Orthopedic

The Arthroscopy Association of North America collaborated with VirtaMed to create knee arthroscopy training modules with two different skin tones.

Orthopedic surgeon James Andrews, MD, and Jefferson, La.-based Ochsner Health have cemented a five-year partnership to create The Ochsner Andrews Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Institute.  

After nearly 15 years leading Durham, N.C.-based EmergeOrtho, Steve DeBiasi will take over as CEO of physician advisory firm Curi.

An orthopedic surgeon who previously practiced at New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation traveled to Kyiv, Ukraine, to offer his services amid the conflict with Russia.

DePuy Synthes, Johnson & Johnson's orthopedic business, added two products to its Attune total knee portfolio.

Orthofix's TrueLok EVO ring fixation system for limb reconstruction was cleared by the FDA and used in U.S. patients.

PatientIQ plans to launch a hip arthroscopy quality improvement program as part of a partnership with the Hip Surgical Treatment Registry.

Gritman Medical Center in Moscow, Idaho, has expanded orthopedic surgery services with the addition of Gritman Orthopedic Surgeons, the Daily Fly reported March 15.

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes on March 15 was ordered to pay Gary Lynn Rasmussen, MD, $20 million after one of its products was found to infringe on one of the orthopedic surgeon's patents, according to Law360.com.

Recent innovations in sensor technologies demonstrated huge potential in orthopedic surgery, evolving beyond the bulky, expensive and less reliable technologies of the past.