We asked those attending the 2015 AAOS meeting in Las Vegas what they thought was most exciting. Kelly Coan, regional director for Pacific Medical, an exclusive distributor for Arthrex, Inc., sent along the following:
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There is a new study comparing Titan Spine's Endoskeleton TA device with PEEK presented at the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.
aap Implantate has been granted a patent from the European Patent Office for its silver coating technology.
Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City West, Ariz., has incorporated MAKOplasty technology, according to a YourWestValley.com report.
DJO Global's net sales down for the first quarter of 2015.
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A new survey from BetterDoctor.com ranks cities by the amount of money physicians practicing there receive from pharmaceutical companies, according to a KCUR report.
Florida-based companies are receiving around $89.7 million in venture capital investment, with a large portion going to healthcare-related companies, according to a Miami Herald report.
Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson are among the big medical firms partnering with IBM to collect patient data and create health-related apps, according to the Rapid News Network report.
DJO Global's subsidiaries DJO Finance and DJO Finance Corp., commenced a private offer and consent solicitation for senior subordinated notes.
At the end of2014, the medical device industry took another step forward in the healthcare accountability movement when a number of companies announced plans to take on performance-based financial risk on implants.