Knee

Blue Belt Technologies Enters into a Commercial Agreement with DePuy Synthes to Support the SIGMA® HP Partial Knee System on the Navio® Surgical System

A new comparative study shows a customized knee implant to be procedurally cost neutral, but greatly reduces need for discharge to acute inpatient rehab.

Smith & Nephew has entered into a commercial agreement that sees it gain access to the Navio® orthopaedic robotic surgical navigation system.

Sports Med device maker Mitek’s gone all biotherapy on us with its newly announced launch of MONOVISC® High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan and the PEAK™ Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) System

Results relating to the ConforMIS, Inc. iTotal® patient-specific total knee replacement have been presented at the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) meeting in Norwich, UK.

The CE marking of Aperion Biologics, Inc.’s lead product, the Z-Lig™ device makes it the first engineered biological device to gain approval for revision and multiligament ACL reconstruction.

It looks like the courts are going to have to decide whether Cayenne Medical’s AperFix system has been infringed by MedShape’s ExoShape femoral soft tissue fastener. As usual, the devil will be in the detail, because face value tells us they look pretty similar.

Smith & Nephew has used the AAOS annual meeting at which to announce the launch of the JOURNEY™ II Cruciate Retaining knee replacement which it says will address about half of all knee replacement cases.

The U.S. FDA has cleared Maxx Orthopaedics’ Freedom PCK Revision Knee System claimed by its manufacturer to be one of the most bone-conserving, low profile revision knee systems available on the market.

Smith & Nephew which has signed an agreement with OrthoSensor that will pair the company’s VERASENSE Sensor Assisted Surgery Technology for soft tissue balancing with Smith & Nephew’s JOURNEY™ II and LEGION™ Total Knee Systems.

Clever idea this. The FDA has just cleared a system known as KASM from Ortho Developments Corporation. These spacer molds are intended for use after removal of primary TKA implants following infection and offer a degree of articulation to the patient.

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation has announced the FDA 510(k) clearance and commercial introduction of the Integra® Titanium Bone Wedges, designed for internal fixation for bone fractures or osteotomies in the foot and ankle.

With total joint implants, one tiny mistake can have significant consequences. In this case no patient injury has been reported, but labelling within the Mathys balanSys Knee system incorrectly matches tibial and femoral components, with the risk of subsequent instability and pain. The company has issued a field safety notice.

Ideas like this have been mooted for many years: An ACL femoral fixation implant that doesn’t need to be screwed in, yet retains firm graft/tunnel apposition. MedShape makes the most of its proprietary memory shape PEEK Altera material to form what it hopes is the perfect solution.

Putting a few troubled years behind it, US Sports med, Spine and ENT device maker ArthroCare has been acquired by Smith and Nephew in a deal that values the Austin, Texas outfit at $1.7 Billion.

Verasense™knee technology developer, OrthoSensor™, has partnered with Valtronic for the contract manufacture of the devices to satisfy its growing customer list. A first unit has been shipped under the agreement.