Orthopedics
Welcome to MassDevice's Orthopedics Hub, your resource for the latest in orthopedic news. Stay informed about the innovations and business news shaping the ortho device industry.
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Here are the top orthopedic device features from MassDevice and its sister publications (and scroll down to read the latest cardiology device news from MassDevice):
+ The biggest stories from AAOS 2024
+ The 10 largest orthopedic device companies in the world
+ The ZimVie Tether helps kids with scoliosis — if they can get it in time
+ Could 2023 be a boom year for orthopedic devices?
+ The top orthopedic device news out of AAOS 2023
🎙️ Tune in to the Ortho Innovation Talks podcast on the DeviceTalks podcast network.
Latest Orthopedics News
The FDA sends medtech reviewers into the field | MassDevice.com On Call
MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The FDA is looking for medical device companies to participate in its "Experiential Learning Program," so that the agency’s reviewers can get a 1st-hand look into medtech design and manufacturing.
Participating companies would host tours for healthcare regulators as part of a training mechanism to give the reviewers a sense of the medtech development life-cycle and the "challenges faced throughout development, testing, manufacturing, and clinical use," according to an FDA notice.
Updated: Justice Dept., ArthroCare get another extension in criminal probe
Updated April 1, 2013, at 2:10 p.m. with stock activity.
ArthroCare (NSDQ:ARTC) and the U.S. Justice Dept. gave themselves until the end of May to hash out a deal over a criminal probe into ArthroCare’s spinal business.
Sanuwave slashes workforce by 65%, but pares losses by more than a third
Sanuwave Health (OTC:SNWV) laid off more than ⅓ of its workforce in its quest to pare its 2012 losses, according to a regulatory filing, shrinking from 28 employees to 10.
Lawyer foresees 100s more claims against Medtronic in Infuse lawsuits | MassDevice.com On Call
Cantel Medical buys Siemens’ dialysis water purification business
Cantel Medical (NYSE:CMN) said its Mar Cor subsidiary bought Siemens‘ (NYSE:SI) hemodialysis water purification unit for an undisclosed amount, part of its campaign to acquire water purification and infection control businesses across North America.
Mako Surgical sues Stanmore Implants over robotic surgery patents
Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) filed a pair of lawsuits against Stanmore Implants alleging patent infringement over robotic surgery technology, and filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission over the alleged violations.
Stryker must face Trident hip implant lawsuit
Making the patient connection: A conversation with NBA legend Bill Walton
Even before the spine surgery he claims saved his life, Bill Walton’s body was a marvel of medicine.
The Hall of Fame basketball player, who counts 2 NCAA national titles and 2 NBA championship rings to his name, has undergone 36 surgeries by his count, including 2 ankle fusions and a plethora of knee and foot procedures.
Despite that dubious pedigree, Walton told MassDevice.com that he was unprepared for the overwhelming nerve pain from a degenerative disc in his back that left him on the floor for nearly 3 years.
Judge bars ex-Stryker marketing director from AAOS
FDA inspectors warn NuVasive on marketing for Affix spinal implants
Federal regulators warned NuVasive (NSDQ:NUVA) this month about certain promotional claims made in connection with the company’s spinal products.
The FDA in October 2012 inspected NuVasive’s San Diego, Calif., manufacturing facility, finding only the single violation regarding marketing language for the company’s Affix Spinous Process Plate System.