Day: October 23, 2014
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Biologics
A Conversation with Gary Stevenson, Co-Founder of MB Ventures and Lead Sponsor of MNVC
It’s the Thursday before the Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference (www.mnvc.org) and we thought it would be a great idea to…
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Spine
Low back pain accounts for third of all disability linked to work
Date: March 24, 2014 Source: BMJ-British Medical Journal Summary: Low back pain disability linked to workplace factors accounts for a…
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Spine
Targeted treatment of back pain leads to 50% drop in work absence
Date: March 10, 2014 Source: Keele University Summary: Stratified or targeted care of back pain implemented by family doctors leads…
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Extremities
3D printer makes man’s heel
Doctors have used a 3D printer to help save a Melbourne man from losing his leg to cancer. Builder Len…
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Extremities
Centric Medical™ (A Division of LifeSpine) Announces FDA Clearance of TARSA-LINK™ Internal Fixation System for Foot and Ankle
HUNTLEY, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Centric Medical, a new division of Life Spine, Inc., which focuses on developing surgical implants for the…
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Recon
Knee and hip replacements part of boomers’ active life
Robin Erb, Detroit Free Press Staff Writer Orthopedic implants — once the dreaded inevitability of our final, fragile years —…
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Robotics
Hugh Herr isn’t just developing more capable prosthetic limbs. He’s rethinking what humans can do.
By Courtney Humphries, SM ’04 on October 21, 2014 Uncomfortable shoes. Awkward crutches. Painful artificial limbs. When technology meets biology,…
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Financial
Zimmer posts Q3 earnings above expectations, narrows guidance
October 23, 2014 by Brad Perriello Zimmer Holdings says its 3rd-quarter earnings beat expectations and narrows its sales and earnings…
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Extremities
New approach to treating brittle bone disease unveiled
Date: May 4, 2014 Source: Baylor College of Medicine Summary: A new approach to treating brittle bone disease, a congenital…
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Financial
Consumer Healthcare Industry High Performance Business Study—Infographic
Accenture has analyzed the performance of 17 of the largest Consumer Healthcare companies in the world over a five year…
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