Zimmer Biomet and Surgical Planning Associates signed an agreement to commercialize HipInsight, a mixed reality navigation system for total hip replacements.
Orthopedic
Zimmer Biomet's Persona IQ knee implant debuted in October, and the technology has since expanded across six states.
Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee, Ariz., plans to spend $10 million to expand its orthopedic surgical department, AZCentral reported Aug. 30.
Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics treats a variety of orthopedic issues at its locations throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Orthopedic surgeon and researcher Robert LaPrade, MD, PhD, reached an h-index of over 100.
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C. Kris Hanby, MD, performed the first smart knee replacement in Arkansas at Fayetteville-based Washington Regional Medical Center.
From expanding its robotic surgery program to bolstering its ASCs and recruiting a new neurosurgery chief, here are four key orthopedic developments at Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag in the past six months:
Orthopedic Care Partners has closed an investment in a state-of-the-art ASC in Wentzville, Miss.
An Iowa woman will keep her $3.55 million jury award after a federal court denied a new trial request from devicemaker Biomet, now known as Zimmer Biomet, the Des Moines Register reported Aug. 26.
Norman Johanson, MD, the former chief of orthopedics at Philadelphia-based Hahnemann University Hospital, died July 3 at age 72, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 25.