Implants
Cracking Down On High-Risk Implants Before They Hit The Marketplace
January 23, 2013 10:49 am | News | CommentsSome "high risk" surgical devices that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are not required to go through clinical trials, where a product is tested to determine its safety and effectiveness.
LISTED UNDER: Hip Systems | Implants | Knee SystemsFirst Hybrid Cervical Spine Surgery In The U.S.
January 16, 2013 12:04 pm | News | CommentsThis complex procedure is reportedly the first viable option for resolving a combination of degenerative disc disease and herniated discs with normal discs interspersed.
LISTED UNDER: ImplantsClinical Trials Positive For Joint Fusing Device
December 12, 2012 1:33 pm | News | CommentsSI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company that is pioneering the use of a minimally invasive surgical (MIS) device to fuse the sacroiliac (SI) joint announced today the publication of the first peer-reviewed journal article on the iFuse Implant System for the treatment of sacroiliac joint disruptions or degenerative sacroiliitis.
LISTED UNDER: ImplantsProgram Provides Twins With Hip Replacement Surgery
December 10, 2012 10:57 am | by Kathy Matheson, AP | News | CommentsDoctors, hospitals and implant manufacturers donate time and equipment for the procedures. A hip replacement would normally cost about $16,000, plus hospitalization. The program started in the mid-1990s to serve patients in developing countries but has been offered in the U.S. for only the past two years.
LISTED UNDER: Hip Systems | ImplantsDonations Make Knee Replacements Possible
November 21, 2012 10:10 am | News | CommentsAt a time many Americans devote to counting their blessings, a group of underprivileged patients in Veracruz, Mexico are thankful to be regaining the most critical aspects of rural life – their mobility and livelihood.
LISTED UNDER: Implants | Knee SystemsMedical Polymer For Chronic Implants
March 8, 2010 6:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsMarch 12, 2010 DSM PTG, part of DSM Biomedical, introduces Bionate® II PCU, a versatile medical polymer with built-in surface technology designed for chronic implants. Bionate® II PCU is a line extension of the Bionate® Polycarbonate Urethane family, a medical polymer for long-term implants and is backed by an established FDA Master File.
LISTED UNDER: ImplantsInjectable Bone Graft Replacement
August 4, 2009 6:23 am | Depuy Spine, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsDePuy Spine, Inc. introduces the HEALOS® Fx Injectable Bone Graft Replacement, a bone graft solution designed specifically for minimally invasive spine surgery. HEALOS Fx is a moldable, injectable version of HEALOS® Bone Graft Replacement, which is the company's osteoconductive and osteogenic (when combined with bone marrowaspirate) bone graft substitute, shown to achieve fusion rates equivalent to autograft in peer-reviewed, published human clinical studies.
LISTED UNDER: ImplantsUnicompartmental Knee Resurfacing Implant
June 16, 2008 1:11 pm | Conformis, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsThe iUni™ unicompartmental knee resurfacing implant is one of four patient-specific implants ConforMIS has developed for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, the most common reason for knee replacement surgery. Designed for patients whose arthritic damage is isolated to either the medial or lateral compartments of the knee, with little to no damage present in the other compartments, the use of a unicompartmental implant is often referred to as “partial knee replacement.
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