Day: September 17, 2014
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Robotics
DEPUY SYNTHES ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH BLUE BELT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AGREEMENT ENABLES ACCESS TO THE SIGMA® HP PARTIAL KNEE ON THE NAVIO™ SURGICAL SYSTEM
WARSAW, IN – (September 17, 2014) DePuy Synthes, the world’s largest provider of orthopaedic and neurological solutions, announced today a…
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Spine
Medtronic Launches New Balloon Kyphoplasty Products for Treating Spinal Fractures
Enhancements Give Physicians More Options for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures MEMPHIS, TN – September 17, 2014 – Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:…
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Spine
Cervical Disc Clinical Trial for People with Neck and Arm Pain Set to Begin at Hospital for Special Surgery
New York—September 15, 2014 Millions of people suffer from neck and arm pain as a result of cervical disc disease.…
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Uncategorized
Orthopedic surgeons with Saturday hours: The next big trend?
Written by Laura Miller Patient experience and satisfaction is incredibly important in healthcare today, and some orthopedic surgeons are going…
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Spine
Wrong-level Spine Surgery: Just Say No!
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD, with the CSNS Ad Hoc Committee for Patient Safety Editor’s Note: The Council of State Neurosurgical…
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Hospitals and Insurer Join Forces in California
By REED ABELSON In a partnership that appears to be the first of its kind, Anthem Blue Cross, a large…
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Recon
With hip new techniques, replacements last longer
By Erinn Hutkin, Special to U-T San Diego6 P.M.SEPT. 16, 2014 The average age in the U.S. for patients needing…
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Spine
Ortho Kinematics Enters Agreement with Medtronic for Promotion of VMA
AUSTIN, Texas, Sep 16, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Ortho Kinematics’ Inc. (OKI), a privately held healthcare diagnostic company focused on…
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Financial
Indian media accuse Medtronic, Abbott, J&J of price-hikes, bribery
September 16, 2014 by Arezu Sarvestani Media reports in India claim that some of medtech’s biggest companies are looking the…
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Uncategorized
Paulsen takes another run at medical device tax repeal
September 16, 2014 by Brad Perriello Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) tells MassDevice.com about his latest run at repealing the medical…
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Sports Medicine
About half of people who get ACL surgery return to competitive play: study
Most athletes who undergo ACL reconstruction surgery do return to some form of sport, but only 55 percent will return…
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Hospitals
FDA to Test out New Standardized Medical Device Labels in Proposed Study
By Alexander Gaffney, RAC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to study whether it could standardize device labeling…
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Uncategorized
WHERE THE MONEY GOES, BODY PART BY BODY PART — HEALTH CARE REPORT
By Brian Gormley What body parts are seeing the biggest rise in venture-capital funding? The answer in recent years has…
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