Allen Schlein, MD, a Connecticut-based orthopedic surgeon, was recently awarded more than $2 million from Orthopedic Systems for lost royalties on a device for shoulder surgery, according to a report from the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Medical and legal bills associated with metal-on-metal hip implants are taking a financial toll on the healthcare system, according to a New York Times report.
Minnesota medical device company KSpine raised $2.5 million that will fund clinical trials for the company's spinal implant to treat scoliosis, according to a Medcity News report.
A U.S. District Judge in Oregon threw out an $85 million verdict favoring Smith & Nephew in a patent infringement case with Arthrex over surgical anchors used in shoulder surgery, according to a Bloomberg report.
A team of orthopedic surgeons and engineers, including Joshua Jacobs, MD, of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Chicago, recently made a discovery about the structure of metal-on-metal hip implants, according to an MOR news release.
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RoG Sports Medicine, an Orland Park, Ill.-based orthopedic implant company, recently received FDA clearance for its RoG Suture Anchor made of Zeniva polyetheretherketone, according to a Solvay Advanced Polymers news release.
Regenerative medicine company IntelliCell BioSciences recently appointed James R. Andrew, MD, and Joshua Hackel, MD, both of Andrews Institute of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine in Gulf Breeze, Fla., to its medical advisory board, according to a company news release.
The International Consortium of Orthopaedic Registries recently outlined how it will develop a collaborative process for improving the safety of orthopedic devices with outcomes registries from around the world in the most recent edition of the Journal of Bone and…
Peter Arduini, formerly the president of medication delivery for Baxter Healthcare, has been named the CEO of Integra LifeSciences, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
InVivo Therapeutics co-founder Robert S. Langer, ScD, was recently awarded the 2011 annual Innovation Award in Bioscience from The Economist, according to a company news release.