New products

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.

K2M, Inc., the device company focused on delivering minimally invasive solutions to complex spinal pathologies, has chosen the Scoliosis Research Society Annual meeting at which to announce the launch of its Serengeti® Complex Spine Minimally Invasive Retractor System.

Alphatec Spine Inc. has launched its newest Minimally Invasive Surgery device, the BridgePoint Spinous Process Fixation System.

BridgePoint is designed to enable spine surgeons to immobilise and stabilise spinal segments without the need for pedicle screw and rod constructs and is intended to be an adjunct to fusion of the thoracic and lumbar spine to treat disorders resulting from degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, tumor and trauma.

K2M has chosen the WCMISST conference at which to unveil the fruits of its collaboaryion with neuromonitoring company Cadwell Laboratores. K2M’s Ravine blades will now feature integrated probes, bringing monitoring to the surgeon’s fingertips.

Medtronic’s CareLink Express monitor, compatible with almost all Medtronic ICDs, CRT devices, ICMs and pacemakers, “interrogates” implanted Medtronic cardiac devices. In so doing it shortcuts repeated tests and the need for on site specialists, in so doing reducing delays and increasing efficiency…. at least for Medtronic implantees.

Sanofi’s breakthrough device talks anaphylaxis patients and caregivers through the injection process at what is likely to be a particularly stressful time.

ART reckons its bioresorbable coronary stent will disappear in a predictable timeframe because of its “programmed transitory presence”. Despite the sci-fi language it sounds like a smart product if it works… time will tell as the company undertakes its first in man clinical study.

Codman Neurovascular, Inc., has announced the launch of the DELTAMAXX™ Microcoil System, ORBIT GALAXY® G2 Microcoils, and ENVOY DA Guiding Catheter at this year’s SNIS meeting in San Diego.

Cook Medical has announced general availability of the Aprima Access Nonvascular Introducer Set, the first product in the Aprima drainage portfolio. The system is purpose-designed for nonvascular single-puncture percutaneous access to facilitate placement of a working wire guide for interventional radiology procedures.

Spinal device company K2M has announced that its Rail 4D™ Technology will debut at the 19th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) which is taking place right now in Istanbul,Turkey.

UK device company Surgical Innovations welcomed some of the best minds in UK surgery to its annual event last week in what forms a key part of the company’s surgeon-led product and idea-development philosophy.

EquinoxO2 Medical, developer of negative pressure wound therapy foam dressings and pump systems, has announced introduction and distribution of its HALO XP npwt pump system.

NeuroLogica has announced the integration of NeuroLogica’s portable BodyTom™ 32-slice CT scanner with Medtronic’s StealthStation® S7® surgical navigation system.

Spinal company K2M, a specialist in solutions to address complex spinal pathologies, is announcing a major expansion of its U.S. biologics offering with the launch of VESUVIUS™ Osteobiologic Systems and new additions to its VIKOS® Allograft Systems.

Cayenne medical has chosen the annual AOSSM meeting at which to launch its full line of anchors which it says are designed to answer market demand for improved procedural technique and cost- efficiency

Cartiheal, a privately held device company developing an innovative cell-free technology for regenerating hyaline cartilage, has raised up to $10 million which it will use to accelerate the development of Agili-CTM, as well as support ongoing clinical studies.