Knee

The FDA has issued a Class I recall of DePuy’s LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve the company having found that the Sleeve to its Base taper connection may not be sufficient to accommodate potential physiologic loads under some circumstances.

Even without the revenue following the acquisition of DePuy’s trauma business, Biomet’s SET products showed impressive double digit growth. Joints nudged up too, but it’s SET that has underpinned the company’s positive sales momentum.

Stanmore Implants has received 510(k) clearance from the US FDA to market its Sculptor Robotic Guidance Arm™ for precision implant placement in unicompartmental knee surgery, also known as partial knee resurfacing.

Breg says patients really like the comfort of its new T Scope Premier post-op knee brace, particularly with the new incision pad.

Arthroscopy and surgery of the meniscus has evolved gently, in contrast to the radical sea-changes that have occurred in coronary artery interventions. Maybe there hasn’t been enough focus, and perhaps this week’s second international meniscus symposium will change that.

Growth in HA viscosupplementation will be driven by rising Global rates of osteoarthritis and obesity, according to a Millennium Research Group report. The company says the market could reach $2.5Bn by 2017.

Zimmer has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market iASSIST™ Knee, the Personalized Guidance System™ for knee replacement procedures. Zimmer says its device provides simple, intuitive and accurate intraoperative feedback and alignment validation to surgeons during joint replacement procedures, eliminating the need for bulky capital equipment.

Biomet has released its financial results for the most recent quarter, showing a net sales increase of 9% compared with a year ago. Income and earnings showed similarly healthy increases, although one-off costs translated into a significantly bigger net loss than in the equivalent period.

Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. announced the first NavioPFS™ unicondylar knee replacement procedure performed in the United Kingdom. The NavioPFS surgical system represents a new generation of smart instrumentation with robotic control.

San Francisco sportsmed surgeon Kevin Stone’s eponymous Stone Clinic has formally introduced BioKnee: A natural knee cartilage reconstruction solution clinically-proven to delay the effects of arthritis for up to 12 years.

South Korean manufactured Lospa Knee® System from Corentec features cruciate retaining and posterior stabilised knee within a single system

Smith & Nephew has announced the launch of its Legion™ HK Hinge Knee implant to surgeons in the US and Canada. As the first hinged knee to be designed using normal knee kinematics, the implant provides a new option for those patients facing difficult primary or revision knee surgery.

Breg, Inc., has announced the appointment of Stuart M. Essig as chairman of the board. Mr. Essig retired from the position of Chief Executive Officer at Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation earlier this year.

Maxx Medical has announced that its “Freedom Knee” has recently received Chinese SFDA approval and will shortly be available throughout the country. Freedom Knee is a complete, high-flexion primary knee replacement system specifically engineered to address the need for smaller sized and differently proportioned implants that better support Asian lifestyle and physiology.

The big surprise in this new study, published at AANA this week, is that it’s taken so long for researchers to put a figure on the cost savings to be had in saline consumption alone by using an inflow/outflow computer controlled arthroscopic pump rather than inflow only. Maybe its just a sign of the times that it’s even become an issue.

We’d not heard of them, but it appears that Orthopedic Synergies Inc’s burgeoning portfolio of companies including OMNILife sciences Inc, have been quietly getting on with developing and implanting their computer assisted Apex knee replacement to the tune of 1000 patients.