The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has begun accepting applications from HIT vendors for preliminary certification of electronic health record products for hospitals that will be eligible for funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a…
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OrthAlign has received a 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market the KneeAlign disposable computerassisted surgical navigation system for total knee arthroplasty procedures, according to a release by the company.
Duke University researchers have discovered a mechanism of bone formation in mice that works without inducing complementary bone breakdown, according to a report by UPI.
James A. Krcik, MD, a former standout baseball infielder at the University of Illinois-Chicago, recently joined Integrity Orthopedics in Tinley Park, Ill., according to the Orland Park (Ill.) Prairie.
The FDA issued 13 orthopedic-related 510(k) clearances in September, according to a report by the FDA.
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Robin R. Young, CEO of PearlDiver, which analyzes life sciences industry data, said the fees that orthopedic device-makers would have to pay under health reform legislation would actually be a "good deal" for them, according to a report by the…
In a new procedure, researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have grown new cheekbones for a teenage patient using a combination of donor bone, growth hormone and the patient's own stem cells, according to a release by the hospital.
The first two implantations have been conducted of Impliant's Tops VersaLink System, which allows the surgeon to treat different stages of spinal degeneration at two or more adjacent vertebral segments, according to a release from Impliant.
Kimberly-Clark Corp. has acquired I-Flow Corp, a manufacturer of pain management and drug delivery technology, for $276 million, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
John Allen Thompson, DC , a chiropractor based in Shreveport, La., pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud, avoiding a federal trial at which he would have faced 72 counts of healthcare fraud and one count of conspiracy to…