May 14, 2026 | SUBSCRIBE

How Innovation in Orthopedics Actually Happens

BY MAX MUNFORD, Ph.D., AND DAN PRYOR

Orthopedic innovation rarely originates inside the companies that ultimately scale it. Over the past 15 years, the industry has increasingly relied on startups to discover new technologies, validate surgeon adoption and create the innovations that large companies later integrate and commercialize. Understanding how that system works and knowing that startups are not peripheral to orthopedics is essential for everyone operating within the industry. READ MORE

The Definitive Source for Market Intelligence Is Here
BY DAN COOK

Download THE ORTHOPAEDIC INDUSTRY ANNUAL REPORT® to access in-depth analysis of important trends, difference-making companies and drivers of future growth.

Optimize Instrument Designs for Imaging-based Surgery
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Greene Tweed shares why material choice is a key strategic step in building devices that must maintain rigidity, radiolucency and reduced weight in the O.R.

Bearing Surface Solutions for Titanium Implants

Are you aware of plastic deformation risk when thin PVD coatings are applied to a soft substrate, like titanium? Know your options and explore surface solutions developed to perform with titanium’s mechanical behavior, rather than adapted from legacy use.

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SUPPLIER NEWS

Velocity Group to Open Manufacturing Center

At 70,500 square feet, the facility triples the company’s production capacity and features clean room-based injection molding.

Placon Celebrates Major Milestone

The company marked 60 years of being a global provider for sustainable orthopedic packaging solutions.

Plug and Play Selects Fifth Medtech Cohort

The batch of startups will join the accelerator program in Warsaw, Indiana, to drive the next generation of medical device solutions.

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