Orthopaedics

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.

Rarely are corporate fun and games aired so publically. ConMed has announced agreement with its new BFF, shareholder Coppersmith Capital Management, that sees board changes. Whether this will signal a change in strategic direction, as requested by Voce Capital Management in recent months, remains to be seen.

Surgical Implant company RTI Surgical Inc. tells us Pioneer Surgical Technology Inc., its subsidiary company, has signed an agreement with Zimmer, Inc. to supply certain products for distribution by Zimmer’s trauma business.

Arthroscopy as a surgical discipline continues to grow. A new report says how and why, but we’re left wondering whether we need yet another company to tell us that we’re all getting older so need more of these subcritical procedures. It all sounds a bit obvious if the PR fluff is an example of what’s in the report.

Stryker Corporation is to acquire Pivot Medical, Inc., developer of  innovative products for hip arthroscopy in a deal the details … continue reading “Stryker to Acquire Hip Arthroscopy Company, Pivot Medical”

Ellipse Technologies has received U.S. FDA marketing clearance of the Precice® 2 Intramedullary Limb Lengthening System, based on the principle of non-invasive adjustment.

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.

Biomet, Inc. has reached a settlement amounting to $56 million in Multi-District Litigation (MDL) 2391 relating to its M2A Magnum Hip Implant Products.

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.

Wright Medical Group, Inc. has acquired Solana Surgical, LLC and entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OrthoPro, LLC (OrthoPro), both of which it describes as privately held, high growth extremity companies.

Hip fracture fixation company, X-Bolt Orthopaedics, based in Dublin, has completed an equity investment round of €1.8 million which it says will advance FDA clearance for its X-Bolt product in the US and fast track commercialisation of the product to the global export market.

Acumed has issued a press release trumpeting its new so-called SLIC Screw System for wrist reconstruction, which it says offers surgeons a new adjunct to soft tissue repair or reconstruction as it holds the bones in their reduced state while soft tissue repair heals.

“Shape Memory” orthopaedic device company MedShape, Inc., has reported on the first wave of clinical outcomes in patients who have received the DynaNail(®) TTC Fusion System.

Stryker Corporation and NeuroLogica have entered into an exclusive partnership agreement under which Stryker will promote and sell NeuroLogica’s BodyTom portable full body computed tomography (CT) scanner for the specialties of neurosurgery, spine surgery, orthopaedic surgery, and trauma surgery in conjunction with the Stryker NAV3i™ Surgical Navigation Platform.

DePuy Synthes Trauma has announced the U.S. launch of a new Radial Head Prosthesis System for primary and revision joint replacement of the radial head to restore joint function.