MedShape said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its DynaNail XL TTC fusion system designed for tibiotalocalcaneal fusion surgery. The DynaNail XL TTC system is designed to better accommodate patients with longer tibial anatomies and treat tibial fractures, the Atlanta-based company said. The system is available in 260 mm and 300 mm lengths and includes […]
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Latest Orthopedics News
Medovex aims to help fight the opioid crisis with its DenerveX system
Late last month, the White House issued a statement declaring the opioid crisis a national health emergency. Many companies in the healthcare field are aware of this issue, but only a handful of pain-treating device makers are focused on fighting the crisis. Atlanta-based Medovex is aiming to be one of the few. Medovex produces the DenerveX […]
Rivanna tackles epidural failure rates with its hand-held imaging device
When they were students in the biomedical engineering department at the University of Virginia, Will Mauldin and Kevin Owen found a problem that needed solving – anesthesiologists often fail to successfully place an epidural on their first try. It’s a problem that costs the medical system more than $1.5 billion each year, according to Rivanna Medical. […]
Johnson & Johnson’s DePuy can’t stop ex-rep from working for Arthrex distributor
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes can’t stop a former sales rep from working for an Arthrex distributor in Idaho, a federal judge ruled last week. DePuy hired Richard “Jake” Williams in June 2015 to rep its orthopedic implants in Boise and had him sign employee secrecy, intellectual property, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements barring him from […]
Medacta wins FDA nod for 3DMetal knee revision implants
Medacta said today it won FDA clearance for its 3DMetal tibial cones designed for knee revision surgery. The first procedures with the device were recently performed by Dr. Kevin Hardt and device designer Dr. David Manning of Chicago’s Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Dr. Dragan Jeremic of Brakel, Germany’s St. Vincenz Krankenhaus, the Switzerland-based […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: Nov. 3, 2017
From Hologic’s new product launch to CapsoVision gettting CE Mark approval, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning. 1. Hologic launches new MyoSure device Hologic announced in a Nov. 1 press release that it has launched its MyoSure Manual Device in the U.S. The device is designed […]
Smith & Nephew takes $5m hit from hurricanes
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) said today that it took a $5 million hit during the third quarter from the hurricanes that devastated Texas and Puerto Rico and guided toward the low end of its outlook for the rest of the year. The British orthopedics and wound care giant, which only reports profit numbers at the […]
K2M Holdings beats on Q3 earnings, misses on sales
K2M (NSDQ:KTWO) yesterday topped the earnings consensus for its third-quarter but missed expectations for sales and lowered its earnings outlook for the rest of the year. The Leesburg, Va.-based orthopedics company posted losses of -$8.5 million, or -20¢ per share, on sales of $62.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, widening its losses by […]
Prosecutors want ex-ArthroCare CEO Baker to do 20 years for fraud conviction
Federal prosecutors in Texas want a judge to sentence former ArthroCare CEO Michael Baker to a 20-year prison term after his conviction in a $750 million fraud case. Baker and ex-ArthroCare CFO Michael Gluk were convicted in June 2014 on charges that they ran a scheme to generate false revenue numbers by dumping inventory, first with a distributor called DiscoCare and eventually via free […]
Zimmer Biomet misses the mark with Q3 results
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) missed the mark with its third-quarter results as ongoing supply issues plagued the orthopedics giant. Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet posted profits of $98.8 million, or 48¢ per share, on sales of $1.82 billion for the three months ended Sept. 30, for a bottom-line slide of -37.8% and a sales decline of -0.8% compared […]
OmniLife Science launches OmniBotics knee replacement active spacer
Robotic knee surgery platform developer OmniLife Science said today it began testing on its OmniBotics active spacer robotic tissue balancing device at 3 US sites after having won FDA 510(k) clearance in September. The Raynham, Mass.-based company said its OmniBotics active spacer is designed to allow surgeons performing total knee surgeries to quantitatively manage the […]