The immersive medical education software company is applying its medical-grade virtual reality platform to train surgeons.
By focusing on improving outcomes – whether that’s through pre-operative management or more conservative care – at the lowest best price will help prove the value of orthopaedics in 201...
The investment firm plans to invest $10 million to $30 million in specialty pharma, and medtech companies.
https://medcitynews.com/2018/02/1315-capital-raises-300m-for-second-fund/
Disior’s tech revolves around rapidly converting 2D medical scans into interactive 3D images to help orthopedic physicians analyze and assess fractures for implants.
Zimmer Biomet pre-announced disappointing second-quarter results while also revealing that David Dvorak had stepped down as CEO, a move that some analysts feel was long needed.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/07/analysts-zimmer-ceo-departure-long-needed/
If the bundled payments program proves successful for orthopedics, other complex conditions and diseases could apply these best practices to improve health and reduce costs, too.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/06/bundled-payments-are-gaining-momentum/
Trice developed a needle equipped with a camera to give orthopedic physicians a better assessment of sports-related joint injuries and offer an alternative to MRIs.
As virtual rehabilitation picks up, traditional orthopedics widget makers like Breg are foraying into at-home physical therapy using a sensor device and a companion mobile app.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/03/heres-latest-entrant-internet-things-healthcare-market/
As the buzz around robotics grows, J&J ‘s DePuy Synthes is touting the clinical and economic evidence tied to its non-robotic knee platform to help hospitals navigate the bundled payments e...
https://medcitynews.com/2017/03/robotic-not-jj-plans-woo-hospitals-knee-surgeons/
Stryker is launching its Triathlon total knee on its Mako robotic system, reportedly priced at $1 million, at a time of bundled payments and cost consciousness in joint replacement procedures...
Surgeons at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons gave a clear signal that in the future joint replacement will see more use of virtual rehab.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/03/virtual-rehab-gain-ground-orthopedics-bundled-payments-take-hold/
An analyst survey shows that surgeons who are part of Medicare’s Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement program are denying or delaying hip and knee replacements for certain patients.
https://medcitynews.com/2017/03/surgeons-wary-ortho-bundles-delay-deny-procedures/
Intellijoint Surgical has developed an optical navigation system to properly position artificial hips, and with $11 million raised in a Series A round, plans further expansion in the U.S.
The deal reflects Zimmer Biomet’s interest in supporting value-based care through the company’s Signature Solutions program to hospitals.
An avatar might be a way by which hospitals contending with the bundled care payment in orthopedics can lower costs and get joint replacement patients to recover well and at home.
https://medcitynews.com/2016/09/avatar-microsoft-kinect-may-smoothe-bundled-care/
Ananda Devices CEO talks about plans for expanding its organ-on-a-chip tech from researching spinal cord injuries to neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
After dismissing robotics in orthopedics, Zimmer Biomet is jumping on the bandwagon.
https://medcitynews.com/2016/07/zimmer-finally-gets-robotics-game-132m-purchase/
Bioventus develops orthopedic products designed to treat conditions affecting muscles, bones and joints. Its top sellers include a therapy for fractures and osteoarthritis,
https://medcitynews.com/2016/07/5-takeaways-bioventus-ipo-move/
Dr. Todd O’Brien is trying to develop and commercialize a smartphone app that can be used at the point of care to identify fractures on the athletic field, combat field or any other site of...
LDR said cervical disc replacement typically occurs in patients who are too young to receive Medicare, making Mobi-C reimbursement a point of contention with private players.
https://medcitynews.com/2016/06/spinal-disc-implany-reimbursement/
LDR would be the third Austin company Zimmer has purchased in the last 13 years. An article by the Austin American-Statesman pointed out that Zimmer has twice before bought local firms, only to c...
Also, Roswell Park Cancer Institute has formed a for-profit spinoff company, Global Biotechnology & Cancer Therapeutics. Health Outcome has launched a crowdsourcing platform for patients to r...
The partnership is a win for Fitchet’s plan to turn around J&J’s slow-growing device unit by partnering with external players.
https://medcitynews.com/2016/05/jj-3d-printed-orthopedics-contact-lenses/
A look at how telehealth can be harnessed for orthopedic patients and their families.
https://medcitynews.com/2016/02/orthopedic-patient-experience/
Healthcare startup Augmedix raised $4.1 million for its Google Glass platform to help physicians more easily enter and retrieve data from patients electronic health records.
The retirement-aged baby boomer population coupled with the push to reduce healthcare costs is driving
Borrowing concepts from 3D printing, scientists in Australia say they’ve come up with a device
https://medcitynews.com/2013/12/bioprinting-pen-draws-living-cells-onto-damaged-bone/
From models of the human body to product prototypes to human tissue for cancer research,
It was the snap seen around the world, but for the surgeons who operated on
The 3-D printing technology hits just keep on coming. Everyone and their brother seems to