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Who wields the knife?

May 7th, 2016 – From the print edition: Science and technology   They don’t drink, they don’t get tired and they don’t go on strike. To hospital managers, the idea of robots operating on patients without human intervention is an attractive one. To patients, though, the crucial question is, “are they better than human surgeons?” […]

Twin Cities med-tech start-up looks to shake up orthopedics market

By NEAL ST. ANTHONY AND JOE CARLSON , STAR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS   Minnesota is home to more than 600 medical technology companies, and virtually all of them began when someone decided to build a business around a new medical device. Responsive Orthopedics is different. Started by veteran Twin Cities med-tech executive Doug Kohrs and […]

Moximed’s AtlasTM Knee System Improves Pain Scores and Returns Function to Pre-Arthroplasty Patients with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis

HAYWARD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Moximed®, Inc. announced today the first clinical data presentations for its Atlas System, a unicompartmental joint unloading device for pre-arthroplasty knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients. The data, presented at the 17th ESSKA Congress in Barcelona, Spain, revealed that patients with the Atlas System experienced effective pain relief, regained range of motion, and returned to […]

DEPUY SYNTHES COMPANIES ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF BIOMEDICAL ENTERPRISES, INC., A LEADER IN SMALL BONE FIXATION

WEST CHESTER, Pa. – May 9, 2016 – DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., part of the DePuy Synthes Companies of Johnson & Johnson, announced today that it has acquired privately-held BioMedical Enterprises, Inc. (BME), a leading manufacturer of Nitinol orthopaedic implants for small bone fixation. The implants are used to treat bunions, hammertoes and other foot and […]

Marathon Patent Group Subsidiary Orthophoenix LLC Enters Into License Agreement With Titanium2Bone, Inc.

LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – May 9, 2016) –  Marathon Patent Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA) (“Marathon”), a patent licensing and commercialization company, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Orthophoenix LLC, entered into a license agreement with Titanium2Bone, Inc. The consideration to be paid by Titanium2Bone to Orthophoenix and all other commercial terms of the license agreement […]

United offers employees cheaper hip, knee replacements if they travel to Chicago’s Rush

By: Ameet SachdevContact Reporter, Chicago Tribune   Some people travel long distances to get cheaper medical treatment. United Airlines is testing whether employees will do the same. The airline is encouraging workers across the country and their families to go to Rush University Medical Center in Chicago for hip and knee replacements as well as spinal fusion surgeries. […]

Venture Capital Is Facing an Impending Health-Care ‘Avalanche’

by Phil Wickham   This is the first part of VC to VC, a monthly series that features conversations between veteran venture capitalist Phil Wickham and other leaders in the investment world. Wickham is also CEO of Kauffman Fellows. Bryan Roberts has built a career on picking winners in the health–care industry. The seasoned venture capitalist […]

Four guilty of $10 million investment scheme involving medical device

By Eric Heisig, cleveland.com  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Four men were found guilty by a jury Friday for concocting a scheme worth more than $10 million to sell unregistered securities and lie to investors about a medical device they claimed they were developing. Kenneth Jackson, 59, of Glenmont; William Schureck, 81, of Lexington; Dennis Deciancio, 73, of […]

Carlyle $CG Said to Hire Natixis to Shop European Implants Leader Marle for 300 M€

Lin Wu, May 4, 2016 Global private equity firm Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is said to have hired investment bank Natixis Partners to handle the sale of its 80% stake in French orthopedic implants leader Marle SA, which it acquired in 2009. The Marle family and the company’s management team kept a 20% stake in […]

Misonix, Inc. Announces Third Quarter and Nine-Months 2016 Financial Results

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Misonix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSON), an international surgical device company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative therapeutic ultrasonic products for spine surgery, skull-based surgery, neurosurgery, wound debridement, cosmetic surgery, laparoscopic surgery and other surgical applications, today announced financial results for the third quarter and the nine-months of fiscal year 2016 ended March 31, […]

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