The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons today is launching a new online awareness campaign, A Nation in Motion, to remind consumers that they are the go-to specialists for musculoskeletal issues.
I have a back ache and am thinking of joining a gym , so I can exercise my back muscles to prevent the problem from getting worse. My wife insisted that I go see an orthopedic surgeon and get his advice as to what exercises I should do and which I shouldn't , because she's worried that exercising...
He has submitted his resignation and will effective at the end of March. I can guarantee this is not a fun job right now with the recalls and all the issues the DePuy division has faced. He’s an executive in charge of running a failing implant division, and personally he did not create the units...
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We would all one day like to see some type of national registry created on medical devices so best outcomes and problems could be recorded and researched. A few days ago I wrote about the registry success that Kaiser Permanente is having with their registry for knees and hips. Kaiser Permanente...
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Smith and Nephew advertised this year that their knee can last up to 30 years, back in April as it was approved by the FDA. Of course we won’t really know until 29 years from now approximately if they do last that long and for that matter will stem cells and regenerative medicine come in to play...
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Montagne has developed many products with their own intellectual property and has obtained some patents. Zimmer as well as a few other knee and hip manufacturers have come under the scrutiny of Congress with their issues here in the US. As referenced in the article, this division is to primarily...
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Cardo markets FDA approved products to include Total Hip System, Cervical Plate/Screw System, Spine Pedicle Screw/Rod System, Patello-femoral Arthroplasty, and Uni-Knee Arthroplasty. Perhaps some investors will show interest again as their timing in going public was in September of 2008 and...
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This is an electrochemical process that involves high voltage anodisation. Devices that have been treated will have a shiny violet color. You can see from the image below how small reservoirs are created. Back in 2008 I did a post on another type of process used for coating devices...
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I am just curious as other have issues too? Can we get Senator Grassley a date base that ties all of this together? We need an overall data base to track all and it would be so much more efficient and a bit more transparent than this process. Lawsuit Filed Against DePuy (Johnson...
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The ROBODOC surgery system was approved by the FDA back in August of 2008 and Sutter Hospitals in northern California are the first to use the new 3D robotic workstation for a hip replacement. DigiMatch(TM) ROBODOC(R) Surgical System Receives U.S. FDA 510(k) Marketing Clearance Knee and hip replacements...
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Back in September of 2008 we were asking “how long is my knee or hip replacement going to last and now we are getting some not so good results, but there are many good ones too. How Long is my Knee or Hip Replacement Going to Last? Johnson and Johnson is phasing out one of their hip products and...
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Currently some of these types of screws are being used, but when they disintegrate over a couple years, holes are left, but this new process is supposed to fix that. This is work in progress and the screws are made of composite material close to the properties of real bones so they mesh I...
The competition in the hip and knee business is about to get a little smaller with this acquisition by Johnson and Johnson. In looking at both pages there’s seems to be a lot of product to merge together and appears to make the DePuy line a bit larger. From the website: “Finsbury has always...
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