Sports

MedShape’s funky new tibial fixation device for use in ACL surgery looks promising, and having been CE marked for getting on for a year we might have expected to know how to buy it by now.

Exactech Inc., has announced the initiation of a prospective, randomized, multi-center, clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a new cartilage repair technology.

Smith and Nephew has recently combined its Orthopaedic and Trauma Business with its Endoscopy business and has now announced 80 job losses in Memphis Orthopaedic Division.

Kensey Nash Corporation has been awarded a two-year, $1.9 million grant to investigate the use of a bioadhesive surgical mesh for applications in tendon repair procedures.

Smith & Nephew results for the third quarter show revenue increase, margin decrease and $150m cost reduction plans.

Slow but Steady Growth from an Aging and More Active Population, According to Millennium Research Group

ArthroCare Corp. has announced that it has received US FDA clearance for its SpeedLock(R) Knotless Fixation Device

Registration for the annual meeting of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), due to take place in San Francisco Feb 7-11 is now open for members and non members.

CONMED Corporation today announced that its CONMED Linvatec business unit will launch six new medical devices in its Sports Medicine and Capital product lines at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in Las Vegas, NV on February 25 – 28, 2009.

Pectoralis major is one of the most common tendon ruptures in strength-training athletes and the reported incidence is increasing.

Since surfacing two years ago, DiscoCare has boasted an uncanny ability to secure reimbursement for Arthrocare’s SpineWands.

The United Kingdom has issued the immediate recall of all CALAXO Osteoconducive Interference Screws, used in Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgery.

Depuy Mitek invites surgeons to contribute new ideas with its online ideas center.