Author: Alan Condon

Four medical facilities in the U.S. are engaging in a $13 million clinical trial to study stem cell treatment for osteoarthritis in the knee, reports WKRG.

Gooding, Idaho-based North Canyon Medical Center purchased a Mako robot to assist orthopedic surgeons with knee and hip replacements, KMVT reports.

Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Health's Southeastern Orthopedics added John Arnold, MD, to its medical staff, reports The Robesonian.

Frank Vrionis, MD, PhD, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who serves as director of the Marcos Neuroscience Institute and chair of the department of neurosurgery at Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital.

Xoran Technologies raised $8 million through a matching grant program for its xCAT IQ mobile CT imaging platform.

New London (N.H.) Hospital is adding Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Orthopaedics to its list of clinical providers.

Saksith Smithason, MD, of Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Health will begin treating patients at Southeastern Multi-Specialty and Urgent Care Whiteville, N.C., reports The Fayetteville Observer.

Nexxt Spine is celebrating 10 years in the spinal device industry with the company's first recipient undergoing surgery on Oct. 20, 2010.

Boston-based Spaulding Rehabilitation Network is opening a new outpatient center in Providence, R.I., the Providence Journal reports.

Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, a complex knee and sports medicine surgeon at Twin Cities Orthopedics in Golden Valley, Minn., recently celebrated his milestone 500th publication on PubMed.