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ConforMIS, a Burlington, Mass.-based medical device manufacturer, has released the iDuo G2, the second generation of the company's patient-specific bicompartmental knee resurfacing system, according to a company news release.
Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio, is planning a $51 million expansion of its obstetrical care, medical surgical care and orthopedics department to be finished by 2012, according to a WHIO local news report.
Synthes acquired the privately-owned Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based surgical power tools manufacturer Anspach, according to a company news release.
The Rothman Institute in Philadelphia recently opened a new facility in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., and is celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout November, according to a practice news release.
Six orthopedic physicians from OrthoIndy will now treat patients at St. Vincent Indiana as a result of the partnership between the practice and the hospital, according to an OrthoIndy news release.
Cindy Chang, MD, a University of California Berkeley sports medicine physician, has been selected as the chief medical officer for the 2012 United States Olympic team, according to a report from The Daily Californian.
Alphatec Spine, a Carlsbad, Calif.-based spinal device manufacturer, has reported third quarter total revenue at $44.8 million, a 49 percent growth over the revenue for the third quarter of 2009, according to a company news release.
On Nov. 2, The U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois dismissed a federal false claims suit filed by whistleblowers against Chicago's Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, several of its physicians and Rush University Medical Center.
Recently hailed as the possible new "King of Sports Medicine" by Forbes Magazine, Lewis Yocum, MD, has advised and operated on several professional athletes. Dr. Yocum is a physician with the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles and has special…