Tornier, a global extremities device company based in Amsterdam, will launch its Aequalis Ascend Convertible Shoulder System this week, according to a company news release.
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Smith & Nephew's patent infringement case against Arthrex is being heard this month in Oregon, according to a Smith & Nephew news release.
The Senate Finance Committee has launched an investigation into the physicians who consulted with Medtronic on its Infuse after a recent study published in The Spine Journal showed a stronger correlation between the product and male infertility than was originally…
Steve Paragioudakis, MD, an orthopedic spine surgeon and founder of Orthopedic Spine Specialists of NJ, has been named to the board of medical advisors for United Health Products, according to a company news release.
According to a report by the Food and Drug Administration, it is difficult to ensure that all players along the supply chain meet their safety and quality responsibilities with half of all medical devices in the United States imported.
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Several hip surgeons — including Lawrence D. Dorr, MD, of the Dorr Arthritis Institute at good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Amar Ranawat, MD, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, Douglas Padgett, MD, also of Hospital…
Life Spine, a Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based medical device company, is holding a training course on its Centric minimally invasive spine technology to instruct surgeons on its products and clinical indications, according to a company news release.
MedShape Solutions, an Atlanta-based orthopedic device company, now provides larger sizes of its ExoShape CL, a two-part PEEK Altera interference fixation device for soft tissue graft fixation during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, according to a company news release.
Orthopedic surgeons at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland and a specialist in joint and cartilage at the Royal Orthopedic Hospital in Birmingham developed the GraftBolt to improve the rate of surgeries for knee injury, according to Top News Report.
A former football player for the University of Utah has filed a lawsuit against Stryker after one of the company's implantable pain pumps caused severe cartilage loss, according to a Desert News report.