Newly Available, Newly Approved
| ArthroCare® Corp. has launched its new DoublePlay implant, a new suture anchor device intended for fixation of soft tissue to bone in surgical procedures such as rotator cuff repair. The company states that the DoublePlay implant is unique in terms of design and material.
The DoublePlay device is a fully threaded anchor and features an “eyeless” design that eliminates the risk of eyelet breakage, the most common mode of failure in standard absorbable anchors.
ArthroCare notes that DoublePlay is manufactured from a proprietary composite material, the first composite to be used in sports medicine with clinically proven osteoconductivity and replacement by bone.
DoublePlay has received US Food and Drug Administration clearance for fixation of suture to bone in the shoulder, foot, ankle, knee, hand, wrist, elbow, and pelvis. The device is preloaded with Magnum wire.
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ArthroCare
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Digital Image Distribution
| Orthocrat Ltd, a leading provider of orthopedic preoperative planning software, has introduced OrthoFlow, a management tool that is designed to enable orthopedic surgeons to distribute their patients’ digital images to clinic rooms in less time and with less administrative hassle. Integrated with major PACS, OrthoFlow’s solution is aimed at increasing efficiency while ensuring the highest level of security and privacy for patient information.
After an initial log-in at a diagnostic workstation, surgeons can upload and review digital images and send them to a specific patient examination room. Once the surgeon enters the examination room, the selected digital images are pulled up on the screen with a simple swipe of an HID reader connected to the computer. This eliminates the need to log into the PACS again and repeat the search for data, thus saving time.
The company notes that OrthoFlow also adds a high level of security and privacy for patients during clinical visits. OrthoFlow’s embedded HID reader locks the computer screen while patients wait in the examination room, ensuring that no one except the surgeon can unlock the screen and view the file.
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Orthocrat
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FDA Broadens Reclast Indication
| The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has broadened the US indication for once-yearly Reclast® (zoledronic acid) Injection to include the prevention of new clinical fractures in patients who have recen |