip recall: Patient shares horror story with Senate panel (MassDevice) Katie Korgaokar captures the attention of a Senate panel

The Feds are expanding their investigation into Medtronic’s off-label use of Infuse

Medtronic Bone-Growth Product Scrutinized (NY Times) Feds Widening Infuse Inquiry (OTW) The New York Times reported that the U.S. Justice

Ceramic hips that squeak tend be found in patients that are taller, heavier and younger

Study identifies patient characteristics for squeaking hips (OrthoSuperSite) 2,406 primary ceramic-on-ceramic hip arthroplasties were studied. The investigators identified 74 squeaking

3 new Orthopedic products receive design awards from MDDI magazine

37 Innovative Products Win Medical Design Excellence Award (press release) Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) magazine has announced the

Increased Use of Less Invasive Arthroplasty Among Those < 65 Will Catalyze Growth in Total Joints in the US

Increased Use of Less Invasive Arthroplasty Among Those Under 65 Will Catalyze Growth in Large Joint Devices in the United

High-Flex Knee Replacement Devices May Carry Risks

High-Flex Knee Replacement Devices May Carry Risks (NewsInferno) A study conducted between 2003 and 2004 involving one popular high-flex knee

Zimmer restructuring reaches the Austin spine and orthobiologics locations

Zimmer Holdings restructuring affects Austin site (Austin Business Journal) Zimmer spokesman Garry Clark would not specify how many employees were impacted

Integra LifeSciences invests more in spine after the Theken Spine acquisition

Integra LifeSciences Opens New Facility in Medina, Ohio (press release) Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (Nasdaq:IART) today announced that it has

Wright Medical CEO Gary Henley abruptly resigns

Wright Medical President and CEO Henley resigns (Forbes) Wright Medical Group Inc. said that CEO Gary Henley resigned from the

TranS1 update – some good news and some bad news

Trans1’s Clearance, Paper Approvals and Guidance (OTW) Good news and bad news for for TranS1: + New 510(k) clearance for

FDA to evaluate Metal-on-Metal adverse event data – UK problems may be overstated

FDA to Collect Adverse Event Data Despite UK Recall of Metal Hip Implants (FDA News) Quality problems with metal-on-metal (MoM)

Canadian patients wait time for total joint surgery has been reduced

Canada’s Surgery Wait-Time Down (OTW) By 2010, 84% of Canadian patients were receiving hip replacements within wait time benchmarks of

Study shows increased operative times for performing total knee replacement in overweight patients

Study shows increased operative times for performing total knee replacement in overweight patients (OrthoSuperSite) Study found increased time for obese

Surgeons prefer 3-cycle HA viscosupplement injections over the new 1-cycle injections

Hyaluronic Acid Products from Genzyme, Sanofi-Aventis Preferred Among Orthopedic Surgeons, According to Survey (press release) According to a comprehensive

Top 10 Things Learned in Orthopedic Surgery – Adventures in PA Rotations

Article reprint from AdvanceWeb.com – author is Timothy Loerke, a PA student in Fort Worth ======================================================= If you are interested in

Synthes Partners with Materialise in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Synthes Partners with Materialise in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery (press release) This is an exclusive partnership for the development and distribution of Materialise’s solutions

Meet the new President at DePuy Spine, J&J insider Namal Nawana

DePuy Spine appoints new worldwide president (OrthoSuperSite) The DePuy Family of Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced in a press

Disc replacement is better than spine fusion in terms of cost and outcomes

Disc replacement may offer advantages in cost and outcomes over spinal fusion (OrthoSuperSite) Study revealed that patients who underwent

Zimmer Cuts Jobs, Plans Plant Closure In Restructuring Move

Zimmer Cuts Jobs, Plans Plant Closure In Restructuring Move (WSJournal) Zimmer cuts jobs in Warsaw (Journal Gazette – Warsaw) Zimmer

Interested in buying any of Inion’s assets?

Inion Ltd (Finland) was once a promising new trauma company with resorbable bone plates. Inion raised a total of $100M

Rachiotek acquires the assets of the bankrupt Applied Spine Technologies

Rachiotek LLC Acquires Assets of Applied Spine Technologies, Inc. (OrthoSpineNews) Startup Losers in 2010/2009 … Unlock the full article and

Medical device tax: AdvaMed asks IRS to define “manufacturer”

Medical device tax: AdvaMed asks IRS to define “manufacturer” (MassDevice) Indiana Senator leading the charge to repeal the new 2.3%

BlackRock has become the #1 investor in S+N with a 5% stake

Orthopedic device maker Smith & Nephew: BlackRock now top investor (MedCityNews) The world’s largest asset management firm, BlackRock Inc., boosts

Japan Earthquake: What is the Risk for Orthopedic Stocks?

Japan Earthquake: Risk for Medical Technology Stocks? (WSJ)… Unlock the full article and exclusive OrthoStreams insights: in-depth analyses, hot startups,

Corin-MAKO: five-year global distribution agreement

Corin-MAKO: five-year global distribution agreement (Corin) Corin has entered into a five-year global distribution agreement with MAKO Surgical Corp. Under

Core Essence Orthopedics naps $11.5M for minimally invasive soft tissue repair

Core Essence Secures $11.5 Million Series B Financing (FierceMedicalDevices) Core Essence Orthopaedics, Inc. (CE Ortho) is a privately held orthopaedic

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Smith and Nephew sues fired Engineers for conspiracy to steal secrets for $56M

Smith & Nephew Sues Fired Engineers for Breach of Contract, Other Alleged Offenses (Memphis Flyer) Smith & Nephew Files Suit

How will the Japan earthquake affect Orthopedic sales?

How the Japan Earthquake Will Affect the Musculoskeletal Industry (HealthPointCapital) Sector Snap: Orthopedic device makers and Japan (Boomberg) The devastating

Want to buy an electrically conductive interlocking nail system? it’s for auction on March 31

The Electro-Nail – Better Design for Faster Healing. ICAP Ocean Tomo Announces Auction of an Advanced Electro-Nail Implant System for

Indiana Senator leading the charge to repeal the new 2.3% Medical Device tax

Senator Coats Holds Orthopedics Roundtable In Winona Lake (Times-Union) Under the health care law passed in 2010, orthopedic device makers

FDA rejects Medtronic’s Amplify spine device application

FDA Issues Non-Approvable Letter for Medtronic’s Amplify (HealthPointCapital) FDA scotches Medtronic’s Amplify spine device application (Mass Device) FDA Rejects Amplify

British Orthopaedists claim that the DePuy ASR revision rate ranges from 21% at four years to 49% at six years

J&J Hip Failure Rate as High as 49 Percent, U.K. Doctors Say (Bloomberg) The British Orthopaedic Association and the British

Pipeline Biomedical raises another $8M to develop orthopedic implants for use in navigation

Another $8m in Pipeline’s Biomedical pipeline … (Wired VC) Cedar Knolls, NJ based Pipeline Orthopedics focuses on the design of

FDA public workshop on June 2011 in Dallas, “The Future of Medical Products Regulation: Ensuring Safety and Integrity in a Global Market”

FDA will hold a 2-day public workshop, “The Future of Medical Products Regulation: Ensuring Safety and Integrity in a Global Market,”