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A sit down with Eric Olson, new President & CEO of Amedica Corporation.

Written By: Drue De Angelis While at AAOS, I sat down with Eric Olson from Amedica Corp. and Dr. Thomas Webster from Brown University. Eric Olson is the newly appointed CEO and President of Amedica Corporation. Eric is a 20+ ...

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Medtronic indicates it’s considering selling its spine unit

Posted:   02/21/2012 12:01:00 AM CST
Updated:   02/21/2012 09:36:39 PM CST
Another quarter of weak sales in Medtronic's division for spine devices stirred talk

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Implantable, wireless sensors share secrets of healing tissues

Following an orthopedic procedure, surgeons usually rely on  or MRIs to monitor the progress of their patient’s recovery. The new sensors, created by Rensselaer faculty researcher Eric

Revision Estimates Haunt TKRs

Bilione W. Young • Tue, Feb 21st, 2012

While it is great that over a million and a half Americans have regained their mobility through knee replacement (TKR) surgery, the future

Orthopedic Devices Market to 2017 – Spinal Surgery and Advanced Prosthetics Products to be Major Growth Driver By Reportlinker

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Orthopedic Devices Market to 2017 - Spinal

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Cayenne Medical Closes $10 Million Capital Raise

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cayenne Medical, Inc., a private sports medicine device company, today announced the closing of a $10 million equity financing, with new investor Fletcher Spaght Ventures joining

Titan Spine Acquires Additional Patent Protection for its Spinal Implant Surface Technologies

MEQUON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company focused on the development of innovative spinal interbody fusion implants, announced today that it has acquired two

Lanx, Inc. Names Prominent Spine Surgeons to Surgeon Advisory Board

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Feb 16, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Lanx, Inc., a privately held medical device company focused on developing and commercializing innovative devices for spinal surgery,

Amedica Corporation Completes $30 MM Financing to Expand Market Share of Proprietary Silicon Nitride Ceramic

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Amedica Corporation, a spinal and reconstructive implant manufacturer focused on its medical grade silicon nitride ceramic material,

J&J Defends Synthes Bid at European Union Antitrust Hearing

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson defended its planned acquisition of orthopedics maker Synthes Inc. at a meeting with European Union antitrust regulators yesterday. “There was an oral

Memphis’ ZeroTo510 to Aid Med, Biotech Startups

Memphis Bioworks Foundation and Innova have launched ZeroTo510, an accelerator program to help entrepreneurs bring medical devices and companies to market. Applications are due April 5, and through a

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Are Spine Surgeons Seeing Patient Volume Increase or Decrease?

Six spine surgeons discuss trends in patient volume at their practices.

Ask Spine Surgeons is a weekly series of questions posed to spine surgeons around the country about clinical, business

Zimmer & ISTO Technologies Announce Phase III Clinical Study

Zimmer and ISTO Technologies have announced a Phase III clinical study to evaluate DeNovo ET Engineered Tissue Graft, an engineered cartilage implant for repairing cartilage defects in the

Avoiding Complications of Meniscectomy and Meniscal Repair

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Turbulence Ahead

Good morning folks, this is your captain speaking. While here at AAOS, some big news was announced. No, no acquisitions that we are aware of. Yes, there are