Viseon's MaxView intraoperative spinal imaging system surpassed 1,000 cases in the U.S., the company said May 18.
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Since its inception in 2015, the FDA's breakthrough designation has been awarded to 657 products across 19 areas. Orthopedics is among the top-earning specialties.
Three Northwell Health hospitals have been named Advanced Spine Centers of Excellence by The Joint Commission.
JointMedica's Polymotion hip resurfacing system received the FDA's breakthrough device designation.
Pittsburgh Penguins center Brian Boyle had surgery at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside in Pittsburgh, the team said May 16.
A sports medicine specialist was killed May 15 in a shooting that wounded four others in Orange County, Calif., CBS reported May 16.
Orthopedic surgeon Stephen Snyder, MD, will be awarded the Arthroscopy Association of North America's lifetime achievement award at the organization's annual meeting in San Francisco on May 19.
Orthopedic surgeon Gary Lynn Rasmussen, MD, is arguing that the $20 million verdict he won against Johnson & Johnson subsidiary DePuy Synthes should be tripled to $60 million, according to Law360.
The number of medical devices earning FDA's breakthrough designation has grown exponentially in recent years, and many were given to orthopedic products.
Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare added the Prodisc L artificial disc to its services.