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Educate Your Patients…or They Will Take Medical Advice From Their Hairdresser

By Elizabeth Hofheinz, M.P.H., M.Ed., August 30, 2019 “When it comes to stem cells and PRP, we wage a battle against the public’s perception of these treatments. “I wish patients wouldn’t take medical advice from their hairdresser/waitress/sports figures,” says one orthopedic surgeon. “Patients are talking to everyone about these treatments and are getting the idea …

Surgio and OrthoEx Offer Free 3PL Assistance to Companies Affected by Hurricane Dorian to Ensure No Lapse in Fulfillment

Surgio, a software platform that is transforming the surgical logistics environment has teamed with OrthoEx, a 3rdParty Logistics company with a focus on orthopedic surgical technologies to offer a disaster avoidance plan to help companies prevent missing supported surgical cases for the duration of Hurricane Dorian.  Surgio has developed a best in class logistics software …

First Spine Surgeries Using The MoRe® Superalloy

ATLANTA, Aug. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — MiRus announces successful spine surgeries at several centers across the country using the MoRe® superalloy. MiRus had received FDA 510(k) clearance for the MoRe® based Europa™ Pedicle Screw System earlier this year. MoRe®, a proprietary molybdenum rhenium superalloy for medical implants, provides an unprecedented combination of strength, ductility, durability, and biological safety.  The …

CMS wants hospitals to post their rates. But hospitals aren’t sure how

by Robert King | Aug 26, 2019 While the Trump administration wants hospitals to begin posting “shoppable” prices online starting next year, some hospitals are scrambling to figure out how they’ll be able to meet such a requirement. Some officials have complained that they do not have contracts automated in order to post such rates. Others say it …

Nexxt Spine Increases NEXXT MATRIXX® Offerings with Lordotic TLIF Oblique

August 28, 2019- Noblesville, IN-  Nexxt Spine LLC, a pioneer in the design and manufacturing of innovative spinal solutions, is proud to release their Lordotic TLIF Oblique interbody into the market.  Meticulously designed, Nexxt Spine’s newest creation is ready to take on transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF), the most frequently performed procedure in the field. …

4WEB Medical Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of its Cervical Stand-Alone Interbody Fusion Device

DALLAS, Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — 4WEB Medical, an orthopedic device company focused on developing innovative implants utilizing its proprietary Truss Implant Technology™, announced today that the company has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its Cervical Spine Truss System-Stand Alone (CSTS-SA) Interbody Fusion Device. Consistent with 4WEB’s existing product portfolio, CSTS-SA has …

Karolinska Development’s portfolio company Promimic receives FDA approval for its HAnano Surface® on a spinal implant

STOCKHOLM – August 28, 2019. Karolinska Development’s portfolio company Promimic today announced that the company’s first spinal device utilizing HAnano Surface to improve osseointegration has now been 510(k) approved by the FDA. Promimic develops and markets products within nano-materials for innovative surface treatments and has developed the HAnano Surface that speeds up and improves the anchoring of …

Medtronic Announces Planned Leadership Succession

DUBLIN, Aug. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced that Omar Ishrak, Medtronic’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has announced his intention to retire as CEO on April 26, 2020, following the end of the company’s current fiscal year. As a result, the Medtronic Board of Directors announced key leadership appointments …

Bone Solutions Inc. partners with Onkos Surgical for private label licensing agreement utilizing the OsteoCrete® platform technology

COLLEYVILLE, Texas, Aug. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bone Solutions Inc., announces a private label licensing agreement with Onkos Surgical covering OsteoCrete® technology — the first FDA (510k) cleared magnesium-based bone void filler in the orthopedic marketplace, designed to assist with bone repair and regeneration. Onkos intends to distribute and market the products under the GenVie™ brand name. OsteoCrete® is an injectable, …

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $572M over opioid crisis

SUSANNAH LUTHI  / August 26, 2019 An Oklahoma state judge on Monday ruled that Johnson & Johnson fed the state’s opioid addiction crisis with aggressive marketing and sales, ordering the company to pay $572 million. The manufacturers’ “false, misleading and dangerous marketing campaigns have caused exponentially increasing rates of addiction overdose deaths and Neonatal Abstinence …

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