The spinal surgery industry has been around for several decades, but during the last few years new products and technologies have been introduced at a more rapid rate than has been seen for many years. See exhibit below (from MedMarket Diligence report #M510) illustrating the recent burst in new company formation focused on spine surgery. [...]
Advances in intraocular lenses have made it possible for phakic intraocular lenses (PIOLs) to compete at some level with refractive surgery. Further advances in materials and implant technologies are making it possible to achieve clear vision at multiple focal points with multifocal and accommodating lenses. Innovations in this segment have created significant opportunities for new [...]
There’s no question that, whatever label you place on its current state of malaise, the U.S. economy is not in good shape.
The question is asked whether health care should remain a safe haven. After all, there is a downward pressure on prices and there is a latent need for serious reform. At this point, let’s [...]
Sites I have recently reviewed that highlight new medical technology activity (or take a view on it):
The North Carolina Biosciences Organization
Business Innovation Factory
Ideas For Surgery.Com
Blog on Ray Kurzweil
Medinnovation blog
…to be continued…
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Surgeons performing instrumented spinal fusion procedures implant various configurations of plates, rods, screws, cages, and other medical hardware to stabilize the spine and facilitate proper vertebral bone fusion. These fixation systems can be implanted via anterior (from the front) or posterior (from the back) approaches, depending on the clinical indication. Most fusion systems are made [...]
Another sampling of new technologies in various stages of development at recently founded medical technology startups:
Surgical drain and other technologies
Novel wound healing and drug delivery based on unique hydrogel
Nitric oxide coatings for blood-contacting medical devices
Bioresorbable implants for a range of surgical applications
Device to block transmission of pathogens via intravenous catheters
Self-expanding stent for femoral and popliteal [...]
Excerpt from MedMarket Diligence report #S245, “Worldwide Wound Management, 2007-2016.” See link for more information. Available for purchase online.
Technologies developed and in use for the management of acute and chronic wounds have diversified from traditional dressings, bandages and wound closure techniques to include an increasing number of diverse technologies ranging from tissue engineering, growth [...]
Technologies for ablation and other energy-based treatments in medical/surgical markets are currently dominated by electrosurgical-type therapies, but a growing array of other modalities are creating new applications or penetrating existing ones.
At right is shown the forecast, by modality type, of ablation and other energy-based therapies through 2017. The most significant growth is expected to [...]