PLANO, Texas, July 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Fifteen-year-old Tressa Scott of Allen hasn’t been able to stand up straight for more than a year — until now.
The Allen teenager grew an inch and a half and gained a dramatically straighter spine after undergoing a complex spinal surgery using a new type of surgical robot available at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano… Continue reading »
Mazor Surgical Technologies Ltd. (TASE:MZOR) reports the sale of a second robotic spinal surgical system to a US hospital. The system has been purchased by the Bethseda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio for about $500,000. This was the second sale of Mazor’s Spine Assist system to a US hospital in the second… Continue reading »
FREMONT, Calif., June 9 /PRNewswire/ — Curexo Technology Corporation made history on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 when its next-generation ROBODOC® Surgical System assisted Dr. William Bargar as he performed the first commercial hip replacement surgery on Warren Roberts of Davis, CA. Mr. Roberts had his left hip replacement using this robotic device in 1995 as a part of an FDA study. This recent surgery performed… Continue reading »
FREEMONT, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire/ — Curexo Technology Corporation, which makes an advanced “CAD/CAM” precise surgical robotic system for Total Joint Replacements, has announced it has closed on $13.2 million of funding. Curexo plans to use the funds to further product development, establish initial clinical show sites in the United States and drive awareness of this breakthough approach.
The company… Continue reading »
Newswise — A study of 1,000 consecutive Computer-Assisted Robotic Total Knee Replacements performed over a five year period at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY demonstrates that the computer-assisted procedures result in far better leg alignment, much less likelihood of complicating infection, and a far lower early failure rate than surgeries performed using conventional… Continue reading »
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO - News), a medical device company that markets both its RIO(R) robotic arm interactive orthopedic surgical platform and proprietary RESTORIS(R) implants for minimally invasive orthopedic knee procedures known as MAKOplasty(R), today announced thatRichard Leparmentier has been appointed to the newly created position… Continue reading »
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Feb. 23, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO) announced today that Maurice R. Ferre, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer and Fritz L. LaPorte, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MAKO, will present at the Canaccord Adams Musculoskeletal Conference at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on Tuesday, March… Continue reading »
Semi-active robots and patient-specific templating and instrumentation will aid in surgeon accuracy, timing and positive results.
By Anthony M. DiGioia III, MD; Branislav Jaramaz, PhD
ORTHOPEDICS TODAY 2010; 30:18
Anthony M. DiGioia III
Like many innovative… Continue reading »
Two years ago, George Wolf was injured in a hang-gliding accident. His left leg was amputated below the knee.
He now has an artificial limb, but he longs to walk with fluid movement.
When he heard that fellow Arizona State University professor Thomas Sugar was looking for candidates to test a new spring-loaded robotic… Continue reading »
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OrthoScan, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Scottsdale, Arizona today announced that Novation, the healthcare industry’s leading contracting services company, has named OrthoScan its sole supplier of Mini C-Arms.
The agreement is effective December 15th for three years with two one year extension options. Under the terms of the… Continue reading »
OCONOMOWOC, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–For the first time in Wisconsin, patients suffering from arthritis pain have access to a new procedure that uses the precision of robotics to perform partial knee resurfacing surgery. The technology, called MAKOplasty®, is a minimally invasive surgical option that results in shorter hospital stays and faster healing than traditional knee surgeries.“This is… Continue reading »
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec 2, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) — MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO), a medical device company focused on marketing its advanced robotic-arm solution and its implants for minimally invasive orthopedic knee procedures known as MAKOplasty(R), today announced the commercial availability of the Lateral Unicompartmental Knee Resurfacing Application for its RIO(R) Robotic… Continue reading »
It is simply impossible to extend health-care benefits to an additional 32 million people without significantly increasing cost. As we know, as government costs go up, taxes go up. The government has never shown any indication of trying to reduce it’s own costs, as evidenced by the $4,700 pay raise congress has given itself this… Continue reading »
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (ZMH) recently decided to raise $1 billion by selling its senior unsecured notes in an underwritten public offering in two separate transactions. The transactions involve selling $500.0 million of 4.625% notes due 2019 and $500.0 million of 5.75% notes due 2039. The public offering is expected to close on Nov 17, 2009… Continue reading »
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MAKO Surgical Corp. (MAKO), an orthopedic medical device company that completed its initial public offering and began publicly trading on NASDAQ in February of 2008, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square.
Maurice R. Ferre, M.D., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MAKO Surgical Corp. (MAKO); members of… Continue reading »