Updated to include comment from the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry. Indian regulators are capping prices of orthopedic knee implants as the country looks to lower the cost of medical devices. The country’s drug pricing authority said today that orthopedic implants in the country had unjustified, unreasonable and irrationally high trade margins, which led […]
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How Consensus Orthopedics added smarts to orthopedic devices
Consensus Orthopedics made headlines with its TracPatch this year. So how did an ortho company get a digital product to market? Let’s face it, orthopedic devices are dumb. That is to say, they are mute. Silent. And in today’s healthcare environment, the silent kind of dumb is dangerous. Consensus Orthopedics (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) wanted to […]
7 medtech stories we missed this week: August 11, 2017
From Xtant Medical’s 510(k) extension to Varian Medical’s distribution deal, here are seven medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth a mention. 1. FDA extends Xtant Medical’s 510(k) for Calix C spinal implant Xtant Medical announced in an Aug. 9 press release that the FDA has cleared its product line extensions […]
Renovis wins FDA nod for Tesera lumbar interbody fusion systems
Renovis Surgical Technologies said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its Tesera lumbar porous titanium interbody fusion systems. The Redlands, Calif.-based company said its newly cleared Tesera devices feature implants designed for direct posterior or transforaminal approaches, and includes straight and curved options in multiple heights, widths and lengths. The Tesera devices are produced […]
ConforMIS picks up Broad Peak’s polishing & machining assets
ConforMIS (NSDQ:CFMS) said today it acquired the machining and polishing assets of Broad Peak Manufacturing for approximately $6.5 million. Billerica, Mass.-based ConforMIS said it will pay an initial $5.8 million in cash and an additional $750,000 in common stock in the purchase. As part of the acquisition, ConforMIS will integrate approximately 20 employees from the company, […]
Zimmer Biomet slips on HHS subpoena
Investors punished Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) yesterday by pushing its share price down nearly 2% after the company revealed a subpoena from the U.S. Health & Human Services Dept. In a regulatory filing yesterday, the Warsaw, Ind.-based orthopedics giant said that the HHS Office of the Inspector General in June requested “a variety of records primarily related […]
In2Bones wins FDA nod for 2 foot repair systems
French orthopedic surgical device developer In2Bones said today that its US subsidiary received FDA clearance for its 5MS Fracture repair and CoLag locking compression screw systems. The company’s 5MS fracture repair system is a plate and screw system designed to treat fractures and deformities of the 5th metatarsal bone and features an array of anatomically […]
Anika Therapeutics touts Hyalofast scaffold, stem cell combo
Anika Therapeutics (NSDQ:ANIK) touted data today from a study evaluating the use of its Hyalofast biodegradable, hyaluronic acid-based scaffold in combination with autologous adult mesenchymal stem cell therapy for cartilage lesions in the knee. The study, which was published in Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, showed that the treatment was equally effective among patients, regardless of age. […]
J&J’s DePuy Synthes inks co-marketing deal with Medical Enterprises Distribution
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes said today it inked an exclusive agreement with Medical Enterprises Distribution to co-market its ME1000 surgical impactor, designed for use in total hip arthroplasty procedures. The battery-powered ME1000 device is designed to replace handheld mallets used in total hip arthroplasty procedures, DePuy Synthes said, delivering constant, stable energy to automate […]
MiMedx files IND for Achilles tendonitis trial
MiMedx (NSDQ:MDXG) said today that it filed an IND application with the FDA for the company’s late-stage Achilles tendonitis trial. The 158-patient study is designed to compare MiMedx’s AmnioFix Injectable with a saline placebo injection in the treatment of moderate to severe pain due to Achilles tendonitis. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug […]
InVivo temporarily halts Inspire study enrollment after patient death
InVivo Therapeutics (NSDQ:NVIV) said today it is temporarily suspending enrollment in its Inspire trial of its neuro-spinal scaffold after its most recent patient, implanted last month, passed away suddenly following hospital discharge. While the death was deemed to be unrelated to the neuro-spinal scaffold or the implantation procedure, the company said it was initiating a temporary […]