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Recon
Stealthy Cotera raises nearly $8m for knee implants
December 18, 2014 by Mark Hollmer Stealthy knee implant startup Cotera reports raising more than $7.8 million in an equity…
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Shoulder Arthroplasty, Reverse Replacement On the Rise
Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed. • Mon, December 15th, 2014 Shoulder Arthroplasty, Reverse Replacement On the Rise Within the orthopedic world,…
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Financial
FDA PANEL EXPERT LINKS TO INDUSTRY A MYSTERY
Walter Eisner • Thu, December 18th, 2014 A December 8, 2014 Wall Street Journal article says the FDA is not…
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Extremities
Building A Successful Reimbursement Team – Part 2 of 3
By: Mary Corkins READ PART 1 of 3 HERE The healthcare reimbursement system currently operational in the US has become a…
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Extremities
Sonoma Orthopedic Products scores $12 mln from First Analysis
Sonoma Orthopedic Products has received $12 million in funding from First Analysis. Based in Santa Rosa, Calif. and outside Chicago,…
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Riverside’s Orliman acquires SM Europe
Orliman, owned by The Riverside Company, has acquired the French orthopedic company Soft Medical Europe (SM Europe). SM Europe designs…
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Uncategorized
Key Executive With RTI Surgical Steps Down
Officials with RTI Surgical Inc. (RTI), a surgical implant company, announced that Thomas F. Rose will retire from his position…
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Financial
Baxano Surgical on Track to Complete Sale in January
By: Tom Corrigan A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday said he would approve a series of motions that will put Baxano…
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Spine
Study finds no difference in long-term outcomes between minimally invasive and open discectomies to remove herniated disk material
Researchers at McMaster University have found that current evidence does not support the routine use of minimally invasive surgery to…
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Biologics
6 Interesting Orthopedic TED Talks
Chemist Lee Cronin is working on a 3D printer that, instead of objects, is able to print molecules. An exciting…
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Jimmy Chow, M.D., Performs 1,000th SuperPATH ® Hip Replacement Procedure at St. Luke’s Medical Center
Surgeon one of two in Arizona offering micro-invasive surgical hip replacement PHOENIX – (Dec. 16, 2014) –Jimmy Chow, M.D., a…
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Biologics
StemCells, Inc. Transplants First Participant in Phase II Clinical Trial in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Pathway Study to Assess the Potential of Human Neural Stem Cells to Restore Motor Function NEWARK, CA, December 18, 2014 (GLOBE…
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Financial
Amedica Announces Preliminary Q4 & FY 2014 Financial Results and Update on CASCADE Clinical Study
SALT LAKE CITY, December 18, 2014 – Amedica Corporation (Nasdaq:AMDA), a biomaterial company that has developed silicon nitride ceramics as a material platform…
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Biologics
More research needed to fully harness power of stem cells in sports medicine
Stem cells have demonstrated promise across all facets of medicine, including sports medicine, where early results have exhibited the potential…
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Extremities
Intravenous vs. oral antibiotics for osteomyelitis, serious bone infections in children
Children with osteomyelitis (a serious bacterial bone infection) who were discharged from the hospital to complete several weeks of outpatient…
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