Kenneth Tepper, MD, has been named chief of orthopedic surgery at Northwestern Hospital in Randallstown, Md., according to a hospital news release.
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Mazor Robotics' Renaissance robot for spine surgery has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its new design, interface and next-generation hardware and software, according to a company news release.
Joseph Purita, MD, leader of The Institute of Regenerative and Molecular Orthopedics in Boca Raton, Fla., was recently named to the InHealth Media Board of Directors, according to a company news release.
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The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia is seeking prison terms for four former Synthes executives who have pleaded guilty to promoting Norian XR bone cement without FDA approval, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Rodney L. Plaster, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa, was co-designer of a total knee replacement device called the Natural-Knee, which was updated three years ago, according to a report by the Tulsa World.
Stryker acquired French extremities device company Memometal Technologies for $162 million, according to a company news release.
Harvest Technologies, a Massachusetts-based platelet-rich plasma device company, is sponsoring the North America Platelet-Rich Plasma Symposium in Toronto later this year and has invited controversial local physician Anthony Galea, MD, as moderator, according to a NY Daily News report.
Houshang Seradge, MD, a hand surgeon at the Orthopedic Institute in Oklahoma City, recently developed an outpatient procedure for athletes with injuries to extensor tendons in their hand, according to a practice news release.
Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, a hospital owned by the physician practice OrthoIndy in Indianapolis, has been developing a contingency plan for growth despite restrictions from the 2010 healthcare reform law, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.