Device companies that are expanding their digital tool offerings must develop instruments that require more advanced accuracy than those used in standard surgical procedures. Medtronic's Vice President of Robotics provides best practices and predictions for the space.
The purchase positions UnitedCoatings Group as the 8th largest orthopedic contract manufacturer, by our estimates, and adds a major 3D printing player to the list of top suppliers ranked by revenue.
Surgeons who spoke at OMTEC were clear in their desires to leverage new technology, but noted a need for enhancements. We recap surgeons' advice to industry on what it will take to get these technologies ready for primetime.
With sterilization efficiency and infection prevention a priority for hospitals and industry, Stryker purchased the STERIZONE VP4 Sterilizer. The system is reportedly the most cost-effective low-temperature sterilizer on the market today per instrument sterilized
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The startup is rethinking the way that PEEK and hydroxyapatite are manufactured together to build an interbody that maintains load-bearing strength while facilitating osteointegration and radiolucency.
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Heading into the NASS Annual Meeting, we share product clearances for lesser-known companies to keep on your radar: Integrity Implants, MiRus, Omnia, Silony and more.
The company was awarded a €2.5 million grant, received a U.S. patent and entered into a new license agreement for surface finishing technology built with additive manufacturing.
Considering surgical techniques, regulations and technologies together as a whole, expect to see significant changes in orthopedics over the next decade. Here are seven shifts that OEMs should consider when choosing new product development initiatives.
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By intimately understanding provider customers and their product use cycle, device manufacturers can forge deeper relations that embed their products and themselves as preferred partners.
