South Korean manufactured Lospa Knee® System from Corentec features cruciate retaining and posterior stabilised knee within a single system
Knee Replacement
S&N’s New Hinged Knee Builds on Legion™ Total Knee System Heritage
Smith & Nephew has announced the launch of its Legion™ HK Hinge Knee implant to surgeons in the US and Canada. As the first hinged knee to be designed using normal knee kinematics, the implant provides a new option for those patients facing difficult primary or revision knee surgery.
Freedom Total Knee® System Now Available In China
Maxx Medical has announced that its “Freedom Knee” has recently received Chinese SFDA approval and will shortly be available throughout the country. Freedom Knee is a complete, high-flexion primary knee replacement system specifically engineered to address the need for smaller sized and differently proportioned implants that better support Asian lifestyle and physiology.
1000 Knee Replacement Milestone For OMNI’s APEX Robotic Technology (“A.R.T.™”)
We’d not heard of them, but it appears that Orthopedic Synergies Inc’s burgeoning portfolio of companies including OMNILife sciences Inc, have been quietly getting on with developing and implanting their computer assisted Apex knee replacement to the tune of 1000 patients.
MIT’s Nanoscale HA/Growth Factor Coatings Look Like A Leap Forward In Prosthetic Joint Design
Nanotechnology to combine HA and Growth factors could be the best coating solution for inducing osteo-integration of hip and knee prostheses, trauma products, dental implants.
Biomet Launches “Personalized” Partial Knee Replacement System.
Signature™ Personalized Patient Care* System with the Oxford® Partial Knee Provides Enhanced Surgery Planning and Procedure Performance
Zimmer Knee Component Questioned In AAOS Paper
Zimmer Nexgen Knee Tibial component under the spotlight as Mayo clinic divulges high rate of loosening.
Reasons To Visit Exactech Booth At AAOS This Week
Exactech’s marketing communications doing a good job of attracting you to their AAOS booth by explaining what you’ll find when you get there.
Stanmore Ignores Age Of Austerity With “Savile Row” Fully Personalised Knee Implants.
Stanmore Implants announces its launch of a unique, fully personalised knee implant system. This year’s “must have” accessory?
Zimmer First To Acquire In 2012 With Synvasive Take-over.
Synvasive’s eLIBRA® knee balancing system will shortly be available from Zimmer following the recently announced acquisition.
China Looks To USA As USA Looks To China
Many large American companies consider the Far East to represent the best chance for growth, while paradoxically Chinese manufacturers are looking at USA as an opportunity to increase their own revenues.
FDA Approves DePuy’s AOX ™Antioxidant Polyethylene Bearing
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.has received FDA Premarket Approval to use its AOX ™ Antioxidant Polyethylene material with the company’s SIGMA ® Rotating Platform Knee System and LCS ® COMPLETE ® Mobile Bearing Knee System.
Knees Up, Procedures Up, Prices Down: Slow Growth For European Large Joint Market Over Next 5 Years
Clinical concerns about Hip Resurfacing will negatively affect growth in the Hip segment, according to a new Millennium Research Group report.
Patients Who Use Narcotics Prior To Knee Replacement Experience Worse Results
Patients who are dependent on opioids for pain management before knee replacement surgery have much more difficulty recovering, a study recently published in theJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) has found.
Biomet marked World Arthritis Day with 35 year celebration for Oxford® Knee System
Biomet celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Oxford Partial Knee System
Early Failure Of Knee Replacements
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.