Patients undergoing total knee replacement surgery have plenty to worry about, given the costs and uncertain results of the procedure, but the knee implants are getting a bit of good press in the wake of a knee surgery undergone by veteran journalist Brian Williams.
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Zimmer recalls knee implants over labeling concerns
ConforMIS raises $168M Series E round
ConforMIS closed a Series E round worth $167.7 million, raised from a consortium of 88 unnamed investors, according to regulatory filings.
The Bedford, Mass.-based medical device company makes personalized knee implants based on scans detailing patients’ physiology, creating customized instruments and implants that are shipped in a sterile package surgeons can open on the operating table.
Reached by MassDevice.com today, CEO Philipp Lang declined to comment on the company’s latest funding round.
Zimmer settles lawsuit against surgeon, knee implant inventor
Episurf nabs CE Mark for custom knee implant
Swiss company Episurf Medical picked up a European CE Mark for its knee implant device called the Episealer Femoral Condyle, slated to hit shelves in the fall.
The Episealer device is a small knee implant, tailored to each patient, that grows within the bone to fix damaged cartilage.
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Renovis Surgical closes $5.3M equity funding round
Renovis Surgical Technologies attracted 22 investors to a recent funding round that hit the hoped-for $5.3 million mark, according to an SEC filing.
The equity funding round kicked off in April, on the heels of another funding round that drummed up $3.5 million in cash for the Redlands, Calif.-based medical device maker.
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DePuy Orthopaedics wins FDA approval for customized knee implant system
DePuy Orthopaedics said the FDA granted a supplemental pre-market approval to use special software to customize its Sigma RP knee implant for individual patients physiologies.
FDA clears OrthoSensor’s Verasense knee replacement device
The FDA handed OrthoSensor a 510(k) clearance for its Verasense knee system, designed to helps surgeons measure the proper placement and motion during total knee replacement procedures.
The Sunrise, Fla.-based device maker is touting the clearance as the 1st for a system that combines limb alignment and soft tissue-balancing features.
Zimmer Holdings personal injury lawsuits sent back for reconsideration
ConforMIS lures Zimmer ops director to be its new operations SVP | Personnel Moves
ConforMIS lured Zimmer’s dental business operations director, Matthew Scott, away to be its new chief operating officer as it looks to scale up its customized knee implant business.
The Bedford, Mass.-based medical device company said Scott bring’s a decade’s worth of ops experience from his tenure at Zimmer. ConforMIS makes knee replacement implants and instrumentation that are custom-fit to patients’ morphology.