B1 Medical, a developer of innovative medical devices for orthopedics, has partnered with Invibio Biomaterial Solutions, a worldwide provider of implantable biomaterials to the surgical and medical device markets, to provide scientific support on B1's development of a novel PEEK-OPTIMA…
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Chicago Public Schools will open the city's first high school focused on educating students for future careers in healthcare, according to a report by Crain's Chicago Business.
SpineGuard, based in San Francisco and Paris, announced it has signed an agreement with MBA, an international medical device marketing and distribution firm, to exclusively distribute SpineGuard's PediGuard device in Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, effective immediately, according…
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1. Orthopedics. Rising ASC reimbursement for orthopedic surgery is transforming a sometimes break-even field into a money-making one, says William G. Southwick, president and CEO of HealthMark Partners in Nashville. For example, shoulder surgery used to be so underfunded it…