Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. is moving ahead of schedule in terms of its turnaround as it reported revenue of $1.892 billion for the third quarter. That figure represents an increase of 3% over the same period last year, impressing analysts.
Think Surgical Inc., of Fremont, Calif., won good news from the U.S. FDA, which cleared the company's Tsolution One total knee application for use in total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The Tsolution One total knee application includes computed tomography-based 3D presurgical planning software, providing surgeons the ability to design and prepare the patient's knee joint replacement plan. During surgery, the physician puts the patient's pre-planned procedure using the robot into effect, with the goal of precisely placing the knee implants.
A startup founded by a University of Arizona (UA) professor to bring to market the flexible carbon fiber fabric he invented to repair hard-to-set fractured bones received funding from Tucson-based UAventure Capital. The inventor, Hamid Saadatmanesh, licensed the technology from the university and is developing it through his new company, Medicarbone Inc.
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