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
Stryker on track for 1,000 layoffs ahead of medtech tax
Orthopedic giant Stryker is on track with the previously announced layoffs that the company blamed on the 2.3% medical device tax slated to take effect in January.
The layoffs, which Stryker announced around this time last year, are being conducted on a rolling basis and the company expects to free up more than $100 million in costs before next year.
Wright merger sends BioMimetic shares up 70%
Texas DePuy hip implant lawsuit docket tops 750 complaints
A Lone Star State multi-district lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Orthopaedics has grown to include 757 complaints as federal courts around the country transfer cases to the Northern District of Texas.
Court transfers another Medtronic/NuVasive patent case to California
Mako Surgical prices $40M offering | Wall Street Beat
Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) priced a stock offering of more than 3 million shares at $13.15 apiece, raising some $40 million in total.
Zimmer can’t shake Stryker poaching charges
Mako Surgical preps $40M public offering | Wall Street Beat
Mako Surgical (NSDQ:MAKO) said it’s planning to sell some 3 million shares of its own stock in an offering worth about $40 million.*
Stryker nabs former DePuy CEO to lead ortho division | Personnel Moves
Zimmer tallies remaining legal costs for temporarily recalled Durom MoM hips at nearly $230M
Corrected November 9, 2012, at 3:45 p.m.
Orthopedic devices maker Zimmer Holdings (NYSE:ZMH) expects to pay another $229.7 million to handle legal complaints spurred by the temporary 2008 recall of its Durom metal-on-metal acetabular hip components, according to the company’s latest earnings release.
X-spine lands FDA nods for 2 spinal systems
Spinal implants and surgical instrument developer X-spine touted 2 FDA nods for its new spinal systems, which the company plans to include in a launching spree that will take place over the next year.
The next-generation Fortex CoCr system, which features a new cobalt-chromium fixation rod, is designed for the fixation of the thoracic and lumbar spine, particularly in deformity procedures.