Month: September 2016
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Sports Medicine
In-office tests may detect hip tendon problems before MRI
By Kathryn Doyle – September 28, 2016 (Reuters Health) – Two simple tests that can be done in a doctor’s…
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Spine
Osseon Invests in Leadership
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Osseon is pleased to announce the addition of medical device industry veterans Eric Gilbert as VP of Sales,…
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Recon
Exactech Announces Successful First Surgeries with New ExactechGPS® Total Shoulder Application
September 29, 2016 GAINESVILLE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Exactech, Inc. (EXAC), a developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products for…
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Hospitals
Phygen, LLC Receives Notice of Allowance on AutoLok Fixation Screw Assembly Under U.S. Patent Application 13/274,243
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Phygen, LLC, a company focused on the development of devices used in the stabilization and repair…
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Extremities
Flexion Therapeutics Announces Appointment of John Magee as Vice President of Sales
BURLINGTON, Mass., Sept. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq:FLXN) announced today that it has appointed John Magee as…
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Biologics
Cerapedics Announces Closing of Series D Financing
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Cerapedics, a privately-held orthobiologics company, today announced the company completed an $11 million Series D financing. The funds…
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Robotics
The Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Englewood, NJ and Mazor Robotics Announce the First Installation of the Renaissance(R) System in an Ambulatory Outpatient Setting in the Northeast
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mazor Robotics Inc., a developer of innovative guidance systems and complementary products,…
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Recon
Movement Is Medicine for Patients Suffering From Osteoarthritis
By ALTERG – September 28, 2016 Is it possible for those with osteoarthritis (OA) to avoid or delay hip and knee…
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Robotics
Verb’s Huennekens unveils vision of next-gen robotic surgery
by Stacy Lawrence | Sep 28, 2016 Verb Surgical is working on what it sees as “Surgery 4.0”: the next iteration…
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Financial
TraumaCad Sales Cement Brainlab Position as UK Market Leader for Orthopedic Surgical Planning
September 28, 2016 LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Brainlab, a global leader in medical technology, announced today that it has solidified its position as…
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Sports Medicine
Northwestern Scientists Create Synthetic Bone Using 3-D Printer
Kristen Thometz | September 28, 2016 New technology developed in Chicago could lead to major advances in healing broken bones…
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Spine
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska Adopts Positive Coverage for Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that pioneered the use of the…
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Financial
Get a new body part and go home the same day: the rise of the ‘bedless hospital’
By CASEY ROSS BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — Get in, get a new knee, go home. As treatments get less invasive and…
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