Market Growth Rates in Orthopaedics – OMTEC 2012 Opening Panel Discussion
OMTEC 2012 Opening Panel Discussion addressed multiple topics, including trends in innovation and R&D investment in orthopedics....
Aug 09 2012,
Millstone Medical Hires New CIO
Teleflex Medical OEM Receives Patent for High-Strength, Coreless Force Fiber Suture
Teleflex Medical OEM has been issued U.S. Patent No. 8,088,146 addressing a suture that combines a proprietary coreless braid design...
Aug 07 2012,
Pilot Results Move GHX Closer to Delivery of Healthcare Industry’s First Implantable Device Supply Chain Solution
GHX announced successful results from initial implantable device supply chain pilot program sites. By enabling collaboration and automation, one provider...
Aug 07 2012,
Purac Acquires Fiberlive Technology from Vivoxid
Purac acquired the FiberLive™ technology from Vivoxid. The acquisition includes the intellectual property of the FiberLive™ technology and its key personnel....
Aug 03 2012,
Medicare: Trends in Beneficiaries Served and Hospital Resources Used in Implantable Medical Device Procedures
Results from a U.S. government agency report summarize data on average length of stay, patient characteristics, discharges, etc. Highlights include: ...
Aug 03 2012,
Cadence Opens 25,000 Square Foot Expansion
In just over one year, Cadence has filled 50 of the 65 positions they promised to create within three years. In...
Aug 02 2012,
In Vivo Bone Growth Assessment in Preclinical Studies and Clinical Trials
The significance of in vivo investigation has become increasingly important as bone substitutes have grown in structural and compositional complexity....
Aug 02 2012,
FDA to Guide Device Makers on Marketing Application
FDA launched a program to help device makers identify regulatory requirements early in the device development process....
Aug 02 2012,
The Post-Market Imperative: Understanding the requirements for effective post-market clinical follow-up
In my previous BONEZONE article, “Basic Anatomy of a Design Dossier” (BONEZONE March 2011), I presented an overview of the...
Aug 02 2012,
Young Injured Athletes May Fare Better when Treated with Autograft ACL
Studies suggest that young athletes who underwent anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with allograft were ~7 times more likely to...
Aug 02 2012,
Gluing Bones with Polyurethane Hierarchical Nanocomposites
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are investigating improvements to the mechanical properties of polyurethane adhesives by combining them...
Aug 02 2012,
Strategic Orthopaedic-related 510(k) Update
The following companies recently received strategic FDA 510(k) clearances in the orthopaedic space. For certain companies, this represents a first...
Aug 02 2012,
Building a Basic Good Clinical Practice Foundation to Weather the Storm
OMTEC 2012 opening panel presenters, consisting of David Floyd, Bill Plovanic, Bill Kolter and Brian Moore, painted a compelling picture...
Aug 01 2012,
The Ohio State University, Cleveland Clinic Form Alliance to Focus on Accelerated Commercialization
Cleveland Clinic Innovations and The Ohio State University's Technology Commercialization and Knowledge Transfer Office entered into an alliance to accelerate...
Jul 30 2012,
Banner Medical, Pioneer Surgical Presenting at Supplier Quality Management Congress
Representatives from Banner Medical and Pioneer Surgical will participate on a faculty panel at the upcoming Supplier Quality Management Congress...
Jul 27 2012,