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Have a Cindy Lou Who Holiday and Keep it Grinch-Less

The holidays are upon us and during all the hustle and bustle it is sometimes hard to remember to keep a bright and cheery attitude. Especially when you’re trying to close out your year-end, prep for the upcoming year and every...

December 12, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Vertera Spine’s COHERE Fusion Device Wins Award For Best Spine Technologies for 2016

ATLANTA, Nov. 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Vertera Spine, a developer of medical devices using advanced biomaterial technologies, today announced that the COHERE® Cervical Interbody Fusion Device has been recognized by Orthopedics This Week as one of the Top Ten Best Spine...

December 12, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

First Robotic Spine Surgery Performed in Western New York 

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Western New York is now on the map for cutting edge surgeries. The first robotic spine surgery in the region was successful at the St. Joseph campus of Sisters Hospital. Just by looking at her, you wouldn’t think Susan...

December 9, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

Miniaturising Surgical Robotics Design 

Axsis technology heralds the next wave of surgical robotics innovation. Propelling surgical innovation to the next stage, product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants is showcasing Axsis – one of the smallest known robots for surgical use. With an external...

December 9, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Harvard Creates World’s First 3D Printed Heart-on-a-chip 

3D Printed technology have awed our society in so many ways. They have created multiple advances that span from construction to food, but that’s not all that they’re capable of. Researchers at Harvard University have developed the first entirely 3D-printed...

December 9, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Top 5 Companies in Telemedicine

Telemedicine represents a growing segment of the healthcare sector, and telemedicine companies are reaping the benefits of its rising popularity. According to the Global Telemedicine Market Outlook 2020, published by RNCOS Consultancy, the global market for telemedicine technology was estimated...

December 6, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Mighty Oak Medical Gets FIREFLY Spinal Navigation Guides Cleared for Universal Usage

Mighty Oak Medical is a medical device incubator that continues to focus on novel surgical solutions to solve problems for patients and surgeons. Our goal is to make spinal surgery safer, faster, and more efficient, by offering more intuitive solutions to the existing...

December 6, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Jury Levels $1B Verdict Against J&J’s DePuy Ortho in Pinnacle Hip Bellwether

UPDATED Dec. 2, 2016, with quotes from plaintiff’s and defense attorneys and DePuy Orthopedics. A federal jury in Dallas today ordered Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and its subsidiary DePuy Orthopedics to pay more than $1 billion to 6 plaintiffs claiming to...

December 5, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Non-Surgical Weight Loss Balloon System: Interview with Obalon Therapeutics CEO 

Medgadget recently reported on the FDA approval of the Obalon balloon system, which assists weight loss in obese patients who have failed to lose weight by other means and is an alternative to conventional gastric bypass surgery. The system has...

December 5, 2016