Stryker has released the Mako Robotic Power System for total knee in a limited market release. Mako RPS is a handheld robotic system designed for total knee procedures and marks the expansion of the Mako brand into a new robotics…
Medical device distributor Synchrocare entered a distribution agreement with Diamond Orthopedic, a medical device manufacturer, according to a Feb. 9 news release. Under the partnership, Synchrocare will distribute Diamond Orthopedic’s full line of orthopedic fixation devices nationwide, including its proprietary…
Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth and Colorado Springs (Colo.) Orthopaedic Group have expanded their existing partnership. The two organizations now jointly own and operate The Orthopaedic and Spine Center of Southern Colorado, located on the UCHealth Memorial North Campus in Colorado Springs,…
Orthopedic 3D implant company restor3d has commercially launched its Ossera AFX Ankle Fusion Cage System. The platform is designed to treat complex ankle fusion cases, with both standard and custom configurations, according to a Feb. 9 news release from restor3d. …
A large fire severely damaged the Orthopedic Institute at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City (Pa.) on Feb. 4, forcing a full evacuation of the hospital, according to a Feb. 5 report by Fox affiliate WOLF. The hospital remains temporarily closed while…
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J. Rafe Sales, MD, performed back surgery on Zac McGraw, a defender for the Portland Timbers. Dr. Sales operated on Mr. McGraw’s lumbar spine on Feb. 6 in Portland, Ore., according to a Feb. 6 news release from the Timbers. …
South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health has renewed its partnership as an official medical provider for U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the national governing body of Olympic and Paralympic skiing and snowboarding, continuing a relationship that spans more than 15 years. …
Bradenton-based HCA Florida Blake Hospital has named Andres O’Daly, MD, as medical director of orthopedics, effective Jan. 26. Dr. O’Daly is an orthopedic surgeon and succeeds David Cashen, MD, who held the role from 2022 to 2025, according to a…
Regenerative medicine now sits in a complicated place in orthopedic care. Patients ask about it routinely. Clinics promote it aggressively. Stories of injections replacing surgery circulate widely online. Platelet-rich plasma and stem cell-based therapies have become part of the orthopedic…
Germantown, Md.-based Capital Surgical Solutions is planning to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Portland, Ore., in the fourth quarter of 2026, the company said in a Feb. 6 LinkedIn post. The project, called Portland Orthopedic Surgery Center, is…
