First Two United States Patients Receive CartiHeal’s Agili-C Implants
The Israeli startup develops implants to treat cartilage and osteochondral defects in traumatic and osteoarthritic joints; to date, 80 patients...
Aug 20 2018,
Products
Ortho Development Announces First Surgery Using Balanced Knee System in China
The company’s BKS features implants and instrumentation that address primary and revision procedures. A patented locking mechanism is designed to...
Aug 20 2018,
Cerapedics Enrolls Patients in P-15L Peptide-Enhanced Bone Graft IDE Trial
P-15L graft, a substitute for autologous bone, is based on synthetic small peptide technology and was developed to spur bone...
Aug 03 2018,
12 Growing Orthopaedic Companies Expand Their Patent Portfolios
A review of patent activity in 1H18 shows technological innovations from companies like Episurf, iOrthopedics, Orthocell and Spineology across arthroscopy/soft...
Jul 19 2018,
Final Patient Treated in NUsurface Artificial Meniscus Trials
Active Implants is pursuing an FDA De Novo 510(k) clearance for the device. If cleared, NUsurface would be the first...
Jul 12 2018,
FDA 510(k) Highlights: Five Companies Gain First Orthopaedic Clearances
To provide insight on new competitors entering the U.S. orthopaedic market, we offer details on five companies and their first...
Jun 20 2018,
FDA Clears Artificial Intelligence Software for Wrist Fractures
Medical imaging diagnostic group Imagen Technologies created OsteoDetect software, which identifies fractures in x-rays using an AI algorithm to analyze...
Jun 06 2018,
coflex Gains Disposable Instrument PMA, NASS Coverage Policy Recommendation
These two developments could assist Paradigm Spine in adoption of its novel product that has faced reimbursement hurdles....
May 04 2018,
Protecting Your Design with Patents
A smart legal strategy is to develop a comprehensive intellectual property portfolio of the various diverse–but related–IP rights associated with...
May 04 2018,
Successful Medical Device Design Transfers Hinge on Advance Planning
Elements of a well-constructed plan include an understanding of regulatory requirements, a comprehensive review of all documentation and a thorough...
Apr 23 2018,
Extremities Players Seek to Bolster Shoulder Revenue with Stemless Implants
Exactech’s FDA-cleared Equinoxe is competition for Wright Medical and Zimmer Biomet’s offerings. The three are the only FDA-cleared stemless shoulders...
Apr 06 2018,
Spine, Trauma Companies Continue a Focus on Sterile Packaging
Infection rates, regulatory implications and the efforts of hospitals to cut costs have driven sterilization changes in device packaging. ...
Feb 27 2018,
The Contribution of Biomaterials to the Dawning of the Age of the Forgotten Hip
Primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) has undergone 25 years of product development, thanks to contributions from a host of materials...
Feb 22 2018,
Episurf Medical to Launch Custom Ankle Implants Using Episealer® Technology
The Stockholm, Sweden-based company is preparing a 2Q18 launch of patient-specific Episealer® implants to treat osteochondral lesions of the talus...
Feb 19 2018,
Smith & Nephew’s eCAP Shows 97% Decrease in Readmission Rates
The initiative is designed to mitigate risk associated with readmissions in value-based healthcare reimbursement models....
Feb 01 2018,