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ON MACMILLAN'S RESIGNATION: MacMillan cited family reasons for his departure. Despite this unexpected announcement, analysts don't expect the company's stock to take a beating. Analysts from Canaccord Genuity expect the company to remain strong due to its solid senior leadership. CFO Curt Hartman has been named interim CEO and William Parfet is taking over the chairman role....
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The Bencox stem provides wide range of motion, enhanced neck shape, and a trapezoidal neck design that allows wide angulations, and protects impingement and dislocation.
A Seoul-based orthopaedic company is setting up shop in the United States. Corentec America will be based in Irvine, CA and will market the company’s hip and knee joint replacements, spine...
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DePuy has launched products for shoulder reconstruction, hip revision surgery, and joint replacement. As always, the company’s goal is to expand its product line while reducing healthcare cost.
AOX Polyethylene contains a blend of polyethylene resin and Covernox (an antioxidant), which creates a material that traps free radicals and scavenging oxygen. It is approved for use...
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A bionic arm developed at MIT has an app that gives users more control.
Using the technology with apps also opens up other possibilities Tablets, because they have cameras embedded in them, could enable the bionic arm to be used for remotely based rehab pops up. It also opens up the possiblilty of doing game-based rehab. “This could be used if someone moves x number of degrees, the...
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As metal-on-metal hip implants continue to be scrutinized, here's the latest from Jim Dickinson in MD+DI's Washington Wrap-Up:
A review of clinical trials, observational studies, and registries produced limited evidence on comparative effectiveness of various hip implant bearing combinations, according to an open source British Medical Journal report by researchers from CDRH and universities...
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Medical device packaging company DDL is answering industry demand by adding orthopaedic testing to its services (the company previously conducted testing, but capabilities were limited).
The company now has a biaxial tester, which combines tensile and compression with a torque action. In a company release, DDL notes some tests it offers customers:
ASTM F2193, Standard...
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A new range of hydroxyapatite (HA) biomaterials have potential new uses in antimicrobial and osteopromotive coatings. They could also be used in the development of bone cements with altered structural features
Calcium phosphate growth after simulated body fluid immersion.
that include toughness, solubility, and porosity. Developed by Ceram, the materials have different...
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Millstone Medical Outsourcing (Fall River, MA), which provides outsourcing services to manufacturers of orthopaedic medical devices, has hired a new vice president of business development at its Warsaw, IN, location. Thomas C. Lowe will be charged with developing key accounts and supporting the company’s medical device manufacturing customers. Before joining Millstone, Lowe worked for a...
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Zimmer is taking advantage of growth opportunities in Asia by opening a center in Beijing that will focus on R&D programs across the continent. Activities at the R&D site will include collaboration between local engineers and healthcare professionals in the hopes of creating new technologies that specifically address the Asian market. "Investment in local research and...
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A knee simulator performs a wear test on a set of knee implants. Equipped with Virtual Soft Tissue, these wear testing machines help implant manufacturers and researchers evaluate the performance and durability of new implant designs.
Ever wonder how a new prosthetic design will work once implanted? You probably know that a joint simulator is used in this situation. But the next step is...
