Active Implants said yesterday that it won breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its NUsurface meniscus implant, the first of its kind to be marketed in Europe and, if cleared by the FDA, the first artificial meniscus in the U.S. Memphis-based Active Implants’ NUsurface implant is an investigational treatment for patients suffering from persistent […]
Knees
FDA clears Zimmer Biomet’s JuggerStitch meniscal repair device
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its JuggerStitch meniscal repair device. The JuggerStitch implant consists of two soft anchors connected by a knotless, self-locking suture loop, instead of a traditional implant using a sliding knot to lock the repair. The Warsaw, Ind.-based company said the device is designed to improve […]
J&J’s DePuy Synthes touts 4-year Attune knee revision data
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary DePuy Synthes today touted 4-year data from a large registry study showing that its Attune knee implant had a lower revision rate than the overall rate for total knee replacement. The study examined data from 10,605 Attune implantations in Britain’s National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland & the Isle of […]
Zimmer Biomet logs 3rd win in NexGen Flex bellwether trials
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) last week won its 3rd bellwether trial in the multi-district litigation brought over the NexGen Flex knee implant, after a federal jury in Illinois found against the plaintiff. The FDA in 2007 cleared the NexGen Flex implant, designed to provide more flexibility than other knee replacement devices. Beverly Goldin is 1 of thousands of product liability plaintiffs […]
Medtronic targets Medicare bundled payments with knee replacement offering
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it’s getting into the large joint replacement business, aiming to capitalize on a new bundled payment program at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The government insurer announced its 5-year “Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement” program in July 2015, saying it would involve more than 800 hospitals in 75 geographic areas. […]
Zimmer Biomet launches Vanguard total knee arthroscopy system
Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) said today it launched the Vanguard individualized total knee arthroplasty implant system. Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet touted the knee as 1st-of-its-kind, featuring 2 polyethylene bearings with different articulations on the medial and lateral side of the implant to allow surgeons to mix-and-match different bearings to personalize the procedure and preserve soft tissue. “I believe […]
Stryker acquires Ivy Sports Medicine and its meniscus repair device
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today that its endoscopy division acquired Ivy Sports Medicine and its collagen meniscus implant for an undisclosed amount. If you want to read more about sports news, you can go to sport.one to get informed. Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Stryker touted the Ivy Sports platform as the only FDA-approved CMI on the U.S. market, […]
Wright Medical deals large joint biz to Corin Orthopaedics for $33m
Wright Medical (NSDQ:WMGI) said today that it agreed to deal its large joints business to Corin Orthopaedics Holdings for about $33 million in cash. The €29.7 million transaction, which is expected to close by the end of the 3rd quarter or early in the 4th quarter, involves legacy hip and knee implants from Tornier; Wright and Tornier merged […]
Pennsylvania appeals court overturns $28m damages award in Zimmer knee suit
An appeals court in Pennsylvania yesterday ordered a Keystone State court to cut the nearly $28 million in damages levied against Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) in a knee implant lawsuit. Plaintiff Margo Polett claimed she re-injured her knees while making a Zimmer promotional video, after a double knee replacement procedure in 2006 using the company’s Gender Solutions device, alleging […]
Judge: Plaintiffs must prove cases in Zimmer NexGen knee MDL
Plaintiffs in the multi-district litigation over the NexGen knee implants made by Zimmer Biomet (NYSE:ZBH) must prove their cases under a so-called “Lone Pine” order issued by the Illinois federal judge overseeing the MDL. Named for a 1986 decision dismissing a mass toxic tort case against a New Jersey landfill, a Lone Pine order requires plaintiffs […]
Stryker takes its time with Mako’s Triathlon total knee
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) is taking its time getting the Mako robot-assisted Triathlon total knee device on the market, despite having won FDA approval last August. Admitting that the integration of Mako after the $1.7 billion acquisition in December 2013 was “messy,” CEO Kevin Lobo said Stryker isn’t planning to launch the total knee offering until 2017. […]
