Biomedical Structures Offers New Weaving Technique
Biomedical Structures (BMS; Warwick, RI), a developer of biomedical textiles for medical devices, now offers a tapered medical textile service for tendons, ligaments, and other orthopaedic applications. The new weaving techniques allow for the creation of more lifelike structures that imitate natural tendon and ligament performance. The company shapes bioabsorbable and permanent fibers to...
Mack Molding Forms Business Unit Dedicated to Orthopaedics
Dwalin DeBoer discusses the orthopaedic instrument conversion to disposable. Capitalizing on its significant growth in orthopaedics, Mack Molding (Arlington, VT) has formed a business unit dedicated to this sector, along with for disposable medical devices. Dwalin DeBoer will oversee this new unit. The company also added new services including cleanroom molding and additional...
AAOS 2012: Stryker's President and CEO MacMillan Resigns
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....
AAOS 2012: South Korean Ortho Company Launches Corentec America
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...
AAOS 2012: DePuy Orthopaedics
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...
Apps for Bionic Arm Revolutionizes Rehab
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...
Hip Implant Bearing Report Shows Little Difference Among Bearing Combinations
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...
DDL Adds Testing for Orthopaedic Implants, Spinal Systems, and More
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...
Hydroxyapatite Biomaterials Explore New Applications in Coatings and Bone Cements
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...
Millstone Hires Executive
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...