The Society of Orthopaedic Medicine is holding its annual meeting this Saturday in Manchester.
Orthopaedics
UK MHRA Issues Detailed Guidance On All-Metal Hips
MHRA provides advice on follow-up systems for all-metal hips to include testing of all patients with large diameter femoral component and all ASR hips.
New Orthofix Spine Boss Needs To Breathe Life Into Division As Other Businesses Show Revenue Growth.
Orthofix’s financials are solid if unspectacular with healthy revenue growth in orthopaedics and sports medicine its shining stars.
Dirty Surgical Instruments In The News
Ever seen debris in reprocessed sterile instruments? Yes, but at least it’s “sterile” debris…isn’t it?
Orchid Orthopaedic Solutions Acquires Sandvik
Orchid Orthopaedic Solutions has acquired Sandvik Medical Solutions in a deal the details of which are as yet unannounced.
Ex-Orthofix Man Joins Small Bone Innovations As President and CEO
Small Bone Innovations has a new President and CEO in the form of ex Orthofix division president Michael Simpson.
Internal Emails Cast Doubt On DePuy Claims About Reasons For Halting PMA
Will we ever see through the fog in the DePuy ASR case? Internal emails now suggest product performance was a consideration in stopping the PMA and ultimate product withdrawal.
Ultimate Recycling: Two Sources Of Scrap Metal Reported On BBC
It’s a bit of a journalistic open goal when BBC publishes on the fate of “cremated” prostheses at the same time as we’re wondering about the fate of the Costa Concordia. Sounds like they might both end up as wind turbines.
J&J Responds To New York Times
Johnson & Johnson DePuy sees fit to respond to New York Times article it claims to contain untruths regarding how it behaved during the all-metal implant situation.
From Angioplasty Catheters, To Self-Tightening Golf Shoes, To Knee Braces: Boa Goes Full Circle
Self-Tightening Sports Footwear had its origins in angioplasty catheter guidance mechanisms. Now the company is back in medical devices with brace collaborations.
Implantable Reservoirs For Chip-Controlled Drug Delivery
MIT Spin-out company MicroCHIPS has developed an implantable drug delivery device, which is currently targeting delivery of teriparatide in post menopausal osteoporotic women.
FDA Clears Two New Clavicle Repair Technologies
Suspension Orthopaedics has gained FDA clearance for some interesting clavicle plates addressing specific problems associated with clavicular fracture.
Could All-Metal Hip Implants “Resurface”?
New research may pave the way for all-metal hip prostheses to rise phoenix-like from the ashes.
Metal-on-Metal: Should FDA Concerns Have Made DePuy Act Sooner Overseas?
A new article in the New York times suggests J&J DePuy were wrong in continuing to sell product overseas after FDA raised concerns. If that happened every time FDA demanded more clinicals we might as well harmonise.
Meniscus Replacement Reviewed At AAOS. Can Knee Replacement Be Deferred?
Meniscal transplantation gets an airing at AAOS
Smith & Nephew’s POLARCUP Dual Mobility Hip System Now Available In US
After being available for over ten years internationally, Smith & Nephew finally introduced its POLARCUP Dual Mobility Hip System to orthopaedic surgeons in the US.