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Call for patients for groundbreaking knee replacement surgery
Call for patients for groundbreaking knee replacement surgery A hip and knee replacement surgeon at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in Illinois, is recruiting patients for a new total knee replacement
Super cap spares tissue in hip replacement surgery
Super cap spares tissue in hip replacement surgery The super capsular approach, also referred to as ‘super cap’ or SUPERPATH varies from the traditional posterior approach to hip replacement surgery
Proximal biceps tenodesis – forked-tip SwiveLock
Proximal biceps tenodesis – forked-tip SwiveLock SwiveLock Tenodesis implants are designed for proximal biceps tenodesis. This efficient system was designed to save steps and minimise the length of the procedure.
Silk solution for biologic bone graft
Silk solution for biologic bone graft A new biologic bone graft containing purified silk fibres has received the CE Mark in Europe and Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) listing in Australia.
FlowerCube: new plating set and instruments for complex distal radius fractures
FlowerCube: new plating set and instruments for complex distal radius fractures Following the success of its FlowerCube concept, Flower Orthopedics has released a new anatomic distal radius FlowerCube to complement
Expanding Orthopedics signs distribution deal for expandable cage
Expanding Orthopedics signs distribution deal for expandable cage Expanding Orthopedics Inc. (EOI) has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Trout Medical to distribute its FLXfit three-dimensional expandable cage in Texas.
Mechanised system improves hand function after nerve damage
Engineers at Oregon State University (OSU) have developed and successfully demonstrated the value of a simple pulley mechanism to improve hand function after surgery The device, tested in cadaver hands,
FDA clearance for mineralised collagen scaffold and cervical cage
FDA clearance for mineralised collagen scaffold and cervical cage The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance, or pre-market notification, for a next generation cervical cage and
Corin Group acquires Australian orthopaedic technology leader and gains technology to help improve component positioning in total hip replacement
Corin Group acquires Australian orthopaedic technology leader and gains technology to help improve component positioning in total hip replacement Corin Group, a global manufacturer and supplier of orthopaedic devices, has
Regenerative medicine: chasing the phantom?
Adam Gale ponders whether regenerative medicine and cell therapies will enable the human body to use its own latent powers to heal itself If there’s one word in biomedical research
