Solana Surgical Orthopedic Implant Lands FDA Clearance

Solana Surgical won 510(k) clearance for its CrossCheck plating system for use in ankle and foot procedures. Solana Surgical won 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its CrossCheck plating system, designed for use in ankle and foot procedures. The CrossCheck systems are manufactured with a Type II anodization to enhance the fatigue strength, improving stabilization.…

Happy Holidays from The SERI

The new year is nearly here! This is a good occasion to look back and to define the new aims for the year coming up. We wish you lots of success. Remember — You are a dreamer, and you are an achiever. May you dream and achieve bigger feats, with every passing year. All the…

Dr. Michael E Janssen Presented with Life Time Achievement Award for Spine Surgery

AOSpine is the largest group of international spine specialists in the world, a community of spine surgeons generating, distributing, and exchanging knowledge to advance science and the spine care profession through research, education, and community development. With this collaborative approach, AOSpine is advancing spine care worldwide. This week, our very own Dr. Michael E Janssen…

Upping the Game on Water Resistance

Upping the Game on Water Resistance

A new water-resistant material could provide another tool for medical device designers. Boston University and MIT researchers in the journal Nature describe a material with a novel surface structure that provides very high levels of water resistance, or hydrophobicity. The surface accomplished this feat by minimizing the amount of time that a liquid can maintain…

Take Renal Stenting Off The Front Lines, Researchers Say

Take Renal Stenting Off The Front Lines, Researchers Say

Renal stenting should never be the 1st line of attack for treating patients with hypertension and renal-artery stenosis, according to results from the CORAL clinical trial that were presented during today’s American Heart Assn. Scientific Sessions. The highly anticipated results from the CORAL clinical trial wasn’t great news for renal stents, as researchers reported that…

DePuy Synthes Releases Synflate Vertebral Balloon

At the North American Spine Society (NASS) 28th annual meeting, DePuy Synthes Spine announced its new Synflate Vertebral Balloon. DePuy says the new Synflate Vertebral Balloon is semi-elastic with material stiffness that has been optimized to enhance the structural stability of the balloon during inflation, enabling controlled and predictable cavity creation. The Synflate is nearly double…

Polymer vs. Metal: The Battle of Bioresorbable Stents

Polymer vs. Metal — The Battle of Bioresorbable Stents

There’s a battle underway among bioresorbable stents – polymer vs. metal. Which is the best option for clinicians and patients? Bioresorable (also known as bioabsorbable) stents are being held up as a promising alternative to standard drug eluting stents. But there’s an internal battle (no pun intended) going on with bioresorable stents as well. Are…

‘Ancient Brain’ Helps Us Interpret Edges

Scientists from Australia believe they have found the brain cells that recognize patterns. And, surprisingly, they were not in the “modern” part of the brain, but in the thalamus, or “ancient brain.” The findings, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, throw new light on how our brains interpret shapes, particularly edges. “Our vision cells respond…

Britain's $1M medtech man: Breakthroughs in medical prosthetics

Britain’s $1M Medtech Man: Breakthroughs in Medical Prosthetics

London’s Shadow Robot Co. tours its “bionic man,” a walking, breathing humanoid robot built from the latest and greatest in medical prosthetics, including artificial limbs, an artificial spleen and an artificial personality. Shadow Robot Co.’s so-called bionic man is making its way across the world, parading about a $1 million worth of advanced medical prosthetics…