Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Discovery of aging mechanism for hematopoietic stem cells; Long-term study finds dozens of new genetic markers associated with lifetime bone growth; Living alone may increase risk of dying after hip fracture; Bone fracture risk may increase when critical enzymatic processes decline.
PARIS – Solvay SA is partnering with Printerprezz Inc. to develop 3D printing technology using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) for implants and other medical devices.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: What’s the ‘true’ rate of dislocation after total hip replacement?; A human gene placed in fruit flies reveals details about a human developmental disorder; Life expectancy and health care costs for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Remote monitoring leads to fourfold decline in returns to hospital after joint surgery; Researchers identify rare genetic bone disorder through massive sequencing methods; Orthogrid Systems says data support the use of its technology for orthopedic surgery; Exercise may protect bone health after weight loss surgery.
Miach Orthopaedics Inc. got a leg up on competitors with the U.S. FDA's de novo approval of its Bridge-Enhanced ACL Repair (BEAR) implant. The company achieved a long-term goal in orthopedics, developing a graft-free system that enables the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) to repair itself. The device represents the first new treatment for ACL tears in three decades.
CAJICA, Colombia – After a lengthy process, French spinal-cord implants manufacturer Implanet SA received marketing authorization by Cofepris, the Mexican health care surveillance agency, to distribute its Jazz platform in the Latin American country. Martillac, France-based Implanet is now looking to train surgeons in Mexico to use its Jazz platform that is designed to improve the treatment of spinal pathologies requiring vertebral fusion surgery.
Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corp. has entered a definitive agreement to acquire regenerative medicine-focused Acell Inc. for an up-front cash payment of $300 million and up to an additional $100 million upon the achievement of certain revenue growth milestones. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions. It also comes almost three months after London-based Smith+Nephew plc said it was going to pick up the extremity orthopedics business of Integra for $240 million in cash.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: HSS bone study sheds light on complications after spinal surgery; Simplify Medical reports first implant of its cervical artificial disc in the U.S. following FDA 1-Level approval; Scientists say xenon improves properties of maxillofacial and orthopedic implants.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Can we make bones heal faster?; Risk of serious complications during knee replacement 73% higher when a tourniquet is used; Exercise may protect bone health after weight loss surgery.
Of all the things that irritate physicians about health insurance, prior authorization might be at the top of the list. That didn’t stop the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service (CMS) from imposing a prior authorization requirement for the implant of spinal stimulators and for cervical fusion with disc removal in the calendar year 2021 Medicare outpatient prospective payment system, however.
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