New Product Announcement at Exponsanita’ in Bologna BOLOGNA, Italy – April 22, 2024 – PRLog — Orthoservice Ro+Ten group, a leading orthopedic solutions provider in Switzerland, Italy, and Germany, announces a strategic partnership with Sensoria Health to incorporate Sensoria Knee Brace technology into their knee brace product line. This collaboration marks a significant step towards digital transformation in the orthopedic industry, enhancing patient outcomes and revolutionizing the Orthoservice Ro+Ten product offerings. Thanks to the new OrthoRehab app and Sensoria Co ..read more

The Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA), SV Health Investors and Aperture Venture Partners Join Existing Investors to Support Commercial Expansion and Clinical Activities for BEAR® Implant WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts – April 2, 2024 – Miach Orthopaedics, Inc., a company transforming the treatment of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears from reconstruction to restoration with the Bridge-Enhanced ACL Restoration (BEAR®) Implant, today announced closing of a $20 million Series B extension financing round. The funds will support commercial expansion and clinical activities for th ..read more

With mixed-reality headsets, orthopedic surgeons can improve procedural precision, streamline workflow, and democratize care. In total knee arthroplasty, once an orthopedic surgeon has performed resections to the patient’s bone, turning back is not a viable option. While resections can be modified by resecting additional bone, they cannot be undone. That sense of finality is always with me in the OR, and it has often made me wish I could peer at the patient’s individual anatomy prior to picking up the saw to confirm the accuracy of my planned resections. Now, with the help of mixed-reality (MR ..read more

In recent years, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant strides, particularly with the emergence of generative AI. This technology holds immense promise across various domains, including healthcare. In orthopedics, where precision and personalized treatment are paramount, generative AI stands poised to revolutionize the way diagnoses are made, surgeries are planned, and patient outcomes are improved. Understanding Generative AI Generative AI refers to a class of artificial intelligence algorithms that can generate new data resembling the training data it was provided. U ..read more

STELLAR Knee ushers in a new era of mixed-reality total joint arthroplasty MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PolarisAR, a developer of advanced mixed-reality surgical guidance technology, announced the first total knee arthroplasty (TKA) using its STELLAR Knee mixed-reality surgical guidance system. The procedure was performed at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. STELLAR Knee is a mixed-reality surgical navigation platform that guides TKA procedures by displaying measured and computed data overlaid directly in a 3D environment. The mixed-reality system acts ..read more

From training nurses to augmented reality for mental health, the Apple Vision Pro is being embraced by some in the healthcare industry. At its $3,499 starting price point, the Apple Vision Pro isn’t exactly the cheapest consumer tech product. But some healthcare leaders across the U.S. medical system say they’re already embracing the Vision Pro for its spatial computing functions and augmented reality capabilities, which they say hold serious promise. Apple is pushing the Vision Pro’s potential to be a medical hub with multiple use cases that leverages its infinite field of vision and ..read more

J&J Medtech will use NVIDIA’s technology to expand the use of AI in surgery centers in assisting with surgical decision-making and collaborating across operating rooms. Johnson & Johnson MedTech has partnered with Silicon Valley giant NVIDIA to advance the integration of artificial intelligence in surgical procedures. The collaboration aims to enhance real-time analysis and broaden the use of AI algorithms in surgical decision-making, education and collaboration within operating rooms across J&J MedTech’s digital surgery ecosystem. Through a memorandum of understanding, both compan ..read more

CARLSBAD, CA, March 18, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Carlsmed, an AI-enabled personalized surgery Medtech company, announced today a $52.5M Series C funding round co-led by B Capital and U.S. Venture Partners. These proceeds will be used to accelerate the commercialization of the aprevo® personalized spine surgery platform for lumbar fusion procedures and the development of aprevo® for cervical fusions, which will launch in 2025. “We started Carlsmed to improve patient outcomes through personalized surgery, and recent clinical publications indicate that aprevo® patient specific im ..read more

Blueprint Mixed Reality Guidance System offers shoulder arthroplasty surgeons a new tool to execute their pre-operative plan AMSTERDAM, February 28, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Stryker (NYSE:SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, today announced that the first shoulder arthroplasty surgeries using Blueprint Mixed Reality (MR) Guidance in Europe have been successfully completed by Professor Julien Berhouet, MD, PhD, CHRU Tours Hospital, France, and Dr. Lionel Neyton, MD, orthopaedic shoulder surgeon at Centre Orthopédique Santy and Hôpital Privé Jean Mermoz in Lyon, France. “It’s exciting to ..read more

Surgeons, company leaders and industry insiders from around the world convened in San Francisco last week for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. It was a fun and productive time as we talked with top physicians, met with company execs and listened in as presenters discussed the latest developments in orthopedic care. Three key trends emerged during a busy week spent in education sessions, the exhibit hall and networking receptions.  AI on the Horizon The President’s Symposium drew a standing-room-only crowd on the conference’s second ..read more