Knee

DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for use of TRUMATCH® Personalized Solutions with the company’s SIGMA® Fixed-Bearing Knee System

The results of a recent study indicate that the medially rotating design provides a level of stability and a more natural kinematic profile that results in improved patient satisfaction.

DePuy Mitek, Inc. has announced the launch of its OMNISPAN Meniscal Repair System for all-inside repairs of meniscus tears.

The Stone Clinic in San Francisco reported it implanted the first commercially available meniscus templates in California this past week, opening up a whole new field of meniscus reconstruction.

This study examined the 20-year follow-up of the cemented Anatomical Graduated Component total knee replacement carried out between 1983 and 2004.

This study investigated a series of Kinemax knee replacements where the survival rate was only 75% at nine years, compared with previously recorded rates of 96% over ten years and tried to ascertain the reason for the significantly lower survival rate.

The Food and Drug Administration said it will re-examine its decision to approve a knee-surgery device last December over the objections of several scientists and managers at the agency, according to a letter from the FDA that the Senate Finance Committee reviewed Monday.

CONMED Corporation’s CONMED Linvatec arthroscopy unit announced today the full market release of the Paladin™ Rotator Cuff Suture Anchor System following its preview at the recent Spring Arthroscopy Association of North America Annual Meeting.

MRI has identified five possible causes of patient complications from anterior cruciate ligament reconstructive surgery, according to a study performed at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA, and Sahlgrenska-Molndal University Hospital in Gothenborg, Sweden.

Rush University Medical Center is testing a new procedure for regenerating damaged articular cartilage in the knee joint to relieve the pain of osteoarthritis.

According to Millennium Research Group’s US Markets for Large-Joint Reconstructive Implants 2009 report, hip resurfacing will be the fastest-growing segment of the large-joint reconstructive implant market through 2013, rising at a compound annual growth rate of over 25%.

A revolutionary new physical activity monitoring system which compares actual patient activity with researched norms for individual patient types has been unveiled to support orthopaedic surgeons and GPs in their decision making processes along the care pathway.

Smith & Nephew, Inc. Orthopaedic Reconstruction & Trauma announced the introduction of VISIONAIRE Patient Matched instrumentation for use in total knee replacement surgery.

Cayenne Medical, Inc. announced today that a new Harvard clinical study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that Cayenne’s AperFix® System and “Single Tunnel, Double Bundle™” ACL reconstruction technique better resembles the natural, intact ACL when compared to the more common, “Single-Bundle” technique.

BioSyntech, Inc. today announced that it will conduct an interim analysis of the available clinical data from 40 subjects who have completed their 12 month follow-up in the 80 subject trial for its cartilage repair device, BST-CarGel®.

Bayer Schering Pharma welcome NICE’s Final Appraisal Determination giving a draft recommendation that Xarelto (rivaroxaban), within its marketing authorisation, is recommended as an option for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in adults having elective total hip or elective total knee replacement surgery.