Orthopaedics

Orthopaedic product sales exceeded $43 billion in 2012, a modest increase of 3% or $1.2 billion over 2011, according to market intelligence specialist ORTHOWORLD®. Segments contributing greatest growth included trauma at $6.1 billion and sports medicine at $4.2 billion. Spine posted negative growth, while hips, knees, extremities and orthobiologics posted growth in the low-single digits.

MIS device company Surgical Innovations Group plc, has for a while been developing its own hip arthroscopy access system. Now it has got as far as pilot testing in a cadaveric model and declared the test a success.

Metal-on-metal hip problems are associated with J&J’s DePuy division with its infamous and ongoing ASR tribulations. Stryker isn’t without its … continue reading “Stryker ABG II Lawsuit Claim For $100M”

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. has acquired NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH, of Tuttlingen, Germany-based a provider of innovative technologies for the foot and ankle, hand and wrist reconstruction and trauma markets. NORMED’s range extends to specialized plates, screws and instruments, including systems for bone reconstruction and fracture repair, fusion procedures and external fixation.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance to a muscle and joint rehabilitation medical device that tricks the brain into re-establishing communication with muscles affected by brain or spinal cord damage.

Medical Device Firm iTraumaCareTM Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for iTClampTM Hemorrhage Control System

OrthoSensor’s VERASENSE™ Intelligent Instrument System is obviously complementing Stryker’s Triathlon® Knee System as the two companies agree to extend their co-marketing arrangement.

Parametrics Medical, LLC, a private tissue bank has announced its release of its Coll-e-Strong line of soft tissue allografts. Using E-Beam Technology, to terminally sterilize the tissue without compromising the biomechanical properties of the collagen, the company claims its allograft line is the first to bridge the gap between biomechanics and sterility.

In short Orthofix International N.V. has announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Net sales were … continue reading “Orthofix International Q1 14% Sales Decline”

Taking your dental technology and applying it to other surgical disciplines makes perfect sense if you’re to fully exploit your intellectual property. FDA’s clearance of WaterLase iPlus for surgical application means BioLase is not just a dental company any more.

In a story posted on Orthopedics This Week, the ongoing turf war between Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pain Management and other specialties is exposed through the recent New Jersey case of The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners and Dr. Richard Kaul .

Mitek Sports Medicine has unveiled the Healix 3.4mm Suture Anchor, its smallest dual-thread offering for rotator cuff repair. This coincides with the introduction of a new double-loaded minimally invasive partial thickness rotator cuff repair system, as part of its Healix Transtend™ Implant System.

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. has announced that it has acquired the business assets of West Chester, Pennsylvania-based Knee Creations, LLC. Zimmer says the acquisition enhances its product portfolio of knee treatments through the addition of Knee Creations’ Subchondroplasty® procedure.

Orthocare won the top award for its Magellan™ microprocessor foot ankle system prosthetic device against tough competition, finishing ahead of products in the category from companies including Medtronic

Aspect Imaging has obtained clearance from US FDA for its M2 compact MRI system, developed for diagnostic imaging of the wrist. The company says its technology should deliver MR-based imaging at a fraction of the cost of existing clinical MRI systems.

Spinal device company K2M, Inc., has announced another expansion of its U.S. biologics offering with the addition of a new demineralised bone putty to the VESUVIUS™ Osteobiologic line.