Month: August 2014
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Uncategorized
Funding: Medtech VC jumps in Q2, but not for early-stage companies
August 27, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Total venture capital dollars invested in medical device companies jumped more than 20% during the 2nd…
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Financial
Failed bundled payments? Not at this orthopedic hospital
Written by Laura Dyrda In 2010, the Integrated Health Association launched a bundled payment program for orthopedic procedures in the state that would…
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Uncategorized
Surgeons Testing ‘Black Box’ to Improve OR Safety
Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto have developed a “black box” for use in operating rooms, similar to that…
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Sports Medicine
DOES GENDER PLAY A ROLE IN ACL RECONSTRUCTION OUTCOME?
Sophie Bodek • Wed, August 6th, 2014 The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most frequently injured knee…
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Financial
Surgical Frontiers Announces Closing of $7 Million Fund
LOGAN, Utah–(Business Wire)–Surgical Frontiers announces that it has recently closed on a $7 million fund to invest in its business…
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FDA Researchers Build Partnerships to Advance Innovations
By: David G. White, Ph.D. Last week, FDA scientists and researchers presented more than 160 abstracts at the 4th Annual Food…
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Biologics
Stem cell breakthrough for ‘Cinderella cells’
The specialized cells that go on to form the spinal cord, muscle and bone tissue in a growing embryo have been…
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Spine
Amedica Corporation Appoints New Board Leadership
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 26, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amedica Corporation (Nasdaq:AMDA), a commercial biomaterial company focused on silicon nitride…
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Sports Medicine
Arthrex Inc. and Parcus Medical, LLC Settle Trade Secret and Patent Infringement Litigation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Schmieding, VP Legal Counsel 239-643-5553 John.Schmieding@Arthrex.com Arthrex Inc. and Parcus Medical, LLC Settle Trade Secret and Patent Infringement Litigation NAPLES,…
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Financial
Insider Selling: Stryker Director Sells 14,000 Shares of Stock (SYK)
Posted by Jim Brewer Stryker (NYSE:SYK) Director Ronda E. Stryker unloaded 14,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 22nd. The…
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Spine
Do experienced surgeons have better outcomes with scoliosis surgery? 5 findings
Written by Laura Dyrda | An article recently published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery examined whether surgeon experience had an impact on outcomes…
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Recon
Patients with mild osteoarthritis may not benefit from knee surgery
A new study indicates that there is no apparent benefit to arthroscopic knee surgery for age-related tears of the meniscus…
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Uncategorized
ArthroCare ex-CEO faces 30-year sentence for fraud
August 25, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Federal prosecutors want a 30-year sentence for former ArthroCare CEO Michael Baker and 20 years for…
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Former FDA head says biotech business model ‘is basically falling apart’
Don Seiffert BioFlash Editor-Boston Business Journal A former head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration who will help lead a…
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Recon
Schatzker Type IV Medial Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Computed Tomography–based Morphological Subclassification
Shi-Min Chang, MD, PhD; Qing Li, MD; Zhen Guo, MD Abstract Schatzker type IV medial tibial plateau fractures have an…
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