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Early VIA Disc Results Indicate 12-month Pain Relief
WEBMay 8, 2020 · Early VIA Disc Results Indicate 12-month Pain Relief. Adam Suhy, Ph.D. • Fri, May 8th, 2020. Source: Vivex Biologics. Initial results of a subset of the VAST Clinical Trial found that VIVEX Biologics, Inc.’s VIA Disc provided improvements in pain and disability scores up to 12 months after injection. The study, “VAST Clinical Trial ...
FDA Warning Letter to Globus Medical | Orthopedics This Week
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning letter to Globus Medical, Inc. related to an inspection on February 15, 2024, through March 7, 2024. The warning letter pertained to the “Class II Excelsius GPS surgical robot and associated interbody spine and cranial modules.”. According to the warning letter, the ...
FDA Approval Nears for Anika’s Cartilage Repair Product
WEBJun 5, 2023 · Anika Therapeutics, Inc. is one important step closer to FDA approval of its novel hyaluronic acid (HA) matrix, single-stage, bone-preserving, regenerative knee cartilage repair product. This leader in early intervention joint preservation technologies, announced this week that researchers had completed a pivotal Phase III clinical study for ...
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The Return of TOPS Spinal Implant | Orthopedics This Week
WEBMar 14, 2013 · The Return of TOPS Spinal Implant. Biloine W. Young • Thu, March 14th, 2013. TOPS device / Courtesy of Premia Spine, Ltd. Premia Spine, Ltd, a medical device company headquartered in Tel Aviv, is launching the TOPS spinal implant—which had been under development for years with another Israeli firm, Impliant, Ltd. TOPS is an acronym for ...
Pickleball Bone Fractures up 90x, Primarily in Seniors
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Pickleball Bone Fractures up 90x, Primarily in Seniors. Vesna Brajkovic • Thu, August 22nd, 2024. Source: Shutterstock. The fastest-growing sport in America, especially popular with the older crowd for its low impact and accessibility, has led to an impressive 90-fold increase in fractures over the past 20 years.
Coral Successful in Knee Repair | Orthopedics This Week
WEBHagen reports that the first patient in Europe to be given a coral implant was a 47-year-old former athlete who suffered swelling and pain in his knee. The implant reduced the pain, and increased his mobility. Six months after treatment he was able to ski and a year later completed a 120-mile cycle race. A trial in Slovenia involving around 20 ...
Knees: Off-the-Shelf vs. Customized Implants
WEBJul 16, 2018 · A new study has pitted customized knee implants against off-the-shelf implants. The resulting paper, “In Vivo Tibial Fit and Rotational Analysis of a Customized, Patient-Specific TKA versus Off-the-Shelf TKA,” appears in the May 25, 2018 edition of the Journal of Knee Surgery. Gregory Martin, M.D., with the department of orthopedic surgery at Preferred Orthopaedics of the Palm Beaches ...
Getting Cartilage Repair Right – After 25 Years
WEBMay 30, 2019 · Jump ahead 25 years, and after more than 1 million annual cartilage treatment procedures in the U.S., including 430,000 debridement procedures and 220,000 microfracture surgeries (source: SmartTRAK.net - Cartilage Replacement – U.S., January 3, 2019), cartilage repair remains more a hope than a standard of care.