Business
5 Surgical Robots to Look Out for in 2019
(RBR) – Surgical robots are evolving, with newer systems incorporating tele-operation, virtual reality training, and more procedures. Here are five to watch. […]
Joint Replacement
Digital Health
Early Reviews of Zimmer Biomet/Apple’s mymobility App
(Orthopedics This Week) – Approximately two months ago, Zimmer Biomet announced the mymobility app which is meant to walk patients through pre- and post-op large joint arthroplasty care. […]
Artificial Intelligence
The Promising Future for AI in Orthopedics
(ODT) – In their most simple form, AI applications in healthcare consist of a collection of technologies that will enable machines to sense, comprehend, predict, act, and learn. […]
Depuy Synthes
J&J Is Willing to Pay $400 Million-Plus in Hip-Device Cases
(Bloomberg) – The world’s largest health-care products maker has settled, or is in the process of settling, about 3,300 of 10,000 lawsuits targeting its Pinnacle line of hip-replacement devices, a judge said in a Dec. 9 court filing. […]
Digital Health
Self-powered sensors could increase life span of knee implants
(Binghamton University) – Assistant professor Sherry Towfighian received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to begin work on a smart implant that could drastically reduce the number of knee replacement surgeries. […]
Health Care
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
(NPR) – In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who’s whom — at least for outsiders. Patients getting wheeled in might not realize that salespeople working on commission are frequently present and sometimes even advise the clinical team during surgery. […]