Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) DePuy Synthes division said today it is launching the Attune cementless knee in a rotating platform option in select markets around the world. This launch combines the proprietary technologies of the Attune knee designed to provide stability while the knee is in motion with DePuy Synthes’ background in rotating platform knees […]
Bio2 Technologies raises $4.3m for ortho biomaterial
Bio2 Technologies (Woburn, Mass.) has raised about $4.3 million as it continues with a clinical trial of its Vitrium resorbable orthopedic biomaterial for musculoskeletal surgery. Bio2 had sought to raise $6.5 million in the funding round, according to a Form D filed Sept. 6 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Made of bioactive glass, […]
Zimmer Biomet wins FDA clearance for Persona Revision Knee System
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) today announced it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Persona Revision Knee System. The Warsaw, Ind.-based company plans to commercially launch the knee system in the U.S. over the next few weeks. Zimmer Biomet’s Persona knee system is designed to match a patient’s anatomy to offer a personalized fit in knee replacement procedures. […]
FDA clears Arthrosurface’s Boss toe implant
Arthrosurface said yesterday that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Boss toe fixation system, which the company believes will be commercially available at the end of the month. The Franklin, Mass.-based company said the Boss system is designed to improve stabilization in the first metatarsal with a distal bone void and to provide patients […]
J&J’s DePuy to acquire JointPoint hip navigation software
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unit DePuy Synthes said it agreed to acquire JointPoint and its surgeon-friendly navigation software for hip replacements for an undisclosed amount. Belleair Bluffs, Fla.-based JointPoint’s OneTrial software is designed to improve surgical outcomes in hip replacements by analyzing implant selection and positioning pre-surgical digital templating and case planning through non-invasive computer […]
Former NFL player may pursue pain pump lawsuit against Stryker, I-Flow
A former NFL player may proceed with a federal lawsuit against Stryker (NYSE:SYK) and I-Flow over a pain pump that the player claims destroyed the cartilage in his shoulder. U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro ruled last week that former New England Patriots linebacker Ryan Claridge could add specifics to his claim that Stryker and […]
Stryker bolsters robotics play with $500m offer for Mobius Imaging
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) today bolstered its early play in robotics with a $500 million all-cash bid for Mobius Imaging and its Cardan Robotics subsidiary. The Kalamazoo, Mich.-based company was the first orthopedics major to bet large on robotics with the $1.68 billion acquisition of Mako Surgical in December 2013. Today Stryker said it agreed to pay […]
Arthrex wins $375m DoD deal
The U.S. Defense Dept. yesterday awarded a contract worth up to $375 million to Arthrex for hospital equipment and accessories. The five-year contract is a fixed-price with economic-price-adjustment, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Pentagon’s Defense Logistics Agency. The deal was a competitive acquisition, with 89 responses received and 21 contracts awarded. The U.S. Army, Navy, Air […]
FDA clears 4Web Medical’s cervical spine implant
4Web Medical said yesterday that it received FDA 501(k) clearance to market its cervical spine truss system-stand alone (CSTS-SA) interbody fusion device. The CSTS-SA contains a single-step locking mechanism designed to give surgeon users confidence in a stand-alone construct that is meant to place fixation screws through the truss implant and into adjacent vertebral bodies, […]
Bone Solutions, Onkos ink private label deal
Bone Solutions said today that it entered into a private label licensing agreement with Onkos Surgical for its OsteoCrete bone void-filling technology. Colleyville, Texas-based BSI’s OsteoCrete is an FDA 510(k)-cleared magnesium-based injectable, moldable solution designed to attaching ligaments and tendons to bone and bone to bone. Parsippany, N.J.-based Onkos Surgical intends to market OsteoCrete under the […]
Ozop Surgical jumps on Spinal Resources distribution deal
Ozop Surgical (OTC:OZSC) shares got a bump today after the company announced an exclusive licensing deal for implants made by Spinal Resources. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Ozop specializes in surgical devices for minimally invasive spinal surgery. The company plans to purchase all existing inventory of SRI instruments and implants and use the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based […]
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